Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-09-18
HOME LIFE IN FRANCE.

o1ton III arranged, badly lighted, and
insuficiently ventilated. Some are 90
dark, 20 confined. and malodorous that
one hardly knows how children can b
brought mp in them. Nodoubt in many
csscs the mortality il diminished by
personal cleanliness; still it 10 fri9ht-
fully high in some of the picturesaue
old towns, exceeding fifty In the thou.
sand in such places - Korlax and
Douarnenez. This fact is almost On.
tirely due to the bad construction Of
old houses, to insufficiency OF space and
air, and to defective drainage. Many
French physicians and journalists ara
now fully alive to these evils. and are
using their influence to diminish them,
Even Marseiues is going to have su
efficient system OF drainage; but that,
although decided upon is still in tue
future. Awkwsrdness in the internal
arrangements Of houses wasso common
in old France that any good modern
house 10 more habitable than the Yer.
sailles of Louis XIV. Aud the mum.
Der Of good modern separate houses is
increasing with great rapidity, especially
in the outskirts OF the towns. There
has also been much improvement dur.
ing the last thirty years in the condi-
ton Of the country houses belonging 70
the smaller gentry. They are kept With
o stricter neatness and are more habit.
able. The reader who only knows
France by hotels and restaurants can
hardly Judge of the way Of life in
private houses. It varies much with
individual tastes, but, speaking gener.
ally, it may be said that in private
houses the living is at once simpler and
better than in the hotels. They are
fewer dishes aud they are cooked mora
carefully. The middle classes live
better than the poorer gentry for the
following reason: A wealthy noble
man can afford to keep ches-an
experienced male cook with subord-
inates-but poor squire has TO trust
to female cooks, any woman will call
herself . cuisinieve. In tho middle
classes the wife always understands
cookery. and in the poorer middle class
she does all Of it that is delicate and
difficult with her own hands, bringing
to the task an amount of culture, care
and cleanliness besides economy-that
no ordinary servant will ever give. The
consequence is that the middle class
man has generally = better and more
regular table than those immediately
above him in the social scale. ! have
said that, as a rule, living in the middle
classes is simpler than in hotels, - we'll
~ better; but il the master il . Gourmet
and has not much else to interest him,
the living may be elaborate enough
PhiliD G. Hameyt0s, IN the Forum.
value Of Good Carioaturs.
The influence of good caricature,
whether for good or evil, is only fully
appreciated by those who have been its
victims. They alone are familiar with
its corroding bitterness. To tho poll
tician. for example, who is delicstely
balancing between right and wrong, :
scorching editor ial, boldly placing him
upon the evil side. IL easier to live down,
no meter how ably written, than NJ
clever caricature which gives ocular
demonstration Of his sin. The editor.
ial appeals to the intellect; the carica-
ture appeals to the intellect, TO tho eye,
and, worst of all, TO the sense OF humor
of the beholder. And the beholdsr
will carry with him, perhaps, forever.
either vague or vivid impression ol
having seen the victim in . compromi-
sing position. The editorial, moreover,
is more or less local, and il read b.
comparatively few. The csricature =
national, and reaches every city in The
country. Thousands who would mot
read the letter press IL placed in their
hands revel in the details Of the cariear
ture with delighted eyes; and their
dominant impression. Of the victim y the
one they thus receive.
Amer leans were quick 70 perceive
that the artists pencil was . potent
weapon. This WAS, Of course, les .
discovery than the tsrdy realisation of
: very sncisnt faet. Why IN individual
20 anick- witted and 70 sensative - ~
yaatae should have been Anch : lchg
time in waking up to it, capabilities h
I mystery easily explained. His Puri.
tan ancestors should alone b held ~
sponsible. These worthies we're the
possossors Of Q sincere contempt 1og
art, and that il allied TO it.. and the h.
Auence Of this precious inhseitaaos =
mot yes extinct among thsis dasosn-
lsnts. Il has been said in de6enSo q
the early settler that his LIE beinG 3
perpetual struggle with starvktion ana
the native savaRe, he had no time toe
art: but the early settler in reality, ha4
more leisure time than his descondanfs
pf to-day. In inst, there we're aeny
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