Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW.
The Ideal Housewife.


The best rifle in the world has limit to it's
range The best housewife in the world has a
bounded horizon Of cuisine, says the White
hall Review. So much for the defect; now for
the remedy. It is sufficiently simple. 1t is
but to add at least one dish to the family pos
sibilities every week, and strictly to carry out
the resolution. This must be a plat ef utter
master or a Francatelli. We're every chate-
lame to carry out such resolution,
what rich result Of added charm
would accrue to our national cookery!
What worlds to conquer lie aroud us, undis-
covered, unexploredl' The immediate results
ing of the fesh-forks of the priests of old into
the fesh-pots; but we may feel assured that in
both cases practice breeds dexterity, and,
while the more inexperi >uced Of the priests
servants may occasionally have fetched up a
very insufficient meal, no such accident was
likely to occur to the adroit experimentalist
whom former disappointment had rendered
cautious Invite some insignificant per-
son to Lunch, some poor relative, say,
an s9d to take son his s,s opinion aon+ Only BE-
edge before setting before him the dish
on whose merits you wish him to be critically
judicial. Hunger is such excellent sauce that
1t lncllnes man to approve occasionally of
quite faulty dish: Not many women possess
that cultivated refinement of the palate which
detects in moment the smallest error in the
manufacture Of a plat. This is partly gift of
| nature, partly the result Of cultivation The
undue preponderance of one ingredient over
another is discovered Immediately, and, if the
dish appears at the dinner table, it is we'll.
Men have hitherto carried away all the hcnors
Of the Gordon bleu. They seem to be gifted
with an extra gustatory sense. This may
result from the fact that they seldom neglect
their opportunities, as women do. Who ever
Of q ma hiobt TOO ~
Many women do. Breathes there man who
can find a word in defense of dining early on
Sundays? The majority Of women not only
count enance, but foster and cherish the prao-
tice. This disregard of opportunities for cul-
tivating the subtler sensations Of the palate is,
in view of life partnership at least unwise.
Every possible bond of sympathy should
be studied, and the education of the sense
of taste may be productive of effects more i'm
portant than might be generally supposed. To
regard with scorn so humble q factor in the
grand total of domestic bliss IS no proof of SUI
periority, but rather Of she Incidence which
folds calm hands and let's things slide, The
wife who can sympatlllZe with mans litera-
ry or political aspirations, and yet does not dis
daln to b earthly echo bis approval Of some re-
fined form Of serving his food, may be de-
scribed, in the words Of the genial Autocrat
Of thE Breakfast-table, as harp Of s thou
sand strings.
Beauty by Contrasts.
BY peculiarly in costunling, Worth has
created beauty whore none WAS realized to
exist before his genius developed latent lowell
| ness. So the story goes Neither social posi-
ton, wealth nor intellect can give physical
beauty, and ia many cases the daughters Of
rich parents are not notAd tor their attractions,
save in dollars aud cents. and the New York
millionaira'e oaly child was no exception to
! this rule. She WAS Well educated rather
bri&It but exceedingly shy,<nd so impressed
with her aenRe OF inferiorNy in appearance
| that aae sesnad stupid Her eyes were large
complexion was horrid; neither black nor colors
became her. She, however, had good but
undeveloped form, and her wealth Of
hair was magnificent Her parents realized
| that style alone could save her from absolute
| ugliness. and that she failed to assume after
| unprecedented efforts OF NETWORKS most pop
| ular modistes. Therefore she was taken to
Paris, and placed in Worth's hands with
with carte blanche tor her becoming apparel
Worth never had 80 unsatisfactory a subject.
In vain he tried color after color, shade after
shade, tint after tint. There she stood, in
different in her Encouragement Black in
| creased the pallor of her white skin and colors
! brought out no attractive tints. A huge pile
! Of pure white tulle was lying near, ana Worth,
angry and impatient, grasped the folds, with
the exclamation: There is nothing elss to try
| but this" and he literally enveloped the
girls form in coil after coil of the slken gauze.
The poor child standing before the glass,
| sought to hide the hateful reflection from her
| they were rudely withdrawn by the astonished
| artist who saw upon neck and hands clear,
pure tint 'Mademoiselle, look!' he exclaimed
The girl grasped the inspiration, and like q
| flash she withdrew the pins that secured the
| waving masses Of her glorious hair, and seiz-
a table near, she placed them like a coronetabove
| her forehead. Her eyes grew brilliant with
| the light of newly awakened pride, and over
her checks passed pink flush that had never
triumphant He had, indeed, wrought a
miracle, and for weeks his assistants were en-
ployed in executing toilets in pure white, after
his most artistic designs
| Fashionable Ladies Hauamerine Brass,
A number Of Ladies' who were studying the
latest fashionable haudicraft of brass-beatne
| at one OF the private schools in philadelphia
have made new and practical departure BY
| giving up the theories of books and book
| learned teachers and placing themselves as
| apprentices under regular BRASS eater in an
| establishment where it is carried on as bust
! ness. They had been getting their hammers
cal workman, who has been tracing and
modelling brass for over forty years. In Wis
| ting the place, getting tools and brass and
| block, some Of the ladies were struck with the
thorough and practical way things were done
! and very soon found out that the school was, a
great deal Of it, child's play, and that If they
wanted to make beautiful and lasting work
they would have to take up the methods of the
factory. Accordingly, TOR nearly year the
herculean and sardonic beaten has had
best known ladies' of Philadelphia, and has SO
/ instructed them in the way of using and hold
ing their tools, and in the proper kind OF stroke
to make upon the steel dies, that some
Of them, who have haa a good deal Of
practice, are enabled to make articles ir
reuoussa hrass of which they are iuatIY proIId