The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-10
IN PLEASANT ROOM
MEALS ARE OoUBlY ATTRACTIVE
aM AND ENJOYABLE.
Dining Place and Its Appurtenances
Should Be One Of the Chief
Cares Of the Mistress of
the Household.


We eat to ligS we do not live /
eat, Is a time stained saying. Ii is a
most invariably uttered complacentll
and seldom in absolute sincerity
There Is something wrong PHYSICAL
with the man who does not care wha
ne eats. There is a twist In tn
moral makeup OF the woman VIII,
hnds catering for the appetites o
those she loves "a wretched bore
don't you know"
Next In Importance 10 the house
place in the estimation of the wise
and tender mother of the home comes
the dining room, where, three times d
day she has her brood under the
wings of her comforting, proyident
| and nourishing love. Whatever may
be said as to the merits OF the food
| products that fly at the masthead OF
the company the motto Tell me
what you eat. and will tell YOU what
you are'-there is potent grain OF
truth in the legend
So much of a 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 composition 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 appurtenances
ct to-,
with so many otherwise excellent
managers.
The householder who can let sun.
shine into the morning meeting place
OF the family scores an important
point In favor OF the success of her
pious scheme Since this cannot al,
ways be, her aim should be to simulate
the blessed sunbeams as far as she
can. Walls of pale buff, the fash Of a
gilt frame here and a bit OF bright
drapery there; yellow silk sash cur
tains, and, on the sideboard, the glitter |
of silver and glass will go far to re
lieye the depressing influence OF an
apartment where the sun never falls.
There is no excuse nowadays for |
setting table with coarse. thick
stoneware, even when there is no
company thateful phrase!l present
Graceful designs may be had In ware
so cheap as to be, within the reach OF
any woman who can spread a table OF
her own.
In the matter of napeEy, modern
fashion comes benevolently to the helm
Of the poor in purse Have the top OF
your table polished with a mixture OF
raw linseed oil and turpentine-three
parts OF oil, one of turpentine-rubbedt
n long and well Then set for break
asst and for luncheon with a linen
Iquare-embroidered or simply hem.
diagonally to the table
,orners, in the middle with dOilies Of
he same under the plates; a carving
10th before master of the house,
md tray cloth before the mistress
The effect Is pleasing and decorative
he more agreeable to the housewifely
we because the weekly wash is ma.
erially lessened thereby.
Tax your ingenuity In every way TO
make the place tempting TO eye and
0 thought. as well as to appetite A
lace where one is disposed to linger
yer ones meals for social converse !
nd social enjoyment. instead of bolt, ;
lg food in hungry silence, preparatory
0 boiling from the place he calls !,
home, through custom and courtesy. {
. return not until the approach Of the :
ext feeding time.
Since the dining room chaigs are
igher than those In the sitting room ,
nd parlor women of medium height !,
Il with their feet barely touching the :,
oor, and short women dangle their :,
)es helplessly and painfully. the I
eight Of the lower limbs depending !,
ON the weary spine. q
Provide for each Of the shorter sex a
,otstool or hassock, and reap your =,
eward in the Swallowed lines in brow
nd cheek, the happier light in the
yes, the cheerful ring in the voice. "