The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-05-17
HOUSEHOLD.

most enjoyable Of all the women that va
know, aside from having her person decent
ly covered, is completely unsOphisticated %
regards dress or fine manners; and she il
quite as Indifferent as regards tue same in
her friends. In all the years we have known
her, we have never heard her pass Q criti-
cism upon any article of dress. She loves
her friends for themselves, not for their
clothes. The thought of her insures q sense
of rest. She would enjoy visit with rs
in dress of ten years out of date a. well
as if we wore one in the latest mode. She
never makes US uncomfortable by saying,
"Why do You wear bluef 1t is dreadful
unbecoming; = or Your dress is altogether
too long; your crinoline is horribly out Of
shape" or " Why don't you wear 3 corset I!
1t would give you some sort Of shape =
and so on, through your entire wardrobe.
We all know, no well-bred person passes
unfayorable comments upon the clothing of
| guests; but it is something well meaning
| people often perpetrate, uncoDsciously, and
the thoughtless comment makes a sensitive,
untried girl-or woman either-miserable
for the entire day. Many woman wears
dresses, the wearing of which constitutes
her martyr. so far as her taste and fancy
are concerned but, by some unfavOrsble
circumstances, she can do no better, for the
time being. And then, for some one 10 ex-
claim, "Oh, dear! thought you threw that
dress away, long ago" ID
1t is deplorable, the slaves we are 10 dry
goods, and how apt we are to place brains
and goodness in the back ground-how
much more apt to make a display of our
welldressed friends at church. or in making
calls, than those who are plainly clad. -
Repeating Gossip. = The garrulity Of
woman over tea is proverbial I; but that
which does quite as much mischief, in an in
dividual way, is to tell your guest, at the
first possible moment, some current gossip
afoat about her. You feel wholly conscious
of its falsity, but you fill her heart and head
and soul with the singing thing, and then.
as an excuse, you say, 81 thought you
ought to know it as if you wers con-
ferring an actual kindness in so doing II
you had considered the matter at all, by
placing yourself in her position you would
have seen at once that she would be made
uncomfortable thereby, and that your kind
ness" was very mistaken one. The fitness
Of things is one of the fine arts of society.
Keeping Callers Waiting for you to
make your toilette is exceedingly bad taste.
especially if time is of Importance, as in
many instances. We know q lady whose
fulLdress toilets are exceedingly admirable,
but who never keeps caller waiting two
minutes. in order to arrange her dress. She
herself is superior to what she wears, and is
so intelligently conscious of it, that she
never deigns to apologize for what she may
have on. &c. if she wins no admiration for
her clothing, she does for herself-which is
far preferable. -Rudi Neao Yorker.
Is YOUR WIFE NERVOUS AND FRErFuL?
This is certainly very wrong of her. She
will plead her thousand and one cares and
vexations, but all that certainly gives her no
right to disturb her lords peace and COM
fort. Let me whisper in your ear. think
| can suggest scheme that will make her
ashamed of her irritabllity. Try upon her
the tenderness of the honeymoon. Don't
think to make her happy with brocade or
a new carriage; but when you come home,
bring with you her favorte Aower-show
her, in hundred ways, that she is in all
your thoughts. This is the medicine that
will cure her. Try lore, in large and re-
peated doses. 1t is the specific for many Of
the worst complaints of our wives.-To-
Day.
SHORT CAKR.-Four cups Of sifted -four.
one tea-cupful of cream one pint Of milk,
one even tablespoonful of butter, one tea
spoonful OF salt, one tea-spOonful Of soda.
two tea spoonfuls Of cream OF tartar. sifted
with -four. Roll az soft as possible cut
small. thick cakes, with form, and bake on
a gridde.
CELKRr-Cut of the leaves, and cut the
stalk into pieces two inches long; boil it in
q little water ten minutes, and then add a
piece Of butter rolled in -four; add salt and
pepper. II you wish it richer. boil the eel
cry in little veal gravy. Add cream, beat
en- eggs, nutmeg, and bit Of butter.
Corn CAKE-One cup Of Indian meal,
one cup of sweet milk, one tablespoonful of
-four, half a tablespoonful OF brown sugar,
one egg. little salt, and one tablespoonful
IL yeast-powder, or a; unea. Pake in a
quick oven. This will be sufficient for
family of three. ..a .r ......