The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-04-25

d. lie hiLCue - LIZ Va HcdtHteS.
And its general completeness.
Wherein in cleanliness and sweetness
The rose OF order blooms.
= Order, neatness, cleanliness. must
first be learnt. Gods world is in order.
Some habits must I've learnt young. If
yon are not orderly at eighteen. the
chances are you never will be A slo-
veuly girl will make a slatternly wife.
Go home and look at Your cnpboards.
How many things can you find with
out a hunt I Peep into those corners
d;awers-nOndescript places, in which
everything for which there is no other
place gets slowed away. Do yon notice
grease spots quickly Do yo1 take
them ont, or merely fold them over?
A lady said, "What can be worse than
a glove that Las been mended ~ "A
glove that wants mending," was the
reply.
These may seem To he small things.
but they show that there are too many
girls like a certain lazy, fashionable
,OuBg lady who. the other day, was
heard giving the following piece of
sententious advice .Neyer put off till
Tomorrow what you can get your
mother to d. to-day"
Ore of the first requisites of a we'll
ordered home is punctuality. If there
is no regard for time I'M 'happy- go
lucky administrations" there is always
more or less friction. Trains run at a
particular hour. Schools and offices
open at certain times. So, if the ar
engagements of house are not pune J
tual. its inmates will always be in a
wearying. irritating hurry, and vet
never in time. Napnleon's cook always
had u roast chicken ready for his
master at any time lie called for break
fast. because every quarter of an hour
lie put a fresh chicken down to roast.
II we cannot afford so many chickens.
we must be punctual to the settled
hour of meals. A lady of experience
observed that a good way to pick out
Il husband is to see how patiently he
waits for dinner when it is behind time
Her husband remarks that a good way
pick III a wife is to see whether the
woman has dinner ready in time. A
said 81 have a very reliable
clock, for when it points It 2 it always
strikes u, and then | know it ia half
past Z o'clock" spent the other day
in a lIOuse the mistress of which re-
that clock. and | never wish
to enter it again. Every meal was an
hour late. The hostess spent much Of
her time in looking for keys. and ONLY
spoke to apologize for things that
never would have gone wrong il she
had been a centre of order rather than,
she was, painfully chaotic.
We often speak of Cuisines men,"
but are there not business women, too,
n the world Certainly for the man.
,gemeEt OF a household is as much a
of business as the management 4
If a shop or of IL counting house. 1t
'equires method. accuracy, ~Organiza- :
ion, economy, discipline, tact, knowl-
and capacity for adapting means
o ends. All this is OF the essence Of
business, and hence business habits
To be cultivated by sirls who
aspire to succeed in life. Mr.. Bright
las said of boys: Teach a boy arith-
thoroughly and he is a made
Why Because it teaches him
Method, accuracy, value, proportions,
citations. But does not IA girl require
% learn arithmetic as much as does a
Joy ? She does; for when she becomes
wife. if she is not up to her business
that is. the management OF her do
nestle affairs in conformity with the :
imp.e principles of arithmetic she
will, through sheer ignorance, be liable
o commit ex~travagances which may
,e most injurious to her family peace
md comfort. Method, which is the
'oul Of business. is also of great impor-
anc to the home. Tie unpunctual p
Woman. like the G%npunctual man, oc
dislike because she consumes F
md wastes time. To the business
nan time is money but to the bust
woman method is more than =
noney-is is peace, comfort. and do :
nestle prosperity.
The dying pauper, in the OLD story.
vas told by the beadle that Heaven .
vas not for "the likes ofhim," and that \
ought to be very thankful to have I
another place to 60 to. If home is \
What women make it, not a few poor