The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-10

cate lace paper mat she had bought. ar
range her sweets prettily on that as only
girl can do 10 whom comes the duty OF
overseeing the dessert home. The platter
was put on the tea table, tempted every
body by its dainty arrangement. and each
tea drinker took one or two of the sweets.
Now, which was the wiser WOman2
The American girl wants 10 show her
appreciation of the English girls kind
ness. She spends so on a tiny box Of
orchids. They are beautiful to look upon.
and they last three days. The English
girl spends s. on the materials for a tea
cloth. devotes her leisure hours for a
couple Of weeks TO embroidering it, then
gives il to her hostess. who has. not only
a lovely bit of work. which she could not
buy for less than so. but feels that with
every stitch set in IL, there has been a
kind thought Of her and her pleasure
Which present was the most sensible 4?
The French girl stares with surprise at
the New Yorker when. with the vulgarity
of waste, she declines to wear cleaned
gloves; and, yet when the French girl
goes home, she sends to her friend at
Christmas, at Easter, and on her birth
day. which she has carefully written
down in her notebook. some pretty SOU
venir. and the New Yorker, the type Of
the American girl, groans because she
has been so extravagant and cannot re-
turn the pretty courtesies. And yet, if
one wishes to be generous, one must be
careful.
Nobody despises stinginess more than
/ do; but ] don't think it is represented
by care as to ones belongings
The other day l saw a woman, evident
~ a servant kept in an apartment, throw
into the ash barrel two loaves of bread
that had never been cut, and at least
twelve slices that had. Now. a CONT
mental housekeeper. even if she were
duchess, would never have permitted
this. In a properly managed household,
toast is constant necessity, and any
man or woman knows that there is no
dessert that is any better than a we'll
made bread pudding. which requires
stale loaf. When l say bread pudding"
l don't mean that mixture commonly
called by this name, and which looks like
a bread pOultice and tastes like glue, but
l mean the beautiful looking pudding
which, underneath its crust, is creamy in
consistency, and well favored; and has
on top, thin slices of buttered bread that
in the baking have Drowned, and which
have upon them, very closely studded,
branded cherries. As il was near my
my own home, / had sufficient curiosity
to find out who lived where such waste
was permitted. l discovered that it was
a young broker, whose wife is counted
quite a beauty, who dresses deliberately
band, in this bit of an apartment the
services of two women. 1t is her boast
that she keeps a cook by allowing her
to do as she pleases. She would be hor-
rihed if she were called vulgar, and yet
that is exactly the adjective to apply to
her. Her husbands income and her own
position demand that she should know
where waste exists, and she is stamping
herself with the crest of vulgarity by not
10 VS. Of her
We wonder, we who are the most waste
full nation in the world, how it is that the
French and German shop-keepers become
owners of the large markets and
the fashionable restaurants of the city.
will tell you why IL is. They consider the
day of little things. Not long ago asked
in an American bake shop that three of a
certain kind of rolls be sent to me. l was
told that unless l ordered twelve it would
be impossible. 1t was not a question of
cost, but ] didn't want them. Leaving
the place, I went to one kept by a Ger
man. He was civil, perfectly willing to
send me the small quantity that l asked
for, thanked me very politely for the nine
cents handed him, and said that he would
be glad al any time to take an order no
matter how small. His civility and cour-
tesy make me a permanent customer
Here's another example. At the French
confectoner's where | deal, they make a
rich sweet which has a branded cherry
for its heart. After a dinner, one could
not possibly eat more than two of these
The other day I said: Madame If you
have any I'll take four cherries. but of
course. unless they are made 1 shouldn't
think of putting you to the trouble for this
quantity" There We're none made at the
time but l was told not to think about
that, that it gave them the greatest
pleasure to do it for me, and, when they
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one should be of a different color, that
they would look prettiest on their tiny
silver platter. Do you think any American
confectioner would do this2 Certainly not.
They would count the trouble as great,
and would fail to see how. in being court
eous and going to some trouble for small
order, that there existed the certainty
of keeping a customer and of having her
recommendation. The French laundresses
will mend the belongings of bachelors
without extra charge. The German Deli
catessen will sell the wing of a chicken
and two small slices of ham, giving much
thought to the carving, where American
dealer would be inclined to laugh at the
order. We will be the most prosperous
nation in the world when we realize the
value of pennies, and become certain
that generosity and prodigality are not
Synonymous.
As nation we are going to take the
trouble TO be generous in a sensible way
and careful in an equally sensible way?
When we act as do the people of the older
nations, we will have their solidity and
their certainty. As it is, we are like little
boats on the sea of trouble. In our eager
ness to have the boat decorated, to make
it lock pretty, and to receive words of
commentator as to its daintiness, we for
get to test its ability in a. storm. a willful
waste is certain to make the woeful want
that is predicted, and want will come
and be felt by all those who do not com
prehend the vugarity of waste and the
refinement of care. 1t is largely our wom-
en- who are to blame. and yet if the Amer
lean man would assert himself, and would
insist upon teaching woman the value OF
all things, she would not err as she does.
Every thinking woman believes that
a man should be the master in his house
hold; therefore let him use his power
and use it properly; that is, use it SO
that his womankind will be careful.
thoughtful and generous women, instead
of shiftless. wasteful and careless butter
flies. Think it all over, and giving it
the proper thought, I do honestly believe
that you will agree as to what constitutes
the rlght generosity with Bah.
The House Atmosphere,