Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-03-02
HRA&oEoTHER's ADVICE 70 YOUNG
HoUSEEEEPERS.

H0USEREEPERS.
After marriage 90 to housekeeping
DO not allow anyone to persuade yot
| to board. l9'your means will not per.
NIT of renting and furnishing whole
house, get two or three rooms; there
Can be world OF happiness inside two
compartments, and, as it is your great
wish to be happy and contented, begin
with a good, solid foundation. Vow
you viii live within, your means, and
keep that VOW riligiously. Do not be
troubled if your friends, Annie and
Nellie, are making greater show with
an equal income. You will get up
after a while, when, perhaps. they will
have to take rooms and reduce their
expenses,
| We take it for granted your husband
is engaged in some occupation; now as
I he goes daily to his business you 60 to
yours, determined to be "Aslp. meet
and not simply "help eat
Dress neatly; have your calico wrap-
pers made for work, not with long trails
suitable only for fine ladies who, can
afford Bridget; wear q plain linen col
lar, or, if you prefer, one of calico made
on !Aq dress. Be we'll supplied with
kitchen aprons and one of some heavy,
coarse material for scrubbing, washing,
etc, and do not be ashamed TO be seen
working. Your husband has to work
! for your bread and butter; is that {.
| disgracea You answer no; then It's
none for you to aid him. Don't begin
to apologize if friend drops in and
finds you a. the wash tub-you can be
| and are as much of q laayin the'kitchen
as in the parlor.
Arrange your work Systematically +;
by so doing you will accomplish more,
have time for visiting receiving visi-
tors, etc Of two women whom we
know, of equal mkans and time, one
accomplishes one third more than the
her never seems III hurry her house
is neat as pin, herself likewise, while
the other-how shall we describe her
home p go in with me, every chair
full I; ooh my! excuse the looks of the
house ; l am washing, baking and try
ing to get some cleaning done, and had
not time to make the bed and rid up. =
M system there, you mentally exclaim-
IT'S better to take Monday, possible,
for your washing; you are less liable
to be interrupted. Tuesday, ironing
Wednesday, sweeping, cleaning-up,
etc; Thursday, sewing; Friday, same ;
Saturday, baking, cleaning, etc, Sab
bath, rest do not spend it in cooking
all the time, visiting or receiving visi :
tors.
As we urged YOU 70 be neat in your
| dress and house and be particularly so
in arranging your table, it is not neces>
sarv to have the finest linen, china or
silver; of course they are something to
| be desired, and We do not undervalue
either their beauty or worth, but with a
table covered with fine white cloth,
of course, neat stoneware (white and
perfectly plain), good wholesome vic
tuals, well cooked, you can raise your
self greatly in the esteem of a hungry
man no matter if you are not as hand
some as you would like, you will get
| better looking in his eyes every day.
Be cheerful, welcome your husband
with not only neat house and person,
but smile. He may have had many
annoyances through the day; try and
drive the thoughts of them away, and,
if it is tea, have an easy chair and a
newspaper or favorite book where it
will catch his eye on rising from the
table Tempt Elm to spend the long
autumn and winter evenings at home
With You, improving yourself with USE
full reading, music, if you have the
talent, etc. Get him pair of slippers
and make him dressing-gown. These
will cost money and LABOR, but they will
pay. Put the gown OH the chair, Slip
pers near by, and if he puts these on,
picks up his paper or book, you will
have your husband safe for the evening.
He will feel SO thoroughly comfortable
that it would take good deal to get
him out; and if business compels him
to go be assured he will soon return /;
and it hehooyes every good woman to
do all she can to make her home at
tractive. The saloon keepers under-
stand this power Of attraction perfectly,
and they are always ready to win your
husband away from his home. They
care not tor the lonely, suffering wife
and children.
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Like flakes of snow that fall upper
ceivsd upon the earth, the seemingly
unimportaDt events of life succeed one
another. AS the snow gathers together
40 are our habits formed. No sinole