The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-04-01
Another enc Of the Bazaar Books.


THE BAZAR Bool. or TIE HOUSEHOLD
lemo Cloth Tinted Paper. Beveled Edges. 81.
New York: Harper { BrOs. Chicago: Jansen,
HcClarg 4 Co.
This is another Of tic well known Ba-
gar Books which Messrs. Harper & Bros.
have been issuing The two previous
voifarnaa 4s 49, -e.ica alc TIr DdZaT
Book Of Decorum, and The Bazaar
Book Of Health" The books are partly
made up Of matter which has appeared in
that best Of all Ladies' Magazines, Har-
pers' Bazar, though a great part OF the
contents are written expressly for the
books. The subjects treated Of more par
ticu' arly in this volume are Marriage,
Establishment" Servants House
keeping, Children, Home Life,n and
Company, and they are not only inter
estingly and cntertainingly handled, but
the truth is often told in very plain terms
Speaking of the waste of food the author
says:
Apart from the waste caused by want
Of judgment in the selection Of food and
good, nutritious material absolutely
thrown away The Americans are prob
ably tho most eonsumatc MASTERS in this
respect. There is enough nutriment, in
the form CT so-called scraps, flung daily
into the dust-bins and streets OF New
York to provision a man-ofwar for a
three years cruise.
Speaking Of ill-regulatcd marriages we
/ find this language:
It is evident that the pairing of the
sexes Of the human breed is generally
conducted, by those who claim to be pre-
eminently civilized, in manner not cal
culated TO promote the best interests of
the individual, family, and race Y
A good marriage, as conventionally IN
Gerstood- means only the coupling OF two
Of the opposite sex in conformity with
the feeling Of their respective relatives
and friends. To secure this, all that is
| required is a compliance with the aacl-
dental sentiment which may happen to
| prevail in the circle or class to which the
marrying pair belongs. 1t may be a
| prejudice in favor of rank or some spec
ial social position, a laundering after rich
es or a paltry fondness for show and gen
tility. However small or mean NAV be
the sentiment, it is all-exacting in its re-
quirements, and, provided it be satisfied
no further demand is made Its NANTES.
tations, especially in thriving trading com
munities like our own, are sometimes SO
absurd that it is impossible even to give
expression to them without burst Of con
temptuous laughter Wholesale refuses
all alliance with retail; money-deal No
has its barriers Of distinction which arc
impossible; banking and brokerage arc
clements held to be inimiscible in mat
rimonial composition; dry goods" or
commission refuses all loving communion
with "jobbing;' drugs" will not mi,
with the bolus and pill Of the apothccar,
shop except in the way of trade, and vii
resist, as oil does water, all material com
bination with them; pig-iron must no
wed with tenpennynails; and enfeeblet
idleness rejects the hand of robust work
Ridiculous as these and such like distinc
lions are, they nevertheless exercise .
constant and all-poWerful influence upor
the most serious affairs of life.
This book has many hints ard dircc
tons on the subject which it treats, ant
will be found useful and valuable to all
and especially to young housekeepcrs, o.
both sexes. It will be sent postpaid 81
receipt Of the price.