The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

i. While It Is an understandable fact that nearly
4 all the old axio,ns and adagcs that regulated
q the daily conduct of our respectable foi
= bears had thcir foundations in truths born
= Of experience 1t is none the less certain that
- blind, unquc.ticnng obedience to those rr-
4 c'cnt guides need he no longer a matter Of
\ conscience. Times and conditions have
j. changed, and the sauce that suited the goose
i, Of fifty years ago most cxcellenty well Is not
i. of necessity applicable to every gandcr of
.. today. Take for example those timc.honorci
sa"s-
"Erarly TO bed and carly TO rise
Makes man healthy, wealthy and wise;
= "PlouglI deep, while slu2sards sleep,
+ And YOU shall have corn TO seil and TO keep"
i and 1.-The carly bird catches tn. worm.'
i 1t IL undoubtedly true that with the ma
4 jority Of people, and in the majority Of oc-
q equations, better work can be done in the
carly part Of the day than in its closing
= hours In the morning the mind is clear,
= tho nerves steady, the muscles elastic, the
+ heart courageous. But who am I that l
+ should soy "Because l love the day new.
\ born my work is such that can push 1t 10
4 much better advantage then than later, and
:, II is no hardship tor me to 'rise with the
:. lark and the milkman,' that my neighbor
= must do tho same2' His occupation may bc
entirely different, his temperament the OPP
= posite Of mInc and his inherited prcclivi.irs
y all IN tho othe. direction Wc not all
+ built on the same plan. His best work may
+ all be done at the tail OF the day. and that
Z, far better than mine OF the early hours. Thi,
4 ono thing, however, is certain: The hours
+. for sleep should not be curtailcd. II neces
sity keeps up at night arrangements
should be made whereby the deficit may be
y made up in the morning. The rules govern
+ ing each household should be elastic enough
+ to a, the circumstances Of individual mem
4 bers.
= II goes without saying, however, that other
= things being equal it is much easier 10: The
ho<iseketpcr OF the family to have uniform
q rising and breakfast hour and thus early
enough TO avoid the rush of cXgenccs liable
TO crowd in later. This is especially true
- in tho summer when tho sun climbs
+ higher, ambitious begins to flag. All house
+ hold duties are much lighter II taken in the
4. cool Of the day. The baking and ironing,
= the sweeping and cleaning are only fun in
3. the carly morning hours but by noon they
q become an incubus OF dread.
While the light continental breakfast Of
y coffee, rolls and possibly an egg grows in
= favor among families where the members all
Z remain at home and can have substantial
b luncheon at noon, 1t cannot be wisely adopt
:. ed where there are growing children of for
IL school or men and women with hard physi'
cal or mental exercise ahead of them. For
such, a substantial breakfast J., necessity.
v Suse's housekeeping's all right" said
= Young fellow on New Mexican cattle ranch,
n whose sister had lately come out. from New
+ York to keep house for him. It's dandy
= thing 10 sec woman round, and the shack
:, looks fierce with all the pretty things that
= woman knows how TO fix up, but when
Il she thinks a fellow can ride thirty or forty
miles OF morning an egg and a cup Of
coffee she don't know what she's talking
y about"
Here again crcunist ances alter cases. What
= Is all right and much to be preferred in enc
= household is all wrong in another. and each
= housekeeper has to solve her individual
= problem.
r Washing with the following fluid can be
= commended as not injurious to the
clothes and great saving OF hard
labor. Put into big kettle tne
pound Of Babbtt's lye, one.hat ounce Of