, 1879-08-02
PRACTICAL MATNtMOSY,

To he Editor nj TIE Tribune.
DECATUR, ILL.,, July .-As sit IN the shady
park nt this beautiful city OH Sunday mornings,
feel o. II vas III the best Of company, for
hnvc not THE tribune In my hands, and
through It atu introduced to su"l a t,ost OF
" Eloucites " that / feel quite Mt homo among
them oil. 1t Is m hour vel! spent, ind, may
aa we'll udd, my eigar Is spent o'so. Certainly,
With the n,tstc OF tile fountain III the park, the
perfume OF MY cigar, tlu fresh and baltny air,
tile aerlou6,lcss Of Dtttcrsweet, the tympathtcs
OF Marion siay, the chastertngs Of Chat, the
apparent Wisdom Of Forty Years, aud tue un-
healthy condition Of Ralph Rnckstraw, | am
positive in saying Tint 1t is au hour Of miDglud
pleasure mud profit
hUntll now have been sitting o,ttstlc of The
Home, but now, with tho conductors pcrln1s-
sion, III come ia and help the conversation.
l:alph, my boy, atn glad you spoke out, even
II It costs you the loss Of that fair creature. It
may be all very well for ts, husband OF +. to
Bay, fn substance, that you have no n,aNtiut,G-
bread on his table, or soggv potatoes, or burnt
l,cc!steaA. or hatt-cookca dumplingst or d!sh-
water coffee, Or thu average bonrdfnE- -hDusc
alke. or aomc other lnltRestfble SHIT to make
hin, happy. II IL were otherwise, his synpn-
titles would hc ti.c othrr wav.
II men would consult their stomacbs more
than t.Ipir ewes in the ,na:tpr Ut selecting wife,
they would he the happier lor 1t. But IL seems
to ba Otherwise, unit tito women know II too
well. " Beauty 1eals us by halr," but beauty
lOses all It's ROMANCE when YOU associate II with
pcrl!nE potatocs. Love. forsQothl ls II lovu
gould cure dyspcpsla n.! Its lung trnln Of owls |!
hiHsicat accomplishments Ansl such are all very
eoo1, still how fnronslstcnt with true happiness
Is tlie p}nnO III the pnr!uf. Will, sour bread OF Lit
table. III venture the remark That ttIreclifths
Of the nurrtaguab!o ynn1ig taufes tln not uHtrr.
stand the tuoIIs ppsra't! Of HlaKnIT Wholesome
bread. When VIC casl yet laws passed nn.l put IN
In tencttng theyoung idea how to shoot French,
Greek. Hebrew painting, Ailtl all tie rest vi the
h'gil-sclIouI curriculum Of noEIsesc, uni put IN
tl,cft Pluee the STUDY 0( tlosu thMts wflel! nre
Of rreater necessity to lnank[nd. the suOrtr
we'll hare moro coDtcNtesi existence, boltcr
ulpctttes, toi,nucr health, nll,l less divorces.
kUlnc younT latlics never get beyond lnakfug
cake for festival; 5ein. Eh lied III lts ulakl,.
not bY colnlnon. .scuse ur knowledge, but money.
Corll-lncat inlish made ny such would have the
appearance VI poutlcc more thua anything
else.
Tile ladies' OF The Home will please bear in
mind tia, mi not Il cynical old Man. or u pns-
6io.lata youth hut speak from observation. II
III, 70 Is our question In Tic Ilome tl.ut reluret
the 1est thought and consideration, 1t Il that of
educating won,cn ,n the principles VI domusts
ceunOny.
How contoltug It Is, Ralph, to know that you
I'lup HGfHF HlGGl WuFsE Iutt Luan 4iNaIlE tnDkCu
to death on sogs:sy brcad, Or drowned III tisuldy
coffee. ] UNI sure, llalph, yoti cun Keep bacAe.
lur'3 hall nMi do brtter tlinii tl,at.
M} syupatl,cs ars decidedly With Ralph. Fer
laps the basEan WAS IA pretty fhce. Cuptc1,-
plating t!,e future, he discovered ulat he1uty
wns ouly skin deep u4 yrry liablr to fAlc, and
bcnutY, without any othcr relse,nlu1 features,
w0ult, be rather an Improbable Investment,
lIcnee his letter. II II II too late, ltalph to re-.
trace your steps, accept tho Inevitable, mt, take
yomr mother along with !uu to SHOW her how ia
more In the i!rst principles Of domestic economy.
BOB.