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place. It was OF until tha first goblet had bpe,
broken, the first spot had been discovered uDo,
! the CARPET and the first match-scratch ba&
anonymously appeared uDon the wall. that tht
! now Housckeeper ceasod to worry over tn
preservation Of the charm Of newness in all he1
belongings, and reconci'ed herself to the inoylt
aDlo changes born Of utility and gsryice. The1
= sense OF peace pervaded her soul also, and do
| mestic life began to develop ltself IN all it
| sweetness. The honsewifely instinct Of "set
| ting" OF which the sterner se1 has such q well
t known horror, had been gratided even to safety
| and everything had been found place
everything except the Head of the House
| holds boots. Was there ever houst
| which contained = suitable place OF deposit fal
mems boots? Too uuw1eldy to be hung up, tor
fully possessed OF demoniacal ability for get
ting under foot to be stood in corner and kopt
there, they contlnuo to be the incubus Of the
Housekeeper. The innate wonanly dislike OF
the ugly, and 4 seuBe Of the eternal fitness oi
things urge her to stow. those ungaiuly massee
Of heather out Of sight; and her husband'f
leads him to desire his boots to be in PLAIN risw
4 man wants his boots in conspicuous position
III light room, and his wife wants them in the
rear end of dark closet; and they may recon
cile the facts who can.
Going to Housekeeping is quite equal to q
transmgration Of soul, since it implies COM
plete readjustment OF ones self to the whole
world. In everything, life and its requirements
il I'M. the reverse IN your own house OF what it
was in i boarding place. Whom you lived in
one room, and kept your worldly possessions in
Saratoga trunk, the elimination OF
uas one Of the great aims Of life. They Accu-
mulateu 70 fast that it was difficult to believe
tha. they did not possess the faculty Of repro
duction. By diiigent burning Of SCRAPS, lndis-
criminate bestowa1 OF shabby dresses and d,lapi-
dated naBculine attire, and self-lntareated at
tention in the possible needs Of grasshopper-suf-
ferers, the supply WAS kept as low Is possible !;
but once let woman take charge Of house,
and heaven and eartn aud all hor charitable
friends cannot furnish her largo enough stock
to comfortably begin housekeeping. Wooden rags
fol cleaning paint, muslin rags to cover milk,
rags for cleaning silver, rags for nopqing floors,
rags for Riping windows, knife-cloths, stoye-
Cloths kettle-holdets, ironboard covers, old car
Everything is clamoring for rags, even to the
litt!s puppy in his kennel, who hasn't bed to
lie on. In view OF tha experience, it is with =
sahrlca smile that the Initiated hear OF BRIDES
going to housekeeping. The honeymoon wilt
scarcely wane before she will have taken stock
Of her husbands vests, which once had \ mys-
terious charm for her, because they had felt the
tbrobbings OF his manly heart, in order to ind
one old and ehabby enough to convert into fiat
iron-holaars.
Que Of the nuoat crushing OF tho many kur-
pr1sing
D1scoyEn1Es OF HousEKEEpEn
is the immutable recurrence OF 1poaI-timeo, and
the implacable necessity OF providing eatables.
Three meals every day to be panned for, aud on
Saturday sl1,-and only beef mutton, veal, and
pork, to choose from. o that somebody would
41rvent new animal! Where is tho woman who
has such = wonderful power Of calculation that
ehe provide steak, uaught Of which
ehali be wasted it only three dine from it, and
which shan yet furnish forth bountitul repast
for themselves and the unexpected and yet vel
come guests? Then, what astounding reyela-
tions take place in regard to cook- books! In the
old days of home-life, she thought-f she
thought about it at all--that ali housekoepers
were like her mother. aud that they we're en-
Of all domestic machinery. In her boarding.
house days, all cook-books seemed to
her perfect encyclopedias OF household wisdom,
and infallble guidos-in every emergency. But,
soma fna Tuesday, the newly-introducod tenant
Of i tie kitchen appears ,1 1h9ld,ng ahrt With .
and woful- looking bosom, and proponpds con-
undrum to the bewildered mistress as to what
makes the starch stick. What ayals it then to
ay to Hints for HousekeepeIe7" It gives
recipe for starch, and pays no further heed to
that matter. Alas for the new housekeeuer!
Her mind reverss to her girlhood's home. What !
Sas it about beeswax on dat-irons? Why waa |
here always bit OF sporn-candle in the starch
box ? Wasn't there sorne rule about starching !
shirts wrong aida cut? Didn't the last girl she |
s the mystery Of the &an in tho Iron Mask |
to this? And there is no
md to domestic mysteties. Whe caras |
for the on-Shakspea1e controversy, !
70 long AZ the '' Aousekeepers Guide" doesn't !
ell huw long to boil corn-5eaf7 What matters |
whether OF no the soul will exist independent |
Il the body, if there is no recipe promulgated
or making bread from compressed yeast, and |
he rules for making sponge.yeast always in,
dude the necessity Of already having cupful /
IL hand, 90 that tho origin OF yeast il involved
us much obscurity 40 the origin Of man, and
he yeast Of this week Ia to the yeast OF the past
nd tature as the egg is to the chicken and the
hicken to the egg:
At last, little By little, order begins to come
ut of chaos, light cut ct darkness. and the
begins to feel the beaten road un-
OF her feet. The patient Head Of the House.
old ceases to ask, '+Will you have aone Of
atss" in default OF previous acquaintance
nth the dish he is called upon to
erva. The biscuit are no longer little 1oaves
t bread; snd ftlcasseed chickens have appa-
entity undergone an orthodox culinary ds1nem~
erment, instead OF bearing their previous
races Of -glycezina explosion JustAbout
lis time. when tho new HouseIeeper beg ins to /
after herself thnt her domestic machinery il
70 run smoothly and by lta Own mo-
.amturn, ehe finds all her }abora and calculR-
ons brought to nau,ht by tbs
BEDnCuNs or The KITCHEN.
he Bedouin always has = Cousin IN tha back
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