The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-11-04
Going to Housekeeping.

II is considered very nice thlhS W
have money enough to buy or rent a COM
fortable house; furnish it amply and set,
tie down to cosy housekeeping. Until
This can be done q great mary couples
think M thew must board. To begin as
their fathers and mothers did is not to be
thoueht of. How can they be happy IN
lust two or three rooms without any pa,
]lor .or any fine furniture? Househcla
happiness, then, is a matter of tapestries
and guildings, and carvings and { Grape
r;es Yes. in some cases, that is all there
;s Of IT, and those whose aspirations stop
With the. possession of these externals
mnst n fain content themselves with these;
Rnt there are those who look deeper and
bigher for domestic felicity than in the
mere freside surroundings OF even u 5ne
most luxurious home. For such Is 'ilis
little essay designed: ..,.,:.o
It seems fitting "that when the sontary
are set in families" they should set up
immediately their own household goo'
and make sure to themselves such secu-
sion as will enable them to lay without
any disturbing influences from without
ths G fonndatio1s of their domestic struc-
tuse tme Each Each family is a unit with proper
ties peculiar to itself, a: solutlon Nv Mi!a T.
laws of crystalization, all It's own, anu ~ ~
is impossible for any father or motneI ol l
friend to interfere wisely and attempt 70
regulate the action of these laws ana say
thus or thus they must operate. ougges-
tions delicately given or barely admissl,
hia hnt the inner sanctuary OF the nome
belonss solely to the dual unit; any
other oane1S person some entering there is guilty Of
sacrilege. ;,,+o f.m;lv
.. No boarding house, no private fanny ~
. no hotel can afford marriea Palt oIr snt
seclusion, the independence, the 1reeaoa q.
thew can have in even two or three roon: aI
; Of Which they are sole progrietors ane
u where they keep house. Curious eye
: ore @ irving into their affairs, busy tongue
J, meddle me E With their actions, ofnclou
0 friends friends try to help them, and they mis-
e the nnenuI s,nreme iov of seeing the deliciou
s @rowtbs oro of gracious household ways tina
g can snring only from the garden enclose.
- - of a sacred home, If they nave ho' 'il' -
q q ' # Young married people instead .
e e thinking What Mrs. Grundy VIII :, sa
le ;bout their style, their resources ana me,
r ernenditures - would put this mlscnle:
N un u;aI;nr dame entirely outside the
! thoughts, and taking into sole considers
er Utilities act according to the dictates
70 sound Judgment IN tne urSotiE so+ ;nfn;, m
ae as management of their affairs, what lnnn, tn1
a. a. happiness they may enjoy, Wnas ,a al.u. oao
VI y, annoyances escape! Two thao eos !oYe Cd,
N IN l, other can be happy with Administer :,
q * | mating, with China or stonewa1e, - WI
Cd st,,fFed demask or cane seats; these
ce more more create the happiness OF a non
no hO thon draneries create the beauty OF a, pc
at foct f human form. Though very wen
ler tLe;r I way. they are the merest scclden, ?,
IN, sne1i ond bore " no vital connection with Il
as. home Nay, unless there M @ Is o,,ts;Je s "r tra
s an which passeth show" these oaEloe - va =
on on pings are mockeries and t0rtures 70 ~ !.
'uS m love. hungry heart. 1t is also 70 De %
on aid s;dered that the outside world knows I
no Si c;rcumstances (pecuniary) of the you
me me cornles generally about as well as Tn
py Jo themselves, and just how. much OF
ian ouond w onJ +bev can afford to make. No o
tai y ip'ea deceived by a grand display 1t
TED sS surely not worth while to begin life W
e t%e hypocrisy. 1t is well TO come ON olaate ast
I de-. estate by degrees, and the ,ar nrcent;on eT
~ ue housekeeping constitutes no eAcep.lEn
a. this remark. The simple Joy Oh hasin
;S;l si home, however humble, all 70 nO,rb tne,a
,aa auai two selves, is or ought to be enough p u
tIe NE the beginning for any reason'lole DE! ?
tant tne Let them add little by little as tney
sem, s;an able and their requirements nSfea n;0aa
- ;.on each addition will be separate Righat sht
Is ere multiplying all rest, and the leu aegn, hs
war; -T@n}as Te. through years of growing we
the the and be prUlSngedt %e4s i
not not the twain pass to that sr .;,1s in I
.n;oi ioT is neither marrying nor glSms-s