The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-12
AHELPFUL CORNER.
Order in Our Homes.

home is pleasing to Its occupants ana the
same is true looking on the other side-a
poorly kept house is disagreeabe abode
for those whose tastes are formed for order.
An exchange SAYS:
1t is pleasure to see an orderly house,
where everything has its place and where
the mem bers of the family delight IN keep
ing the place tidy. Now, there is a vast
difference between order and such primness
that neither chairs nor pillows are allowed
10 bemoved from their respective positions.
and if such a thing should happen, the
housewife hurries TO place them into their
corners again. This sort of order makes
husbands and sons feel that there is no com.
fort in home and consequently they seek
other resorts where they have some liberty.
Each member of the family, even to the
tiny toddler. should be taught to be orderly.
It will save great amount of work for the
mother. besides teaching valuable lessons of
neatness to the others. Little ones should
be encouraged to pick up and put away
their toys when they do not care to play
longer. Let them get as irty as they
pease for soap and water will correct that
No healthy child is always clean. If he is,
something is decidedly wrong.
Instead of permitting the children to
place their dirty or greasy little fingers on
furniture or window panes, give them a
cloth and show them how to take the finger
marks awav. In this way they will learn to
be careful and keep others from doing that
which they would not do. If the little ones
are permitted to help mamma" or papa"
ever so little they will take more pride in
their surroundings and in the efforts put
forth to keep order
It's wonderful what an influence can be
brought to bear on the children along this
line in the home. We know of an instance
where q little girl has been taught the les
son of neatness by an older member of the
family. Taught by example and it stands
to reason that the m other should follow
strict lines and rules in the care of her
daughters. From the youngest to the old
est there should be system of order. Each
one should have peg on which his or her
wraps and hat could be hung On removal.
and not left for the weary M other to pick up
when the others are resting. No unneces-
sary work need be made by any member for
another if each one is taught orderliness.
It is mean form of seIfshness.
No comfort need be sacrificed for perfect
order. It is merely a thoughtfulness on
the part of each member of the family, max
ing the home life happier, if anything One
automatically an orderly man-of the
writer's acquaintance, would never think of
putting his dirty shoe On the Clearly scrub
bed floor until be had carefully put papers
or pieces OF carpet down first He never
sits down into chair on which Is pretty,
clean tidy with his dirty coat on; in fact,
he usually removes it neatly folded to one
side. 1t is the same in everything he does,
and yet his home is the most comfortable
and one of the happiest in existence. He
appreciates the neatness and cleanliness in
his home, and there is no doubt but that his
wife is the happier for it. She will not go to
an early grave from Overwork if he can
help it, which he daily does by his orderli-
ness.
The husband will naturally fall into line
with the order of things be they uplifting Or
degrading. sigh Of sorrow for the home
where his tastes are lowered.