Middletown transcript., 1897-07-17

FT1~ talk ABOUT MS
VH;kAS own wife, being
N4 eyEI% especially famil.
S-!s-.z= - :ar with the sub
ject. Slammsr had the floor.
"The trouble with my wife is," he
said, "that she's too intensely sympa-
thetic. She can't meet dog on the
street without concluding at once that
he's lost and hungry. If there's lame
or bony horse within block, she sees
him and shows great deal more So
licitude than any humane agent have
ever had the pleasure of knowing. Most
women dismiss such things by, saying
they have troubles of their own, but
she's constantly worrying about poor
brutes or poor people,
"About week ago she came home
with poodle in her arms, talking baby
lang Iage to him and assuring the blink
ing pup that his trials and tribulations
were at an end. 'Ze poor little sing
had been abused and starved, but now
be was to be fed and coddled for the
rest of his days. l saw the dog was
clean, combed and well fed. He had Q
ribbon about his neck over silver col.
lar, TO which was attached license
tag. 1t was plain as day to me that
he was somebody's pet and that hue
and cry would soon be raised When be
was missed. But l said nothing. while
my wife told a tale Of woe foI tue poo.
die, evolving the whole thing from hel
sympathetic imagination.
"Next morning there was an adver-
tisement for dog stolen from the i'm
mediate vicinity of the premises of the
owner and the description Of missing the
property answered that of the animal
that had slept on the sofa pillow and
was at that time taking breakfast with
us. showed it to my wife and she
rushed for a smelling-bottle. l fixed
the thing up with the man TO whom
the dog belonged and then had him
call on my wife under instructions.
He was strong On the bluff, and gave
her good scare. Since then she's
short-sighted when it comes to lame
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HOUSEKEEPING ISN'T EASY.
A cooking school teacher said lately
to her class: ''It is of no use pretend
ing that housekeeping is easy. 1t isn't.
It is hard work." However, there are
ways Of more or less alleviatir g the
hardship, and some of them have been
discovered by family in the suburbs
where servants are generally unsatis-
factory and uncertain of tenure. This
particular household consists of
mother and two daughters. If they are
left maidless-and that is no uncom-
mon occurrence in village life-they
perform the disagreeAblG feat known
provincialIy as ''doing ones own work"
after plan which they have involved.
One prepares the breakfast one morn
ing, luncheon the next day, and dinner
on the next. The other two clear away
and wash the dishes. Thus each OF @
is responsible for different meal each
day and has no other concern, except
the mere menial labor. Whoever gets
the breakfast does the upstairs work
that day. Another plan of this family,
even when they have servants, is to d.
vide the catering. seeing after the
meals, ETC., among themselves, SD that
it shall not prove so wearisome task
to any one. They each take turns by
the week in marketing, planning food
and overseeing its cooking. This gives
a much greater variety for the table
and is good practice for the daughters
as we'll as relief TO the mother. Like
wise it is an economical arrangement.
Each manager makes it a point of pride
to see how well she can run the house
on the least possible sum, as there is
the comparison every Saturday night
with the account of the other two to
spur her on her best endeavors.