The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-24

piness reigns supreme. To achieve
this will require some study and con-
siderable thinking, initiative and pa
thence. 1t can not be done perman-
emily without a knowledge of house
hold duties. If you were employed by
firm or corporation, do you suppose
that you would be promoted to or
made forewoman without knowledge
of how the work should be done, or
how to direct others to do it? Then
it is unreasonable to suppose that you
can make success of your home with
out thorough knowledge of your par
ticular department, which is right at
the hearthstone, and the most difficult
to manage.
There is this question to consider:
OF what use is the average school-edu-
Gated girl or young lady, with all her
pretty uselessness and pleasant idle
ness society has taught her, to the
average young man drawing fair
salary and about to wed? None at
all! Now, assuming that your husband
must go to work at seven o'clock in
the morning, do not let him get his
own breakfast of coffee and rolls, or
bacon and eggs, as the case may be,
but arouse yourself and "be on the
lob" with him. And when he returns
for the evening meal meet him with
a pleasant smile, and, above all, that
dainty pinkness that pleased him so
well before marriage. Have flowers
on the table, white, clean linen and
shining china. 1t may not be noticed
at first; but gradually it will change
the whole nature of the man, and cult
vate the beautiful in his nature. In
stead of gadding about or listening to
lectures at clubs on "How to Tame the
Brute" it is more important that a
woman put forth her best endeavor to
learn "How to Feed the Brute"
| The apparent necessity of knowl
edge of Homework is readily appre-
ciated. If you can not cook, go to a
cooking school, attend lectures, or read
books on the art of cooking. There is
no valid excuse for ignorance on that
score. 1t is, moreover, a very inter-
esting theme, this science of domes-
ITCHY. You can inject your own indi-
viduality into the subject and be in
class by yourself, thus making it a
pleasure instead of drudgery. Learn
to do something worth while. While it
may not be literally true that you can
reach mans heart through his stom'
ach. nevertheless without fairly good
health you cannot make him happy.
Without properly prepared food there
is no such thing as good health. Conse-
uuently, strange as it may seem, the
kitchen is the secret key for holding
his affections at home. If you cannot
prepare the meal properly and keep
house Systematically you are in the
wrong from the start If you do not
have to do the cooking yourself, it is
certainly evident to the average we'll
balanced mind that it is necessary that
you know how it is to be done, in
order that you may direct others.
Be honest, be frank, and make no
excuses that are not true. Face the
| music; of course, there should not be
too much music. The little details of
| nome lie are ZIG OuOS WAASA SOuAI
most. Think not of yourself, but of
your work. The interesting and at
tractive are made so, not by their
physical but their intellectual qualities,
and the simple everyday virtues The
most beautiful woman, if she be dull,
coarse, or shrewish, quickly loses the
power to please and becomes an object
of indifference or repulsion. Absolute
honesty and confidence must be estab-
lished between man and wife. In time,
with kindness, loyalty and truth, won
ders will be worked.
Life is said to be dull and monoto-
nous; and yet it's variety is so endless
that it is never the same for any two
human beings. For each one it varies
| from day to day and from year to
year. The fatal monotony of same
ness lies in our heavy, sluggish ma
lures. If we arouse ourselves we find
infinite entertainment. Thus the i'm
portance of self is manifested. You