The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04

iod, is an Accomplishment In compar-
ison 10 which, in its bearing on wom-
ans relation 10 real life and 20 the
family, all others are trivial. II com.
prehends all that goes 70 make up a
we'll ordered home, where tho sweetest
relations OF life rest on Arm tCunda-
tons and the purest sentiments thrive,
II Is an accomplishment that may be
acquired by study and experiment. but
the young and inexperienced house
keeper generally reaches success only
through great tribulation.
II girls were taught TO take as
much genuine pride In busting a room
well. hanging n curtain gracefully, or
broiling n steals TO nicely, as they
feel when they have mastered one Of
Mozart's Of Beethoven's grand sym
phonies, there would be fewer COM
planning husbands and unhappy wives
The grand lesson to learn is that
WORK WELL DONE Ia ROBBED OF
its CURSE.
No mother who hsS the happiness
of her daughter at heart will neglect
household. and no daughter who ab-
pires to he queen at home and in ner
circle of friends, can afford TO remain
ignorant of the smallest details that
contribute to the comfort, the peace
and the attractiveness Of home.
There is no luck In housekeeping.
however, il may seem; everything
works by exact rule. and even with
thorough knowledge, eternal vigilance
Is the price of success. There must
he a place for everything and every
thing in its place; a time for every
thing and everything In its time. and
patience, patience patience. must be
written in glowing capitals all over
the walls.
Your husband may admire your grace
and ease in society, your wit, your &C
compliThments Of music end art, but
all in perfection will not atone for an
ill-ordered kitchen, sour bread, muddy
coffee. tough meats. unpalatable vego-
, tables, indigcstihle pastry. and the
whole train Of horrors that result
from bad housekeeping; on the other
hand Guccess wins gratitude and at
tachment in tho home circle, and adds
luster 70 the most brilliant intellectual
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. -.
The most worthless unit I'm q family
is an i'll managing wife, or an incident
woman Of any sort If she knows
nothing of her kitchen, and is at the
mercy of the hired girl, the table will
soon become inIolorable-- bad soup
soft and flabby fs'l, meat burned ont
side and raw within. TAt husband
4 viii soon fly TO his clubhouse, where
he will not only md food that he can
digest, but at the same time escape
from the domestic discord that usual
| Is accompanies ill-cooked victuals N
home.
In short. We want common sense In
! cookery as in all other household arts.
| Food shout ho used and not abused
! Much Of IT, Is now absolutely wasted
! Just for little science In the art OF
cooking.
An accomplished mother says: ~
'lN'AN NiNsRil liblll's 81 NlpN Ntibl't az
vell-cooked, pnlatable meals are safe
| Ar.ards against the evils Of the saloon,
and tho gamblina table. So We may
with ont frying pans and soup ket.
ties wage a mighty war against intem-
perance, for seldom Is a wcll-fed man
drunkard; and thus our attempts at
| pnlatablc and economical cooking mag
kin two birds with one stone"
The advancement of people IL
measured b. its proficiency In scion
| tidc housekeeping. Vice and crime
consort with foul living; in those
places generalization is the normal
condition. There Is an absence OF
cleanliness, Of decency, Of decorum--
all tending to foster idleness, drunk
cness and vicious abandonment.
Prof,igacy caused the downfall Of
the. Roman empire. Prudence builded
England. ana We of America are OF
Anglo, not of Latin stock. by inhori-
lance, then, We arc provident as well
rs thrifty. Our ancestors surely were.
10 their minds waste was q crime.
Frugality was a cardinal principal III
their living, but not from choice. but
from necessity Had they the means
20 provide the comforts for their fam
lilies. such as now exist, is there rea-
son to doubt that those resources
would have been utilized. and to ad-
vantage? Moreover. Is ii not a fact
that the Injuries OF one epoch become
positive requirements of another.
Prudence, frugality and good man.
agement are good mechanics for mend
ing poor times. They occupy but lit
tie room In any household, but will
furnish a more effectual remedy for
the evils Of life than any tariff or
currency bill that ever passed Con-
gross.
Alicc Morse Earle quotes from the
diary of Abigallc Foote who lived in
Connecticut i'm 1913. as follows.
"Mended mothers ridins hood.
spun short thread.
"Cardcd wool.
Worked on cheese basket.
"Hutcherd fax with Hannah, we
did 81 pounds each.
"Pleatod and ironcd.
"Read n sermon, Doddrideo's.