Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-08-07
The Household.
CONDUCTED BY
Mrs. Julia " walters, Thompson Stsp Tenn
HAvEA PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.

this motto is strictly observed?
Go into a store and call for such a
little thing as pins, the clerki in an in
slant starts in the direction they are
kept; then ask for some other little
article less used, such as tape, whale
bone, or any thing in stock, and al
most without a minutes hesitation
he steps right to the desired article.
Are not the contents of full line of
goods more varied and difficult to
"keep up with than ourlittle house
hold effects? The secret of the order
is: he has q place for everything, and
puts everything in itSpJace.
Oh! the fretting, the tuning, the
fault finding, the family discords, the
erroneous accusation of the servants,
the searching, the scratching through
only to find in the most unexpected
moment after all hope was abandon
ed-and some one seriously inconve-
nienced-in an out-of-the-way place
would be avoided in so many i'll reg
ulated homes, where topsy-turvy,
heller SHELTER reigns from pantry to
garnet and cellar.
One who has gotten in the habit of
putting things down wherever used,
will have to overcome that habit
cline upon line, and precept upon
precept." You cannot in day, a
week, month, a year perhaps total
ly overcome it, if very much given to
negligence. Practice "here a little,
and there a little" 1t is trite pro-
verb. Our lives consist in little things,
nevertheless it is undeniably true.
Have place for the little things, and
the minutes you spend looking for
something "that bad child threw
away" OF" 81 just know that negro
stole my breastpin, | can't find it
anywhere"-those worse than lost
minutes would grow into delightful
hours of quiet meditation, profitable
reading, or social call. These peo-
pie who never havea place for every
thing are the busiest class ever saw.
They rarely ever have time to visit,
read, write to dear absentloved ones,
tell the children narratives, make lit
tie adornments for the walls, or keep
abreast of the times, even though
they dwell in cottages, which Of
course lessons the household respon-
sibility, and only one or two chill
dren are in that home to make litter.
Each home should be governed by
imperative rules. The wife should
be the director in the house, and the
children should be taught from earli-
est infancy that mother'swishes must
be cheerfully yielded to, and the little
hands must not itch for the scissors,
thimble, or any of the contents of her
work basket. The machine drawer
is convenient receptacle for buttons
and other like Indispensable, and if
you expect to find them there, you
certainly should always put them
there. =.
When you finish cutting garment,
select such scraps as you wish to keep,
fold them in a neat bundle, and pin
it securely. Let this 60 into the box
that contains nothing but bundles of
scraps that you expect to refer to in
future. The pattern should be also
smoothly folded, on the outside of
which write plainly the kind of pat
tern, and this should be Immediately
transferred to the pattern holder
(Which I'll tell you sometime how to
make, if / don't forget it), then let
the children gather up the fragments
for the rag bag, and your room is
then neat enough for guest, which
it should ever be, fol, your husband
and children should be more precious
in your sight, and their impression OF
a disordered home should influence
you more than the opinion of neigh
bors. The outside world can never
be to true, loving woman who takes
pride in her home what the heart
yearns for.
I am frequently reminded of the
disturbed school boy who petulently
exclaimed
40 where is my hat? 1t is taken away!
And my shoestring is all in knot;
can't find a thing as it should be today,
Though I've hunted in every spot"
The girls can't find their hair pins
or crochet needle, the husband looks
in vain for the hammer he probably
left in the field, and thinks his wife
is so careless because he "never car
find anything where he leaves it,
and thus it goes on infinitively.
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