The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-12-31
NO. SO.

/ most proper and well conducted child
You should see her dolls. If there is
any attainable thing in the way OF dress
that Dolly don't have for herself or her
numerous family tell me what Il Is. Not
at all Nancy does 1t, and | have
known families where an excellent
dressmaker was called upon to III ou.
the puppets for each change Of season.
No nice mothcrly dollies, no little baby
dolls. no sweet little school girls. There's
a bride In white satin, laccs, veil and
pearls. Opera dancers la tarletnn and
spang!es; lady dolls AS fine AS naclesses;
sometimes with genuine sets of jcwelry,
real lace, etc. OF course, the more elab-
crate dolly is the more iinery the little
girl desires for herself, and so it acts aud
reacts constantly
Now ifihn little gir, really made these
pretty things hcrssif, d., , ~. 80.
learned the useful art Of the neeu.e, w.,
and good, Eve nothing to say. Dolly
wouldn't be apt to have more than she
needed. But she hasn't time. She has
hardly time to play. When she il n
woman, men make rough estimates OF
the cost Of such Il wardrobe rs she wears,
and shudder to contemplate the future,
aud so to their clubs, there to dream
away, smoke away, drink and laugh
away the evenings which might be
priceless to somebody. And SO it comes
to pass that Miss is plus fine clothes,
| n1inna n hama Il
understand it. why don't tho men
proposc"' Maybe some imprudcnt
young fellow, too much in love to calcu-
late chances, does so. Maybe hc is ac-
| cepted. Unless he is immensely rich
and few young men in this country arc
there is new career OF waste, debt
discomfort, Ill health, wretched cooking
and housekeeping, and so on. If she
refuses him, well, there may DO life long
regrets, perhaps. And marriages late
in life necessarily involve past histories,
almost always past regrets. Well! well !!
its time | stopped on that score.
might talk all night. Heigh hon'
IL have often thought ofthese things"
| remarked. Mrs. Idlew lid has recent
ly lost her cook, in fact her maid of all
work, and what do you suppose she
does" Her husband makes the tiro, and
the cofiee-when he has any--or break
fasts on bread and milk, and as Caddy
Jellyby says, Sometimes there isn't
any, and sometimes the cat drinks it,
Then Mrs. Gdlewild goes out TO spend
the day, or shops and lunches down
town, or drops in next door, for she
can't cook n single thing. Bat, really.
good friend, she is an exception. Most
or my. noquaintencoa aro exr.iir,t house
keepers"
Glow about their daughters DO
they love it" Does it come natural to
them to lend helping hand on occa-
sional days" When n stormy Novem-
Der lowers in the evening sky, did one
of them ever think what welcome
surprise IL nice hot supper would be to
father or brother who only expected a
plain tea?
Do they ever think that the real diff
ference between n mechanic md an
artist is that one works because he na,tst,
and the other because he mdyf One
working lovingly for the sake Of art, the
other in sulky scrvitude for the sake of
duty and daily bread. Now home is
both means and an end. 1t is means
OF the highest happiness or it is means
of ofgrace-as being the greatest trial on
earth. Such homes AS l see sometimes,
no l WON'T won't intict such dc.
tails upon you. But it is very sad to
think how easily they might have been
made different. DO you remember that
clever saying of some wise woman-I
forgot who-'To furnish q room il no
commonplace affair shared with cabinet
makers and upholsterers. 1t is decorat-
ing place where am to meet friend
or lover; and ordering dinner Is not
merely arranging meal with my cook :
! it Is preparing re!rcshmcnt for those
| love- Now ifone looks at it in that
! light, things seem 80 different. There's
everything i'm habit. What one learns
early, that one learns well, aud what is
done often, that can be done without
aWk wardness.
at is easy to glorify art, music, paint
ing and social grace; bat As all art il one
expression of truth and love, why may
not toring houscwifery deserve n place
in n higher niche than it now
! holds.
''In fact, ma'am, what We need is not
natural taste for work, for that is natu
raj to all Americans TO u grca, degree;
but that they should work lovingly.
! This is especially true Of houscwifery,
and what has been happily called home
keeping. And that makes me think o..
, what has been floating in my mind all
the time What is the important thing
in holiday keepng-in gifts-in all that
makes the homeside the brightest spot
on earth--is two things. The trait and
habit ofbeing easily pleased of enjoying
small things; Of gratitude and love
toward the giver, rather than tho care
f,tl linn of IF