St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-11
ST. cJuhmsburp Galedunian.
How to Begin "a Home.
BY MARGARET +. sANGsTER.


my present experience to guide me, /
would manage things very ditterentlyr'
But the fortunate individual does not
exist to whom that chance has been
2,ivcn. Once gone. time never returns,
and therefore il il of the greatest i'm
portance for YOU, dear readers, who are
rich in youth and hope, to use these
COLLEEN days to advantage.
You are beginning a home. Yours is
a grand opportunity. What will you
make of it? What sort of home shall
this he. to which You 90, trust, while
the joy-bells are still ringing for your
wedding?
The first thing | would say to you is,
do not begin in boarding house. Let
YOUR home from the first have the sweet
-ccluSion of being your very own. Sit
at Your own table. spread for two
Shut Nuur door upon the rest of the
world. and feel that your house, OF
Nom Hat. or Your small apartment, H.
may bc. is henmed in with sacred
privacy.
Larger or smaller. determine that
your home shall bc carried on honest
". PAY for things rs you get them.
BE resolved to live within your in
come. To this end let husband and
wife Toe perfectly candid with each 9th
81. There should be financial basis,
and a scale OF expenditure. thoroughly
understood 10y each other.
An immense amount of friction, OF
humillatiug irritation, and trouble
would bc saved if people who are be
ginning home life would act with com
mon sense and fairness about money
matters. The husband is the bread
winner. The wife Is the loaf givcr.
lie directly earns the family income.
She also helps to earn ii 10y caring for
the internal economy of the household
and leaving him free to attend to his
business or profession.
Domestic tnancicring is commonly
carried ON in a loose, hap-hazard way.
to the last degree absurd. You, hand
in hand at the altar, do not dream that
50 -ordid a thing rs money could ever
rive either of YOU the headache.
Well. take my advice and it never
will Buy nothing for which You can
not pay. keep out of debt, and have Il
common purse. each partner being full
u in the confidence of the other. And
a~ We are stewards of the divine boun-
tv. let it enter into Hour home plan to
,Ii,, .y.t,rnotic,lIy ~ cod prosprrs
Yam f. the mar tn home and FOREIGN
,,i..inr. tn the r.,usr of cod and tLc
coming of his kingdom.
Begin your home in Il spirit of I'M
-rlii~hucsS. Your love for each other
,bould not make Won careless of social
duties. Exercise simple yet generous
L..uit;,Iity. inviting GucSts to your
Lo,,.r and ,,iviuo thcm of veur hest
nnt IL, the VIEW, Of food and Iodoiu~
nnI, lint in tbr inheritance of thourhts
and n,,ininns ZntLin% brirhtrnS g,
hons. and hrr,l,s its routinr ike nciob-
Ln,Iir,s. RI, ot home to friends and
i,t I'm, home wear an air of welcome to
al ,.bn., n,,, within its doors
4 home sLouId have IFS ideal to
,,Li,.h II ,.uir,s of all upouIe tb.v
.,,,. ,,,.t IA he uitird y,hn ar. satisfied
win, t,-duy in fine sens, of h,viuo
untI,i,,,, tn climb to tn-morrny ora
Ii,n.tI[,t .,rL tn-uo,rn,y find ns far
th.r than tn-day" sbouId he our aim.
Re the f,,.uisLiuu uI,in he the MARGIN
far lu>ury narrow still LET the fru~aI
housewife look forward to somrthin"
better farther ON.
You ought to think much of your day
of small thinn- in this regard. II i de
tL,. rr,, uictIr,. on tb, wall marks am
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