The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-15


ere OF the young girl. and she is intrusted
W Ia q z v.ng out the hOu eh Did Ii er ,
and Is Instructed ia the mystery OF darui z.
AT another time she, with one or two
others to help her, viii lay the cloth and
set the table; and then will come her
turn TO order the dinner, or to attend to
| the making OF the beds and u see that the
heirooms are properly swept and busted
All TINS Is a part of girls education, and
should no more he neglected than geogra-
/ ply ora ritametic. Many a girl sent 70
| boarding school at Y or IA years of age is
compelled 70 make her bed for the first
time and TO dust her room, and she goes to
wo k at these things in a very awkward
way; and this is ell the knowledge of house
hold duties she Obta MS TO fit her for man
aging house of her own. A boarding
| sc!ocl, II she must go TO one, is good place
70 learn housekeeping for girl is generally
at school between the ages Of ~ to Is, the
best time for learning anything.
But the best time for beginning with
household duties is at the age Of 8 or 10,
which Is about the time when girls Just be-
gin TO think of their looks. And Just when
taey begin to think Of putting ribbons in
their hair, and taking an interest in deco
rating themselves, is good time to
begin to teach them the rudiments of
| housekeeping. And most children have
taste for sweeping and putting things
IN order. If the little girl has room
OF her OVID, she is sure to take a GER
tain amount of pride in her own posses
sions. She can begin by busting her room
aud keeping h 7 bureau drawers in order.
And If she have a small broom, which most
children have, there is no reason why she
should not be taught TO sweep at this early
age. But sweeping is hard work compared
to busting; though the child should be
taught that busting is not to be done by
whisking about a big feather duster,
after the fashion of our Irish
ing business, and get well paid
for it. Properly done, busting requires
time, and should be do with soft cloths
that are hemmed and kept for the purpose.
and washed when soiled. After busting
and the care of bureau drawers have been
learned, then comes bedmaking, and this
will require considerable practice before the
young girl will be able TO lay the bedclothes
straight and tuck them in neatly. The ma
jority of girls really enjoy decorating their
bedrooms and keeping them in order, but
little encouragement is sometimes nee
essary.
AS girls grow older they may be taught
to dust the more valuable ornaments that
decorate the parloTs and their taste should
be consulted in the arrangement of the fur
niture OF these rooms. 1t is their home
and surely they should be allowed to have
something to say about where the piano
should stand, and how the tables and chairs
should be placed. If girl has good taste,
or any artistic talent, it will soon be de-
veloped in this way, and she will the more
readily turn to household duties when she
finds that her taste is to be consulted as
well as cleanliness d comfort. To such a
girl the arrangement of the table with
pretty glass and china, lowy dama'k and
ht.nrr . s-TlN~
In some households the most delicate china
and glass is never inrusted to the servants,
but is always washed by members of the
family.
Cooking is the most intricate part of
housekeeping, and requires, therefore, mo e
practice; but it is essential that every
wo nan should know something of it.
Cooking classes are excellent things, no
doubt, but girl will learn quite as much
by watchi the cook in her mothers
kitchen, ard taking hand in helping her
occasionally. A good plan is to give the
kitchen up one mOrning in the week 20 the
young people, and let them prepare meal
while the cook looks on, giving Ler advice
only when it is asked. Advice is very we'll
IN its way, but in cooking, as in most OF Ter
things in life, experience is the best teacher.
Housework is healthy, and many physi-
clans recommend it to women Who need ex-
only the legs, while busting aud sweeping
bring an entirely different set of muscles
into play. Many girls take more interest in
their homes if encouraged to assist in the
care of them. And, perhaps, this was an
idea of Mrs. Donald G. Mitchell's, who
brought up all of her daughters to do
part of the domestic work of their
home. Some mothers are willing
to give their daughters an al
lowance for doing this wor (,
dividing between them what would be the
wages OF servant. This, of course, would
be an inducement to a girl who had no
taste tor house~ ork, and would enable her
to crafty many little personal want. 1t
seems, too, only just, unless the family is in
| strai ghtened circumstances, that the
| daughters should receive what would other
wise DO paid to a servant.
Household duties, if properly planne l,
need take but very little Time out of long
day. To be systematic in the discharge OF
such duties is the only way to properly
| accOmDl lsh the right am unit of work