St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-31
Housekeeping versus Housekeeping.

The trucst homes are often in houses
not especially we'll kept. where the
comfort and happiness Of the inmates.
rather than the preservation of the fur
niturc. is first consulted. The object
of home is t" he the center. the point ut
tcndclcSt interest, tn" pivot on which
family life tmnS. The first requisite is
t" make ii attractive that none of it,
inmates shall care To liugcr long out
side its limits. All legitimate mean,
should br employed to this end. and mo-
effort spared that can cOutlibutc to the
purpose. Many houses called homes.
ing. anXiou%S i;;i fM}6HnHIHf2,t nHIHf2tAfSs Ihy Pan~'ak-
in THEN nicely as tO exclude all home
feeling from their Sp0tlc>s precincts.
The very name of home Is >ynon ! nous
with personal freedom and relaxation
from care. But neither of these can he
felt where such Il mania for external
cleanliness pcrladcS the household ~
to rrndcr everything else >uh>crNicut
thereto. Many housewives. il they sec
4 >pcrk on iin"r or wall. or even u scrap
"i tlncad "r bit "f paper on the floor.
rush at 1t. a> If II WcIc the seed of pes
thence which must hc rrmU\ eel um the
instant. Ihclr temper depends upon
then maintenance of perfect purity and
order. II there he any failure ON their
part. "r amy combination of circrrm~tarr
cc> against them. they fall into Il pa
thrtIc despair. and can hardly hc lifted
ont. They do not sec that cheerful
ness i> more nccdtul ln home than all
/ the Spotlc>Snc~> that ever >hnur. Thril
disposition 10 Wage Nai upon macuIatc-
. #
COME slaves of the broom and du>t-pIu.
Nratuc>~ l. one thing. and Il state of
pcrpctu ual h"uI>c-clr;Iuin~ quite another.
cat "i This gIuW> hl degrees the feel
ing that certain things and apartments
arc too good tur daily u~r. Hence.
/ chairs and sofas are covered. and rooms
shut mp. save for special nrr;l>inn~.
when thci aic permitted To reveal riicir
Violated >a"rc'iuc>> in - mauucr that
mas rNcIA prctcu>r of hu>pitalit, Ne
thing should hc bought which i con
>ldcIcd too fine for the fullest ,tnmc~tir
appropriations. Fa! better i the pilim-
c>t furniture. on which the children can
. climb. than satin and dama>k which
I mii>t hC Viewed with reverence, Whrr,
ANY thing l. reserved "r secluded. to-
disguise the fact i extremely ditncult
y chilly air wraps il ruuud. and the rc-
pul>l"m "t >tIrnSrrc>~ j. experienced hN
til" most iu>cu>Ihic.
Ihcr, are few persons who have not
visited houses where they have been
Introduced To what i knuvu u> the
company paIl"r. They must lcmclahcI
how uncomfortable thcy were while
sitting in it; how they found it almost
Impossible 1" hr At c;sr. and mainly
toI the reason that them host and host
cs> were mot themselves at c::>c. The
children we've Watched with l,u\ ewes.
lest they should diSplacc ur soil >umc-
thing; 80 that the outrItaiumrut nt
friends hccamr very much like - ~"rial
discipline. IhrA must recall. too. how
sweet the fresh iii seemed oul ut-d""I>.
and how they imwardll vow cd in lcn,-
lH@ that temple. ni tuIm and i'd. in, -.
that >"mrrhiu" more than p"lit,ur~>
W"uld h" required e." iurIrc them -
return.
lI"mc l. not u name. uor a tuIIu. mon
- routine. II J. - spirit. 81 pies. nee. i
priucipir. Material and method will
not. and cannot make ii. 1t must get
lt> light and sweetness from tho>,. y lao
inhlhit il. from flowers and sunshine.
from the sympathetic natures which. in
their exercise of sympathy. cIu il>
aside the tyranny at the broom and lin.
/ awful duty ut endless >cUhhiuy. Scrjb-
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