Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-03-23
COMFORT AND DISPLAY.


door Elegance.
Volumes have been written on the
necessity of neat home attire, yet there
are still hundreds Of families where
anything is good enough for the
house, II snowy outfit can be Sc
cured for display outdoors.
This state of things will probably
exist until people have learned to live
above sham and falsehood. There are
thousands of families who appear in
silken attire to the outward world,
while they wear the most slovenly
dresses in their own houses when
nobody Is around. Such condition
as this means disordered house. n
house where comfort is invariably sac
rificed to show. II consequently
means an unhappy home. where the
petty vexations OF life bring about
continual chickering's. Nothing so
wears upon the temper and so tries
the disposition as disorder. A house
where everything is out Of place is in
variably most uncomfortable resi-
dence. The few hours OF pleasure in
gorgeous street appearance can not In
any way compensate for the many
hours of discomfort in an improperly
furnished home. or for the positive
bodily distress that results from wear
ing insufficient or unsuitable clothes
within doors.
The first essential must be comfort
warri underclothing and warm whole
stockings for winter. and neat house
dresses and aprons for the house.
keepcr), and the essentials for the
kitchen and dining room-before more
elaborate display clothing and parlor
outfits are secured. How few young
people go to housekeeping in this
spirit. How many begin by furnish
ing their parlor. and expect to secure
the furnishing Of their kitchen with
the money that is left. One method
means comfortable home, with little
show. the other improperly served
meals. badly cooked for want of insult
ficient materials and all the train of
evils that come in the wake of
such management. 1t is not too
much to say that hundreds of homes
are swallowed up in Charybdis Of
domestic mismanagement. There is
very little human affection that will
survive greasy beef>teaks and under
done potatoes Dyspepsia is foe that
DESTROYS the temper.
Undoubtedly one of the strongest
movements toward temperance among
the poor of the tenement-houses has
been the coolsing-school. II the wives
of poor men in this country could learn
to market wisely and cook intelligent
~. rs the French peasant women do,
there would he some chance of coping
with the great evil of strong drink. 1t
Is a noteworthy fact that in America
and in England the amount of drink
ing among the poor classes is greatly
in excess of that in France. where
though light wines IRE con-
sumed, strong stimulants are
almost unknown to the peas
antry, which Is never un-
derfed. and seems to feel no
such appetite for strong alcoholic
stimulants Us the American and Eng
glish workmen. Just in proportion us
the living space of the familyis limited
to the poor. lone tenement-house dis
tricts of the great cities, does this APP
petite increase. The American work.
man in the country is n sober man.
The American WORKMAN in the city is
too frequently incorporate. These
matters show conclusively the effects
of home discomfort. The countryman
has sufficient space to live in and pure
air to breathe. His wife has fewer
temptations to buy snowy clothing and
is more inclined to spend her income
In substantial food and to take n pride
in preparing it well.--N. Y Tribune