Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-18
HOME LIFE in FRn,
Tho French People Wi, 1i,.
Endure UncOn,. YUM a

SeA0 AuCOu0S
limited, and the French bourpeans;aa
long since come to the conclus;soen0 l IS ha
small house, few servants, and t faa mat
dren are the practical solution NV y. Gnu n
question how to save MONEY 10 81 til
small income. Ihave often ~ out Of
with the patience of the French usn sttacl
class in putting up with incra d ;nIlddl
convenient residsnces-au nn oda'oly IN
inheritance from preceding ssnma a
private dwellings Of shopkeepss,r, III
often III arranged, badly lighted ar
insutticiently ventilated. SOM e', and
dark, 20 confined, and malodor1onsat are Sd
one hardly knows how childrsn aous tia
brought up in them. No doubt IN 'sn
cases the mortality is dim;n;sihu.@1 many ny
personal cleanliness; still il is ss y
fully high in some Of the n;cin fright
e old towns. . exceeding fifty in the than
sand IN such places as Korlax '' aa
Dousrnenez. This fact is alm aa and
tirely due to the bed copstrn lt;s en-,
old houses, to insufficiency of snso loa
air, and to defective drainage N' Nm ana
French physicians and Journals. IAN
now fully alive to these evils ams ata
using their influence to diminish ~ asa
Even Marseilles is going to ha ,uen.
efficient system of drainage: Init toy" va ~
although decided upon is still in ,I s''
future. Awkwardness in the inter ruT
arrangements of houses was 80 comm usl
in old France that any good moda'
house is more habitable than tho 'd Waa
sailles of Louis XIV. And the n,e
Der of good modern separate house sA.
increasing with great rapidly, espec;a1l'
in the outskirts of the towna Tb"t
has also been much improvement d du'
ing the last thirty years in the cond
ton Of the country houses belongings r.
the smaller gentry. They are kent VIII
stricter neatness and are more hah;t
able. The reader who only know.
France by hotels and restaurants csn
hardly judge of the way of Life n
private houses. It varies much with
individual tastes, but, speaking een NOV.
ally, it may be said that in privata
houses the living is at once simpler and
better than in the hotels. They ara
fewer dishes and they are cooked mora
carefully. The middle classes live
better than the poorer gentry for tbs
following reason: A wealthy noble.
man can afford to keep a ches-sn
experienced male cook with subord.
inates-but poor squire has to trust
to female cooks, any woman will cali
herself cuisi,1ie,e. In the middle
classes the wife always understands
cookery. and in the poorer middle elias,
she does all of it that is delicate and
difficult with her own hands, bringing
to the task an amount of culture, care
and Observation-Disclosures economy-tbat
no ordinary servant will ever give. The
consequence is that the middle class
man has generally q better and more
regular table than those Immediately
above him in the social scale. have
said that, as rule, living in the middle
classes is simpler than in hotels as we'll
as better; buS if the master is gourmei
and has not much else to interest hin
the living may be elaborate enough
PhiliD G. Hamerton, IN the Forum
Value of Good Caricature.
The influence of good carieawd
whether for good or evil, is only full
appreciated by those who have beenid
victims. They alone are familiar Wit
its corroding bitterness. To the pol
tician, for example, who is de!icatel
balancing between right and wrong,
scorching editoi ial, boldly placing hi1
upon the evil side, is easier to live down
no matter how ably written. than tn
clever caricature which gives ocua
demonstrations of his sin. The editor
ial appeals to the intellect; the carics
ture appeals to the intellect, to the eye
and, worst Of all, to the sense Of humo
Of the beholder. And the beholds
will carry with him, perhaps, forever
either vague or vivid impression 0
having seen the victim in compromi
sing position. The editorial, moreover
is more or less local, and is read BY
comparatively few. The caricature i
national, and reaches every city in th(
country. Thousands who would MOI
read the letter press if placed in thell
hands revel in the details of the carica
ture with delighted eyes; and theil
dominant impression of the victim is ting
one they thus receive.
Americans We're quick to percelvl
that the artists pencil was poten
weapon. This was, of course, less
discovery than the tardy realization
very ancient fact. Why an individual
SO quiclS-witted and so sensitive as thd
yankee should have been such long
time in waking up to its capabilities
mystery easily explained. His Purl
tan ancestors should alone be held re
sponsible. These WORTHLESS were tht
possessors of a sincere contempt to
art, aud that is allied to it. and the I'M
fuence of this precious inheritance
not YET. extinct among theis descen
dants. It has been said in defense
the early settler that his life being
perpetual struggle with starvation anq
the native savage, he had no time 10
art; but the early settler in reality, nag
more leisure time than his Descendants
vi to-day. In fact, there were many
days and evenings, and weeks entire
when time hung heavy on his hands
He simply had no taste for leisure any
no capacity for amusement.-Hea'''
and Hall.
New York Women Chew SNUFF.
Whoever enters the average tooao
conist's or BARRIERS shop uptown on ta
East Side will notice that snutt Is