Evening star., 1897-03-20
HOUS EHOLD HIN S

Here is a dish called sponge pudding"
of which southerners are very fond Beat
seven eggs till they are light as seafoam.
Add six tablespoon fuls of sugar and beat
fer five minutes furiously. Sift into this
seven tablespoonfuls of sweet corn meal.
one teaspoonful of salt, grated rind of
! half lemon and its juice. freed from
seeds. Stir quickly and bake in sponge
cake pans, serving hot with hot sauce, or
| creamed butter and sugar. with nutmeg.
1t is a reproach to this generation of
women that they know so little about the
use of the needle. Needlework does not
commend itself to the young women or
today. They outgrew the needle about the
time the ..higher education for women
came into vogue. In these days OF cheap
ready-madc garments girl thinks she can
clothe herself quite acceptably without
knowing how to sew. 1t seems such
pity that the dainty occupation should nave
gone into diSuse. One grows as tired OF
shop-nade petticoats and nightdresses as
one Goes of bakers bread and canned corn.
They all bear just about the same relation
to the original and real thing. too The
very happiest hours of young mothers
life are those spent in setting dainty
stitches in her darling's daintIer clothes.
and the woman who can't sew need never
hope to have her grandchildren unroll
from its silver wraprings the time-yel-
| lowed baby dress that mamma wore II
grandmamma simply took two or three OF
'.grandpappa's hard-earned dollars AMI
bought the dress at downtown shop.
The thing that gives the little garments
| their value in after years Is the pretty
sewing, the frost-like embroidery or the
delicate real lace made by skilled hands or
grandmother or mother. Shop-made goods
are for people who live in hurry and
| have not time to enjoy the homemade ar
ticle. Mothers with homes and daughters
ought to accustom themselves to the real
h md pA kn- -la.a-
| lieve. Girls who go to the shop and buy
their uaderclotheS and dresses do not take
| the same care of those articles of attire
| that they would under different circum-
things were Cheap" they are entitled to
fresh attire twice as often. "Ready-made.
''ready-cooked," 'ready-furnished'' and
canned delicacies'' are playing sad havoc
with real home life.
| Marry in haste and repent at leisure is
a trite old saying that augments in truth
each year. 1t applies with equal force 20
beth young men and young women, but il
must be confessed that parents have a
much larger part in causing these unhappy
marriages than they are credited with.
Young people are difficult to handle be-
| tween the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.
They are inclined to overrate their inl-
pcrtance in the household economy, and
| the chief aim of many parents is to nip
| this growing Importance. Like much OF the
tree pruning in our beautiful parks. the
nlpplnS process Is DIulaly done, Win no
| care for environment, or thought of fu-
| ture symmetry. Quite often the child gets
a rude setback that stunts Its sensibilities,
and makes 1T self-conscious and awkward.
| Then the home life is not what 1t should
| be. No boy or girl is going to remain at
| home if that home is dull and all healthful
amusement is frowned upon. because pa
| and ma are too old to have such frivolity
going on" or some like invalid excuse.
Youth must be amused. and II 1t cannot be
| amused at home you may be sure it will
seek it abroad, and often in questionable
| society Interest yourself in the pursuits
| of your children, lead them to make you
! their confidant, make your friends theirs,
| and see that the friends they pick up out
| side of your Jurisdiction are fit associates
| for them A stern edict that certain friends
| must be dropped will bring you only bad
| temper and a surety Of broken commands.
Go at the matter gently, and demonstrate
| the general wcrthlessness Of the objection
able ones, and win easily that way. If
you treat your yourg people as though
| they We're reasonable human beings you
will be much less liable to drive them into
marriage, which they seek in the hope of
| finding happiness. but most often find they
| have only deepened their unhappiness.
| Here is Napoleons idea of wha. a girl
| should learn in school and what she should
know when she left school. 1t is old. but
as applicable today as it was century
ago. They should be made to accustom
| themselves to economy and to calculate
the value of things. But in general they
should all be occupied during three-quar-
ters Of the day with needlework. They
should know how to make stockings and
Lnderclothing and work embroidery. In a
word, they should learn all the work that
belongs to a woman. A woman on coming
out of Ecouen'-the school to which he
was referring-'to take her place at the
head of little household, should know
how to make her dresses, mend the clothes
of her husband. make the baby linen Of
her children, procure dainties for her little
her houshold duties, care for her husband
and children whenever they are sick. and
know how to do it like trained nurse"
By hanging pictures low you increase the
apparent height of the room. Colored pic
lures should never be hung in the Railways
or staircases unless there Is q strong
light on them. In places like that pho
tographs, engravings or drawings in black
and white are best. The center of the pic
ture, when hung should not be much above
the level of the eye. The cord on which
they are hung should be as nearly invisible
as possible, and wire is best Of all. The
wall on which you hang pictures should be
Of neutral tint. a shade OF soft dull yellow
being the best. and. IL papered, the figure
should be inconspicuous.
Napkins should always be folded as SIM
ply as possible on a smart dinner table.
To fold them in fantastic shapes suggests
the restaurant and cafe.
The good dinner woman is one who lis
tens well and avoids the mistake of being
smart" She must be quiet, responsive,
interesting. vivacfous. but she must make
no attempt to monopolize the conversation.
In fact, the word tact sums ND the need
full qualities for a good dinner woman, and
II you will search among your friends for
the woman who IL most in demand YOU
will find that tact Is her strong stock tn
trade.
Learn to laugh. Smile though your heart
be breaking. Have a CHEEKY word for all
corners and you will be liked by everybody
For an example in q smile that will live
In history Mrs. Cleveland owns the patent
Her smile was never OF the stereotyped
sort. and in 1t there was always welcome.
But sunfling is not the whole Of 1t; laugh
out loud, II you please. It may be ARTIFICIAL
at dr0t. but 1t gets to be natural after
awhile. Hide your pains and aches under