Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-16
HOuaeHAld,

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won to her side the husband whom she
would ever bind to her with chord.
One Of the most potent agencies 81
| work is to SO cater to his wishes that
home may prove a most delightsome
place, and his wife pleasing picture to
| tighten 1t. It g not generally difficult
matter to ascertain the whims and
caprices which little judicious indulg.
ence may crafty aud In this way wonder.
fully tighten these chords. A homely, but
exceedingly sure method is to minister
to his creature comfort by the
dainty preparation Of faVorite dishes in a
manner best suited to his taste. a young
wife IS well employed when she stables
these, and early lesrns their successful
preparation. A we'll broiled steak, q cup
of clear fragrant coffee, sn egg properly
boiled, and q crisp brown slice of tosst,
form an excellent preface to any business
Tor which she would like to pave the wsy,
and if this be policy, it is certainly
harmless stroke. The old adsge
OF, "no breakfast, no man," is certainly
true, and there will be much less isr in
the domestic machinery inside snd
greater capacity for steam generating
power outside of the morning meal,
meets the careful and intelligent atten-
ton of the little housewife. A tempta-
ton to linger In bed, to hurry down in
some untidy wrapper, had better be put
behind her, that not only the husband
but all the members OF the household
may see its tidy mistress presiding at q
table neatly laid, where the food is most
appetizingly prepared.
A note of warning may perhaps be here
uttered, that in cultivating habits of neat
ness those Of preciseness are not per-
mitted to usurp home freedom, for it is
sometimes the case that the wife and
mother is martinez and checks and
counterchecks are always being used TO
restrain the liberty which & man ought to
feel in his home. "Shen not take mine
ease in mine inn7" is no question for
husband to PROFOUND; Falstaffs may fad
ease there, but true husband prefers to
take it by his "sin areslde," and 8
wise wife will never allow
any cut and dried rules
of system or order to drive him to seek 1t
away from the hearthstone, where are
gathered his best associates.
Let the home be 8 haven of rest. A
comfortable chair in easy reach Of books
or papers, rug awry, volume from out
bookcase, chairs placed as II to be occu-
pied, sill give g look of free happiness
that laws of order scrupulohsly enforced
cannot elicit.
In pretty village in Tennessee there
lived lawyer whose beautiful grounds
were the admiration of all passers-by.
The mother lived among her flowers; moth
ing wss allowed 10 modest these. Every
thing was in perfect order. Three boys
were inmates of that home, at least they
ate snd slept there, but played in the
streets. as one of them said, because
mothers yard was too nice. In after
years when that mothers proudest hopes
were shattered, did the thought ever
come to her that & grassy slope within
the home boundaries might have saved
thoee bitter heartacbes that must now fol-
low her through lief
Wife, mother, makes q home for hus- |
band and the boys. It may require sac
rifice of preconceived opinions on your
part, and much self abnegetion, but bet
ter this than sacrifice Of home liberty, |
lonely hours of weary watching and fore
hoding, waiting for those whose rjghtful !
place Is meath the sheltering rooftree OF
home.
Men, taken as they are, are not What
they should be; but wise woman deals