Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-09-26
FARM, FIELD AND FIRESIDE.
Household Miscellany.

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Household Miscellany.
A writer on etiquette describes the
feelings Of bashful persons who make a
call, and are uncomfortable the whole
time because Of the. awful duty before
| them OF properly leaving the room.
The following advice on the subject is
good: Putting off the moment does
not help the matter in any way. When
the proper time arrives--and it is al
ways better to make short calls than
long ones-rise from your chair with
out preliminaries, make your ad;eus to
the hostess, give parting bow to 9TH
ers In the room--more is not necessary,
unless you desire to pay some special
mark Of respect to an old person or to
guest in the house--and walk out.
Never begin to talk about going and
then sit on and on, making no move to
carry out your Intention"
It has been discussed of late, says
Clarence Cook in the Art Amateur,
whether drawing-rooms should be light
in effect or low in tone. Since charm
ing room in this city set the fashion of
making its debut in white, there have
been several attempts at rivalry, and at
one time it looked as if we were COM
ing back to the fashion Of the time of
Louis XVI. with its rooms in white and
gold. But such scheme hardly suits
| with the luxurious habits of our time,
and it is all but impossible to furnish a
white room with the comfort and pro-
fusion that have become necessary for
us.
Children are quick to compare, and
tits not strangeif the difference between
the well-dressed business man and the
careless, untidy farmer, is accepted by
them as powerful argument in favor
of city life and against farming. And
so, year after year, we SEQ the steady
and increasing stream of young men any
women from country homes, especially
those of brightest promise, flowing to
the more attractive surroundings of the
town. And the purest and noblest oc-
cupation followed by man, the one de-
handing, and best repaying ability,
energy and devotion, has been largely
/ left to those of inferior abilities, little
ambition, and slight education.
A England lady who has had
good success with sweet peas tells The
Homestead that she sprouts the seed
between several thicknesses of damp
cloth in warm place and plants four
! inches deep in rows prepared as follows:
dig a trench ten Or twelve inches deep,
fill in four or six inches Of well-rotted
manure, and level up with rich garden
soI.' She thinks they do better climb
ing on brush than on twine. Her pref
erence is for pink and white colors as
"prettiest and sweetest" and Hooking
the best with large variety Of flowers.
The Baltimore Sun is asked by a lady
how to permanently remove hair from
the upper lip, The Sun gallantly an
swers thai this depends in the ourset
upon whose mustache it is on the lady's
lip. If it is owned by young man, or
an old sinner, or any other man, it may
be bitten off Or otherwise effectually re-
moved without injury to the lady. If
it is the lady's own mustache she will
doubtless get rid of it Us soon by letting
it alone as she will by pulling tit, cut
ting or burning it. Furthermore, she
will probably soon realize by letting it
alone that its Importance as personal
defect has been exaggerated, and that
it will in time either disappear of itself
or at least cease to attract attention.
Parents little know how much pain
they often cause their children by their
shameful neglect Of dress and manners
among strangers; and I hold that farm
ers have no right to bring discredit up
on our business and class, by care
lessness of appearance or ungainly be-
havior. If we do not wish our children
to feel ashamed to be thought farmers,
let lis show them that farmers appear
as we'll, and are rs careful in the little,
matters of etiquette that mark the gen.
tleman Or lady, as those Of city manners.
If any class Of people can afford to be
we'll dressed, both at home and when
they leave their homes to meet stran-
gers, farmers can. Teach the boys to
take care Of the carriages and harness,
and with a small outlay Of paint, varnish
and oil, you may have turnouts that
will not cause your children to blush
when they drive to town or to church.