Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-10
In PLEASANT ROOM
MEALS ARE DoUsLY ATTRACTIVE
AND ENJOYABLE.
Dining Place and its Appurtenances
Should Be One Of the Chief
Cares Of the Mistress OF
the Household.

we eat to live; we do not live to
eat, is a time-stained saying. 1t is al
most invariably uttered complacently.
and seldom in absolute sincerity.
There is something wrong physically
with the man who does not care what
ne eats" There II a twist In the
moral makeup Of the woman who
finds catering for the appetitss of
those she loves - wrstched bore.
don't you known"
Next in importance to the house
place in the estimation of the wise
and tender mother of the home comes
the dining room. where, three times a
day, she has her brood under the
wings of her comforting, provident
and nourishinE love. Whatever may
be said as to the merits of the food
products" that fy at the masthead Of
the company the motto, Tell me
what you eat. and will tell you what
you are"-there ia q potent grain of
truth in the legend.
So much Of mans temper and NOR
ais during the day depends upon what
he has had for breakfast that the
mother may well give serious thought
to the composites Of the meal. SO
much depends upon where and how he
eats his breakfast, that the wonder
grows in the philosophic mind that the
eating room and the appurtenancsa
thereof are q thIrd-rate consideration
with so many otherwise excellent
managers
The housemothsr who can lot sun
shine into the morning meeting place
OF the family scores an important
point in favor Of the success Of her
pious scheme. StnAa this cannot al
ways be, her aim should be to simulate
the blessed sunbeans a. far as she
can. Walls Of pale bun, the nash Of u
gilt frame here and a bit OF briKht
drapery there; yellow silk Eaah cur
tains, and. on the sideboard. the glitter
OF silver and glass viii 10 far to re-
heve the depressing influence Of an
apartment whore the sun never falls.
There lie no excuse nowadays for
setting a table with coarse, thick
stoneware, even when there II no
company" (hatsful phrassO present.
Graceful designs may be had in ware
so cheap as to be within the reach of
any woman who can spread q table of
her own.
In the matter Of zapsrY, modern
fashion comes beneYolently to the help
Of the poor In purse. Have the top of
your table polished with 4 mixture Of
raw linseed oil and turpentine-three
parts Of oil, one of turpentine-rubbed
I'm LONG
fast and for luncheon with a linen
square-embroidered or simply hem
stitched-lRid diagoAally to the table
corners, in the middle, with doilies of
the same under the plates; a carving
cloth before the master of the house.
and a tray cloth before the mistress.
The effect Is pleasing and decorative,
the more agreeable TO the housswifely
eye because the weekly wash Is ma
terially lessened thereby.
Tax your ingenuity In every way to
make the place tempting to eye and
to thought. az we'll ~ to appetite. A
place where one is disposed to linger
over ones meals for social converse
and social enjoyment, instead Of bolt
ing food in hungry silence, preparatory
to boiling from the place he-cAlls
home" through custom and courtesy.
TO return not until the approach Of the
next feeding time.
Since the dining room chairs are
higher than those IN the sitting room
and parlor, women Of medium height
sit with their fest barely touching the
nooE. and short women dAnEie their
toes helplessly and painfully, the
weight Of the lower limbs depending
from the weary spine.
Provide for each Of the shorter sex q
footsteol or hassock, and reap your
reward in the Swallowed lines in brow
and check, the happier light IN the
eyes. the cheerful ring in the voice.