St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-04

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WAN0 ~ a too little makes
W&SA "A her a machine.
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mental side OF
n 81 her character
~ that makes her
% leader in
y church and phil
lnthrOpic work, and inspires her with
broader charity for the ills of the world
than is entertained by the average man.
1t is also the sentimental thread of her
nature that idealizeS her home, and
reaches out continuously for some new
means of making it still more attractive
TO her nearest ana dearest. Husbands
sometimes Shrug their shoulders ment-
ally, if not physically, when their
wives exhibit the latest treasure
they have picked up at bargain,
perhaps, for some corner in the home
that seems to have been built for that
YeIY article, and to have been waiting
for its coming for years. They don't
seem to understand that woman be-
comes attached to her little corner in
the world, just as petted cat does to
the special corner on the hearth that
she has been allowed to occupy all her
life. Women flourish best in home
where they are allowed rO add to their
household treasures as discretion die
tates. without undergoing the humilia-
ton of curtain lecture every time they
invest in d new silk scarf for picture,
or bunch of roses for the dinner table.
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But this craving for an expression of
the beautiful in the home, at least so
far as the decoration of the dinner-table
is concerned. can be daily gratified at
an expense so small as to escape the
eagle eye Of the most inveterate cavi-
Ter. Mothers who are progressive know
the value of surrounding the children
with the evidences of a cultivated
mind. The child who comes daily to a
dinner table simply, yet perfectly ap-
pointed, with perhaps a homemade
center-piece Of ferns, or single poSy
from their own gardens, laid by each
plate, uncOnSciously imbibes a love for
art that will extend through all after
life. a learned priest once laid bare
the secret Of the formation of charac-
ter, when he said: Give me a
boy to train until he is twelve
years old, and l will defy man or
devil to make him other than a Cath
Olic.' 1t is not so much what you tell
child you desire him to become, as what
you mold him into by association in the
plastic years. He does not himself real
iZe that you are forming" him on any
particular lines. and there is no spirit
Of Cfcfn
quick -witted, AS rule. and will soon
see the incongruity of coming to a
daintily appointed table with grimmy
fingers fresh from play. They will
want instinctiyely to be III keeping with
the pretty things Of mammals white
linen, for they are usually very sensi-
tive to ridicule, or a feeling of in
feriOrity. Even pretty, bunchy-pOtted
plant of some suitable species, with
daintily worked cover for the pot, may
take the place of ferns as a centerpiece,
and will always brighten up the table
wonderfully.
There is an another feature of this
daily table decoration, that ] want to
speak of particularly. What am going
to say, will not apply to the homes of
the wealthy. where an army of servants
is kept and where the Latch string"
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course; but TO the home of the great
middle class, the bone aid sinew of the
republic. How many women who read
this article, wonder, are prepared to ask
their friend to sit down and sup with the
family, on any occasion? Not many, |
fancy, for it cannot be denied that the
home table of the people, in this coun-
try is sadly neglected. When company
Is not expected, things are too often
thrown on in hit-oT-miss style not cal
culated to increase the appetite or train
the eye to a love for order or beauty
Anything is good enough for the home
folks, and all the pretty bits of table
ware in the house are reserved for
company occasion. Try setting that
table daintily, in clean fresh linen and
napkins, even though these be of
cOarSer material than that you wOuld
bring out on real state occasion. Put
your pot of greenery in the very center
of the table. Buy enough individual
salts, of some unique pattern, to go
around. Have enough of small dishes
to properly serve the vegetables and
fruits or pudding. See that the mustard
pot ana vinegar cruet are filled and in
their rightful places. In short, look
after the details of the table as care
fully as though you we're expecting COM
pany every day. You will never be
ashamed to invite your friends to stop
and dine with you at moments notice,
If you once accustOm yourself to doing
this every day; and if your family meals
do not become an enjoyable feature of
the day TO every member of the family,
Instead of disgraeeful scramble to see
who can get through first and get away
from the table, then they are not sus-
ctptibIe of reform in this respect.
Tolstoi's Poverty Cure.
Count Tolstoi's remedy for the pove-
Pfv that pyiStS in great TOWNS hac at anv