Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-07

ecr, 70 have a vase OF them always fresh
M . table There arc pretty substl-
~ y. however, that are neither expen-
NC, troublesome. A pot Of small,
stst pot one Of primroses, exalls, or
hsSag ierla, IN in bloom, OF even when
owarS acsAo blossom, cheers the
y Is s@t &c ground outside Is
eye wen snow, Perhaps The
n Speas" ~, ,'s nA simple icr,-ssy, con,
sistlne N 3 sssn. ssket llrsa With ans aa'u
fiee with earth, a Nnlch sre snd
partridge and VIM 1871 ~ ocslies
iiay ferns transpialN s nsnn' me WOODS
before the coming Of u viluSe, iney WI
resist gas and furnace sas -suceessiuiJ
and keep fresh most Of d Nln'uri even
Without glass over thea n my aIe
wasered regularly. Now e uu''uI'
room furnishings Of every :. ~ srs 50
much cheaper than they used :, vs. .hete
are ie = families where the sasa J 4, nv
individual butter plates, pepper, aa1
vinegar crnets may not be of tastfA y anu
pretty designs All these little ton mes
30 towards completing the attractive ei-
feet that should be no less OF a study wtA 4
the housewife than the excellence OF she !,
food served.
The appearance OF those who surround L
the table should be in keeping. To adapt I
an old saying, perhaps irreyerently, /
"There Is no time so wretched but man
--or woman--may be metz The proper
ton OF homes where cleanliness Is not /
reckoned as next 10 goodness Is painfully
large.
"fou would Oe surprised said cler-
gyman who had done large amount Of
his parish visiting In the morning, "to /
know how many women answer my ring
collarless, In untidy wrappers, their back /
harr frowsy and the front locks done up
In curl papers or crimping pins.u
Such an example will naturally be fol-
lowed by children, and 1t is hard to en-
force injunctions TO the propriety OF clean |
hands and face and well.brushed hair |
when the precepts are loudly contradict
ed by the aspect Of the one who should bc |
the family model of neatness In re-
cent Issue of home paper one or two
housekeepers have endeavored In the |
correspondence column TO instruct others |
on the ACCESSIBILITY OF postponing the neces- !
sary combng and brushing until after !,
the morning meal, 1t is to be hoped that |
such advocacy of unkemptness inay ac-
quire few converts. While II may DC DIFF |
ticult for u woman who has breakfast to |
prepare and children to dress TO hn6 |
leisure for an elaborate toilet, she should !
as soon think of presenting herself at the |
table in her nightdress as to come there
without clean collar and smooth locks. |
An ample apron covers multitude |
of sins as embodied in a shabby
gown, and although there arc de-
cided arguments in favor OF repairing
deficiencies rather than concealing them,
yet even this course is preferable to
| showing a dress front streaked with
grease or worn into holes. A woman
may be model housekeeper In every
other respect but Just as far as she
| yields to carcleesness In her habits OF
personal neatness she fails in what should
| be the chief aim OF married woman's
| life making her home and herself attrac-
tive TO her husband and children. A man
can hardly continue 10 honor his wife
with thorough respect when he sees her
slipping into slatternly habits. If he be-
comes too accustomed to them to notice
them, so much the worse for his moral
tone and for hers.
In home where the decencies Of APP
pearances are carefully observed, those
OF behavior are not apt to be overlooked.
Children's table manners will not be such
4 as to disgrace their training in the eyes
of the stranger within the gates. A
hostess need not blush to invite an out
slider to share in plain "boiled dinnerh
or in the weekly Goldfish repast that is an
institution in many families, when the
food, simple though it be, Is daintlly
served on neatly spread table and ac-
companied by those best OF rellshes, good
breeding and hearty welcome.
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