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cook for her culpable negligence will
| she be inclined {" to tell on herselfp"

cook for her culpable negligence will
she be inclined Z" to tell on herselfP"
So the fuel Is wasted, the range or
store much injured, food found less pal
stable than it should be, and, at, lastthe
stove makers, bill crowns the chapter Of
oarelessness in Wals things, which
sprapg from those two items. y , ,',n 70
Turn to another illustration: waste in
preparing vegetables. Few understand
how much is lost In preparing fruit or
Vegetables fprl coSkingq II This seems }
VERY fth tbHg tSspeek pf! but vstet'
the cook few minutes when pairing APP
pies, potatoes, squash or 'ttirnips. See
how large proportion is taken off IN
the thicE, parihgs!. When there sre'ahi-
mails on aplace "a sat all refuse matter
the extravaganza is not so startling,
Ionly il seems Q great pitNto throw the
best 81 ,ooup fruit and vegetables to the
hogs or chickens and by 90 doing make
our food less nutritious. The sweetest
Dand'best ,partspf an. these Comforts lie
nearest the skim, and, the thinner the
peelfng the finer is the flavor Of fruit or
vegetable sS",G ;'; .., e ,,.. 49,
II From the kitchen--although iwe have
not limited at half the waste to be found
tthere- there is buta step to the dining
room where we can /" spy out the land''
in that region, and We therefore give it
Ia passing glance, though we do not in
tend to search the. whole house or ex-
anime the skeleton in every closet. One
needs but look at the pieces of un.
broken bread, The butter in'the small
solitaire butter,plates that has not even
been defaced or marked by -arknife, the
large quantities Of food left on the
plates, the thick. mass of sugar at the
bottom of each cup, -all Of which will be
ruthlsssly ,Iscraped into the swill-tub-7 TO
see that at the dining-table there is a
waste that must in the SEND prove heavy
tax on people i'm moderate circuin-
stances, and a sinful carelessness even
for the rich ,.' n' ', i,%,,''' ~ ,,r,a t.
"Ah! yes. ga But this is the fault O.
our servants. They are SO Ignorant, SO
wasteful,, so careless and disobedient"
But are you not the mistressP Whose
place but yours to watch their short
comings and take active measures to
prevent themp, Servants are often great
trials; but would they be half so trouble
some if the mistress's eye were more
frequently over every portion Of hel
house; if her maidens understood PER,
fectly that while she was kind ana m NJ
wise overbearing, she was at the same
time eficientlyob she was
just to them and. also ID The Interests
kcommitted to her charger That while
they could not but ssesthat she was
thoughtful Of their, interests, she also
firmly insisted THAT they should recipro
cate ~ Being thoughtful of hers. That
she was ready to give them all needful
instruction, showing them by personal
superintendent just what she required
but that havin thus faithfully instruct.
ed them she was firmly determined n
have her Instructions carried out, orIshs
could not retain them in her service.
If this course was pursued and fully
understood in every family, should we
not have better service, larger incomes
and much more quiet homesp-Mrs. ~
". Beecher, IN the Christian Union. +.