The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-09
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS S. 4. EETTLES.

EMBROIDERED BUREAU SCARF. Take !
of white or cream damask table linen
strip the length and breadth you
may desire, and embrolder the ends
with wash silks, following the designs
woven in the damask. The pattern
may be done in simple outline stitch
or with the woven and darning stitch.
! A very pretty one is outlined with
blue wash silk and the pattern is
! daisies. The center of the daisies Is
flle,l in with yellow silk done i'll pinch
knots. tits hemmed on the sides, the
ends are finished with three squares
of plush. The two Oh the outside
laid straight across the bottom, the one
in the center turned to form dia-
mond, and one-half extending below
the scarf.
SPONGE CAKE PcDDlSG-Make al
sponge cake oftwelve eggs, half pound
of -four, one pound sugar, with the
juice and grated rind Of one lemon,
and bake it half inch thick. When
done cut in squares or oblong strips,
and spread with jam. Then lay these
in baking dish until nearly full.
Now make a nice boiled custara OF
three pints milk, the yolks of six eggs,
and six tablespoonsful sugar. Season
with a teaspoonful of vanilla and pour
the hot custard over the layers of
cake. Lastly, beat the six whites of
eggs, adding gradually four table
spoonsful Of pulverized sugar. Spread
over the top OF the pudding and
brown slightly. 1t makes very nice
dessert.
AGREEABLE PEoPLE-We all know
people whom it is pleasant to meet;
people from whom we are sure to re-
ceive smile, kind word, cordial
hand-shake, or some other token of
goodwill. When one is depressed
in spirits, or, as the common saying
is, 'blue," the meeting with a genial,
merry-hearted friend has magical
effect; indeed, l have known the en-
counter with such a person to turn
the whole current of ones life.
Agreeability dependent upon many
conditions; it may be inherent, it may
be the result of judicious early educa-
ton, or of pleasant surroundings, or
of a happy combination Of circum-
stances, but all will agree that it is q
desirable quality, and whether inhe-
rent OF not, should be carefully culti
waited. There are people whose
mighty efforts to be agreeable are so
apparent and distressing as to defeat
their object. Such people should
bear in mind that agreeabi!ity must
proceed from the heart, and in a
grown person is the result of coutin-
ued practice. One feels so comforta-
bic after having said or done some
thing to brighten the pathway of an
other, that it pays ones self to be
agreeable.
Some people allow all their little
annoyances to affect their conduct to.
ward others, whether their unfortu
nate friends are to blame OF not. I
was once visiting a charming family.
All its members, with one exception,
were interesting and agreeable. The
only son of the house was in business
in the town in which they lived. III
his affairs had moved prosperously
through the day he came home i'll a
pleasant, entertaining mood, but if:
anything had annoyed him he was
outrageously disagreeable and rude,
no matter how many guests were
present. The discontinue OF his
mother and sisters may well be imag-
iued; indeed, as the dinner hour ap-
preached they were in state of ner-
vousness, which disappeared immedi
ately if the "tyrant" came in with a
bright face; otherwise it continued
until he had relieved us of his disa-
greeable presence If the fact had
not been so positively demonstrated
to me, ! would not have believed it
possible that one disaerecable person
could have coun.eracted the influence
of four agreeable people. I believe
that the young mans disposition was
the result OF continued indulgence by
his mother and sisters. He had ty-
rannized over them for years. and
had become powerful despot in the
household.
s'Tired and cross" is a common eX-
preston, and most of US know what
it means. A friend of mine, a most
agreeable woman, says that when she
finds herself getting e'tired and cross, -
she takes nap, bath, 4 walk, or a
drive, goes to see some one whose
walk in life is less pleasant than her
own-does anything different from
the work that has tired and worried
her. In this way she preserves health
and temper, governs well her children,
and keeps her entire household in a
state OF peace and happiness.
Many parents do not realize that in
training their children a regard for
others should be instilled into their
minds. A spoiled, selfish child may
be very dear to its parents, but after
the parents have passed away and the
child has become disagreeable man
or woman, what disinterested parties
will tolerate tie selfish, tyrannical
ways of such person?
There are people who have hosts OF
friends-people whose presence is al
ways sought by both old and young
people who are supposed to have
been "lucky," when in fact they are
simply unselfsh and agreeable.-Lil-
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