Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
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| To your wishes, whether or not they
| like it.
| The young married woman in chape
rOning is sometimes thoughtless in liking
too much attention from the young men
| in fact. monop0lizing sometimes one of
The bachelors and turning her husband
over to one of the girls of the party.
This Is not conSiderate or kind. for
however nice the husband of the chape
ron may be. no one of the girls will wish
to be deprived of one of the bachelors
1t is not necessary for the chaperon to
give her society exclusively to her hus
band. but she should not select any one
of the other men and allow him to be
constantly with her
A much older woman often chaperons
without her husband, and does not ex-
pect or desire the society of the younger
men beyond the attentions and courte-
sizes which il is their part to give. She
makes herself graciously one OF the
party under her wing, yet keeps a little
in the background sympathetic OBJ
server Of the fun going on.
Graceful Economy.
Its a strange thing" observed the
young woman with the wrinkle in her
| brow. Men are always preaching
economy to their wives. and yet if one
tries to be economical Il man grumbles
and goes off to the club. I've worried
myself into a fever struggling to keep
down the table expenses. because
| thought Henry wanted to rejrench and
do get any thanks? No. lie was as
cross as two sticks last Sunday because
we had hash for supper"
Just like John" said the woman who
was pouring tea. I'VE gave Il dinner
for some of his business associates, on
Thursday and knowing that we ought
RI Nxhn 1 =
flowers. | thought business men, YOU
know, would not notice But John
scolded me-said his friends would think
he was too poor to afford table decora-
tons. Men are dreadfully unreason
able"
"And women are foolish-sometime
said the white haired woman in the cor
ner. My dears, there are two ways Of
ecouomizing-the tactful and the tact
less. Hash, now, is tacJless economy.
Nothing gives a man such a poverty
struck, boarding house feeling as to be
served with hash-Sunday night, too,
when most people look for some extra
tidbit. You should have found some
attractive way of using your leftover
meat, or else You should have fed it to
the cat and had some treat for Your
Sunday tea-something GO make Henry
feel that home was place worth working
for, something to brace up his courage.
And you Ito the woman az the tea urn,
don't you know that if there's any one
on earth before whom a man wants to
appear prosperous always it's his bust
ness associates!'
But oughtn't one to economizeW
asked the woman with the wrinkle in
ner brow.
Economic, to be sure. but do it grace
fully. For instance: | heard you say
that you were going to take YOUR small
Dalau tc tbp dreS 70 have
frock made for some children's party.
Now, you are clever with your needle
| Why not rip mp that old-rose China silk
Of yours that | heard you say you were
going to give away, and make Helen d
frock? You could do it perfectly. Oh.
there are dozens of ways of econ0mizing
gracefully, if you only use your wits a
little; but never, never, do anything
chats obvious and depresses the family"
"Rusbin," remarked the bo0kworm,
coming up for cup of tea, says that
economy no more means saving money
than it does spending money. &
1t means saving or spending, whethe
money, time or anything else, to the best
possible advantage. When I'm feeling
poor l go out and do something extrava-
gant-lunch at some gilt-edged place. or
buy an expensive hat. Thereby. | give a
FLIP to my feelings and get strength to
resume the struggle of life"
did you ever take a holiday trip
with a saving soul?'' asked the girl who
had just come in. II did once, It's a
dismal experience. This woman beat
down the cabmen and cut the walters
tip and went blind when porters held
out their hands till | thought I'd die
with shame. l call that false economy.
I'd rather stay at home than make a
trip in that way."-New York Tribune
Do Not PrOlong Calls
When paying calls to ones friends,
whether formally or informally. do not
utterly disregard the hours for meals.
for it is not good form to Finger until
the lunch or the dinner hour when YOU
have not been invited for the meal If
you do you are likely to place your
friend in an awkward position Either
she must ask you to remain because she
feels it necessary, or she has the meal
delayed waiting for you to take your de-
parture.
Do not put yourself in the position of
allowing either of these alternatives to
occur for no housekeeper likes the rou-
tine interfered with, and Unexpected
guests are not apt to be popular, for in
all well regulated households the table
is as conventionally laid for luncheon as
for dinner, and TO rearrange il at the
last moment necessitates considera BILE
CHdllSb anu Special OTueFS IOF the kEfCh-
en-. All Of which many housekeepers dis
like. and therefore do not feel Obliged
to invite callers at the last moment
If you are really wanted, you will be
asked during the early part of your call,
for the hostess who wants you will in
sist that you take off your hat and stay
for a long visit. If she does not ask
you in this spontaneous way, do not en-
barrass her by remaining until the mo-
ment the meal is announced.
No well hammered hostess allows her
maid to announce a meal while caller
is present, and if the visitor is thought
less the lunch or dinner is often de-
layed until it is almost spoiled, for
cooked foods should be eaten as soon as
they are done. This waiting is trial
to the housekeeper, and cause of irri-
tation to her husband, il she has one.
and the visitor responsible for such
state is never popular in that family.
When you ask guests to a meal, if one
Of them is late, do not wait for more
than ten minutes At the expiration Of
that time the meal should be served
This is only fair to your puuctual guests
L L. Raw \.