St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-08

the woods before the coming of the
frost. They will resist gas and furnace
heat successfully and keep fresh most
of the winter, even without glass
over them, If they are watered regularly.
Now that dining room furnishings Of
every kind are so much cheaper than
they used to be. there are few families
where the salt cellars, individual butter
plates, pepper, oil and vinegar cruets
may not be of tasteful and pretty de-
signs. All these little touches go to-
ward completing the attractive effect
that should be no less of study with
the housewife than the excellence or
the food served.
The appearance of those who sur
round the table should be in keeping.
To adapt an old saying, perhaps IL
reverently, There is no time so
wretched but manor woman may
be neat" The proportion of homes
where cleanliness is not regarded as
next to godlinesS is painfully large.
You would be surprised" said a
clergyman who had done large amount
of his parish visiting in the morning,
ITO know how many well-to-do women
answer my ring c0llarleSs, in uptidy
wrappers, their back hair frowsy and
the front locks done up in curl papers
or crimping pins"
Such an example will naturally be
followed by children, and it is hard to
enforce injunetionS as to the prOpriety
of clean hands and face and well
brushed hair when the preceptS are
loudly contradicted by the aspect of the
one who should be the family model of
neatness. In a recent issue of home
paper, one or two housekeepers have
endeavOred. in the correspondence
column, to instruct others on the adviS-
ability of p0Stponing the necessary
combing and brushing until after the
morning meal. 1t is to be hoped that
such advocacy of unkemptneSS may
acquire few converts. While it may be
difficult for woman who has breakfast
to prepare and children to dress to
find leisure for an elaborate toilet, she
should as soon think of presenting her
self at the table in her nlghtdreSS as to
come there without clean collar and
smooth locks. An ample apron covers
:, multitude of sins as embodied in a
shabby gown, and although there are
decided arguments i'll favor of repairing
deficiencies rather than concealing
them, yet even this course is preferable
to showing dress front Streaked with
grease or worn into holes. A woman
may be model hOuSekeeper in every
other respect, but just so tar as she
yields to carelessness III her habits of
personal neatness, she fails in
what should be the chief aim of
a married wOman's alternating
her home and herself attractive
to her husband and children. A man
can hardly continue to honor his wife
with thorough respect when he sees her
slipping into slatternly habits. If me be-
comes accustomed to them to notice
them, so much the worse for his moral
tone and for hers.
In home where the decencieS of APP
pearances are carefully observed, those
of behavior are not apt to be overlooked.
Children's table manners will not be
such as to disgrace their training i'll the
eyes of the stranger within the gates. A
hostess need not blush to invite an out
slider to share ina plain 'boiled dinner"
or in the weekly Goldfish repast that is
an Institution in manv families, when
the food, simple though it be. is daintily
served on neatly spread table and ac-
cOmpanied by those best relishes, good
breeding and hearty welcome.