The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

And so the beauty-lOVlng I'm BrOld-
erie thinks she has found a kindred spir-
it in Il. b. Heartily, my dear, do
hope that so il may prove.
Some of the pleasantest friendships of
my life l owe to the point of pen, and
| surely shall not quarrel if this is the
starting point of another.
Yes. indeed. there is pier OF room
in the Household for you. ant any 9TH
ers who wish to enter it.
Very heartily do | second your praises
of the New York Society of Decorative
Art Altho' personally a stranger to
them all. | have received such charming
letters. such ready sympathy. and hear
ty kindness from the ladies in charge of
It-especially from General Custer ;
widow-that | f el as if they were well
known and my dear friends.
We are apt. parrot like. to catch up
the phrases cold. .heartless. selfish and
Cruel.' which il is cons. .dered the correct
thing TO apply to that indefinite body
we call the world but my experience.
and do not think it exceptional =
gocs to prove the reverse altogether.
The world is neither cold nor selfish.
cruel nor heartless; it is warm, sympa-
thctic. charitable. full of the truest.
most earnest kindness. and patient,
4 thoug ltiul care to devise ways of help
/ ing those who are worth helping.
And this kindness is peculiar to no
place nor section, geographical limits
don't touch it. East. West. North and
South, wherever human hearts beat. OF
human grief appeals TO them is shown
/ the quick sympathy, the ready hand to
give, the Will. and wish to aid All
this human nature OF ours is so much
better than is generally claimed for it
/ But / diveroe from what | meant tC
say, tho not very widely either.
think you could help great many o
our slenderly lowered sisters, sweet
En- Broiderie. if YOU Will write some
suggestive articles aS to what can bC
done. and where sale could be found fol
the pretty work OF the deft little fingers
So many people don't know what TO do.
who could readily enough becom,
adopts in graceful arts if they had sen
sible and practical suggestions plade t.
them.
|. who say it ought to be done, can
not do it. because | am wholly self
taught. and only know Just how ignor
tllll tlll. ~ ldAaN lsill ltI IIt dSh NOt
to accept Il professors chair i'll on
midst, as Mistress OF ArtS-(which, by
the way. certain malcontents of tn,
genus homo think we all are anyhow y
and thus we will have profit and pleas
ure combined. and find ourselves ar,
our surroundings much improved there
by, for pleasant things make US bette
people. What say YOU to that proposi
ton my wise y. l.. III !:
Comfort Marshall, you certainly tool
common sense to keep house with YOU
Y our letter hit the nail squarely on tn,
head with workmanlike dexterity |
has made plain way open betor,
Nihilo and a sensible sweet heart
Now tell us, my bouny madam. wheI
your key to Mans Heart will bt
ready. and won't you please. mistr ess
model it after Mrs. Glass in eXactn eS.
of detail: SO many OF the writers o
cookery books take it for granted tha
half of their mysterious art is alread'
well known to the wretchcd novice VIII,
seeks instruction al taitjo from thei
pages. | speak ieelngly, for | hayt
Just suffered from the lack of primar,
details, and i'll my veXation, l rose up
and with ii loud voice blessed Mrs
Glass. who understood her business ;,
thoroughly that she began at the begin
ming. and made herself immortal. BY
writing, as a preliminary step III dress
ING hare. First. catch yottr hare.
That is the point, start with the very
first step. take it for granted that the
reader is a neophyte, knowing nothing
at all. not even that it he necessary tC
II iira,, catch your hare" (and my sec.
ond step would be TO turn him loose :,
If l had space | could make harrow
| ing tale of what l have suffered from