The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-05-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
THE BOYS

.lnu 10 Keep tIclT udtS anu cOatS Ill
their proper places. Teach
them this habit, and you will cave
many annoyances, and you will al
30 do a kindness to the boys by
teaching them neatness and self re-
spect.
Boys, as we'll as girls, should be
taught to help in the house. How
of.en we have been Disguised to see
that the girls are made to help with
the Homework while the boys are
allowed to play checkers, or sit at
the fire toasting their toes.
A boy can clear away after a
meal. sweep the floor, polish the
stove or wash the dishes, just as
effectively as a girl. He, as a rule,
is stronger.
He will love his home more, and
when he becomes a man, and has a
home of his own, he will respect his
wife all the more for having been
taught to respect his mother and
sisters.
The boy who takes off his hat
when he enters the house is the one
who usually has his hair combed
and his face clean, and the girl or
boy who says please" and thank
you" is always prettier than the
one who forgets these things. Just
look around and see if this is not
true.
The board of health and the
board of education touch the house,
holder so nearly that their every de-
,mand is vital to her interest. She
must see what is back of their rules
and regulations; she must look up
On compulsory education as the bull
wark of her child's protection and
upon the Slate as the guardian of
her children's opportunities.
We can find faults everywhere if
we look, if we have the desire to
better things by first finding out
what is wrong; but if purely neg
alive non-constructive criticism is
all We have to offer, let US keep
silent until we have something bet
ter. The board of education is not
able to do all that it could and
should do because we citizens do not
back it up sufficiently, first by see
ing that the best men in the town
are elected by the board and second
ly by knowing what we want to
further the highest interest of the
children, and seeing that we get it.
We want, more points of contact
between the householder and these
two great civic forces, the. board of
health and the board of education.
The cure here would seem to be
a more intelligent or. imism fresh
er grasp of possibilities, and great
er appreciatinn of Notwithstanding
difficulties. Perhaps, in one word,
the cultivation of finer social con-
science.
Let US reckon among our causes
for thanksgiving in the blessed, bud
ding, bonntiful springtime that we
take our course Of calomel in the
guise of luscious red tomatoes, spicy
pie plant, young onions that melt
in the mouth. juicy asparagus and
spinach-"the broom" that maketh
clean the human system and with
out friction.
Spinach takes rank with dietitians
among the most valuable of our es.
culents. 1t is gentle purgative to
the blood, clearing out the febile de-
posits of the winters sluggishness
and introducing new and vital ele.
ments. 1t improves the complexion
l remark incidentally, and contain
ing, as it does, iron and salts of Dot
assium, stimulates the jaded ap-
petite. 1t is prepared for the table
by boiling in double kettle, ado
ing no water except that which
clings to the leaves after Washing
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