The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-16
HOMEKEEPlNG VERSUS HOUSE.
KEEPING.

The truest homes are often in houses
not especially we'll kept, where the com
fort and happiness Of the inmates, rather
than the preservation Of the furniture, il
first consult I'd. The object of hore is
to be the center, the point Of lend crest in
tsrest, the pivot on which family life
turns. The first requisite is 10 make it
attractive, SO attractive that none of its
inmates shall care to .bua or long outsid,
it's limits. All legitimate means Shouts:
be employed to this enc, ami no effcr,
spared that can contrlbuss 10 tue purpose.
Many houses called homes, kept with
waxy neat0ess by painstaklug, anxious
women, are SO oppressive in their Aiccy
as to exclude all home feeling from their
spp5less precincts. The very name Of
home is synonymous with personal ,ree.
dom and relaxation from care. Bat merit,
or Of the, can be eli " here a,.!l mani
for externa cleanliness psrsahrN ,re
household ~ to render e'efvraioy eisg
81 bstrcienr thereto. Many yourselves
they see speck on fl .nr nr wall. ,r eve
3 scrap OF thread or bit IF p, yer on the
floor. rush at u, as ii it were the seed ,
pe<tlencr which must be remoAed on the
Instant. Their temper 1e.'ends upon
thrir maintenance OF perfect purity and
order. II there be any failure on their
part, or any combination of circumstances
against them, they fall into pathetic
despair, aud can hardly be lifted out.
They do not see that cheerfuiness is more
needful to home than all the spctlessnsssl
tnat ever shone Their disposition to
wage war upon maculateness Of any Gort
increases unit tdey become slaves of the
Groom and dust pan. Neatness is one
thing, and d state of perpetual house.
Cleaning quite another.
Out Of tins gross by degrees The feeI-
leg that certain things and apartments
are too good for daily Us urhce chairs
and sofas are, covered, aud rooms snut u,
save fur speciai ocG siUns. when they are
| permitted to reveal their violated sacre..-
ness in manner that mars every pretense
of hospitality. Nothing should be Dough,
which Is considered 700 fine for the fulles
domestic appropriation. Far better is
the piainest furniture, on which the chill
dren Can climb, than satin aud DANA k
which must DC viewed with reverence
Where anythin.. is revere1 or secluded
to disguise the fact is extremely difficui
A chill Y air wraps it round, aud the r.
pulsion Of s'raugeness is experienced by
the most insensible.
! There are few persons who have NOT
visited houses where they have been i4-
troduced to " hat is known IS the com
pauy parlor. They must remember how
uncon ora'le they were while sitting in
it; how they found it almost impossible
TO be at ease, and mainly for the reason
that their host and hostess were not them.
selves at ease. The children were watch
ed with lynx eyes, lest they should die.
place or soil something, SO that the ente,
'alnment of friends became very nue.
like social discipline. They must re
call, too, how sweet the fresh air SCENE
out-of doore, and how they inwardj .
vowed, in leaving that temple of forn.
and fidgetiness, that something more than
pplitene's would be required to Inc te
item to return.
Home is not a name, nor form, nor o
routine. l. is spirit, presence, prin.
ciple. Material and method will not, and
cannot make it. It must heE ite light
aud sweetness from those who inhabit il,
from flowers and sunshine, from the SYM
pathetic natures which, in their exercise
sympathy, can lay aside the Tyranny
OF the broom and the awful duty of end
less neutrality-suspicious. for Octo5er.
THE HIGHEST FLIGHT EVER MADE
BY MAN.