The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25
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small gathering of friends, and after the
I discussion of several topics, the conversa-
ton turned upon the size of the average
| persons hand. After time some one
said: Don't you think Mr.. A. has very
small hand?' Mr.. a. is a gentleman who
has been paying considerable attention to
| the young lady under consideration.
| Without stopping to think, the young
| lady replied: Yes, but he can squeeze so
| hard why, he squeezed my hand untiP'-
| but here she realized what she was say
! ing and stopped, crimson with confusion,
| to be overwhelmed in a gale of laughter
! which threatened to take the roof off the
house.
Summer clothes are beginning to go
! into hiding for the winter, and little pre-
! caution now will save perturbation and
! temper i'm the spring. Wash all the starch
| out of the lawns, cambrics, muslins and
| linens, and put them away rough dry"
unironed Treat all the wash dresses
| alike. Muslin discolors and turns a taun-
| diced yellow when laid by starched and
| irOned for a few months and ii is a waste
| of time to iron them, anyhow, because
they muss when folded away, and always
! have to be mended, let down in the, hem
| and trimming readjusted before worn in
| the spring. 1t is well to let such clothes
| lie till about March, then begin to pull
| them out and look them over with an eve
to early wearing. With retouching here
and there, bit OF embroidery, a few
yards of lace, a fresh ribbon, last seasons
muslins will look quite fresh and pre-
sentable for the bright first days of sum-
| mer.
Do not think, says the New York Tri-
| bune, that the necessity for making your
self look attractive ends with the termin-
| alton of counting days. Your husband
takes just as great an interest in your
good looks rs when he was a lover. so
| you should strive to please him as of yore
| Remember that your husband is a mana
| human being-and not an angel without
| wings; therefore, do not expect TO find
every good quality in him and no defects.
| Appreciate all the good points he possess
SEES, and be thankful that his defects are
not greater and more numerous than they
are. Because your husband loves the chill
| dren, and takes delight in fondling them,
do not be so indiscreet as to keep them up
! to greet him with their tired cries when
| he comes home weary from business. A
| man can have too much of everything
and the pleasure on Saturday and Sunday
will be enhanced tenfold if the noisy little
cherubs are sleeping in peace before the
breadwinner returns each night.
Try to take little interest in your hus-
bands concerns, even though the effort
! should not prove very successful. Your
| kindly motives will serve to make you
even more dear in his eyes, and he will
| probably endeavor to take a keener inter-
| est in your concerns, even to the extent of
! advising on the suitability of a new hat or
dress. Try to find just ten minutes each
! day to give your husband those small at
! tentions that you bestowed upon him for
! hours at a time before marriage OF course,
| you are now very busy, household matters
| and the children taking up much of your
| time each day, but ten minutes ought cas-
| lily to be found if an effort is really made.
| Be careful to study your husbands appe-
| tite, and your own as we'll A busy man
| should be tempted to eat, or his health will
fail in the long run, and duty to your hus-
band and children demands constant at
tention to your own health and strength.
| Therefore, eat well and wisely, and see
that your husband does the same.
1t is not expedient to tire husband with
daily reports on domestic troubles. If Jane
will be a lazy creature, or persists in
skmping her work, do not tell him too
frequently, because he has quite enough
troubles of his own. Try to let his en-
trance of an evening be the sun to dissi-
pate your worries, then your cheerful face
will make him forget his office cares, in
which case outside attractions will not
be sought for that purpose. Never lose
sight of one important fact-home matters
belong absolutely to home, and have no
concern whatever with other persons
therefore, do not let your tongue cause
them to leave the sacred precincts. Gossip
is always distasteful, but when home af-
fairs are the topic 1t cannot be too strong
ly deprecated. Bear in mind that there Is
no disgrace in doing housework-in fact,
no wife can properly direct servants unless
she has had experience in every branch of
il, and the time may come when stern ne
sell xKsill n
yourself Servants cannot be expected to
respect a mistress who Is unable to tell
whether the housework is or is not being
properly done.
Endeavor TO entertain perpetually those
two animals fierce In name but docile in
nature-whose presence in home is an
absolute necessity for peace and happiness
viz bear and forbear.
In their everyday existence, says the
New York Press, wives have to be the su-
periors Of men. A man who can do sew
eral things well is looked upon as a Won
der, yet the average housekeeper has a
dozen-oh, morel a score or a hundred
duties of radically different natures, and
II she fails in one she falls short OF the
requirements of society and her family.
Mrs. De Jarnette well expressed this idea
before the San Jose Institute when she
said:
"If a man goes into business, does he
assume the duties Of head clerk book
keeper, cash boy, collector. and janitor?
And II he could do so-whch he cannot,
and would not even consider-would he
look his best. act most agreeable, keep a
perpetual smile and have his place Of BUSH
ness spotless? Let US look at woman. She
enters business-marriage- she as
sumo duties Of head housekeeper, cook,
seamstress, laundress, nurse, tutor, and
outside man?
f1r che a..
does-can she keep her house clean, her
temper serene. buttons aeWed on. re-