Buckeye cookery

By the way, she has just taken up a paper from which she reads this item by Prof. Blot: ‘‘ Wasting is carried on so far and so extensively in American kitchens that it will soon be one of the common sciences.” ‘ Just as I told you,” says mother, as she folds her hands complacently together, looks down at the bright figures of the carpet, and repeats in her slow-measured way: “ After all, whether we save or spend, the life is more than meat, and the body more than raiment.” : a oe Seg HOUSEKEEPING. Housekeeping, whatever may be the opinion of the butterflies of the period, is an accomplishment in comparison to which, in its bearing on woman’s relae tion to real life and to the family, all others are trivial. It comprehends all that goes to make up a well-ordered home, where the sweetest relations of life rest on firm foundations, and the purest sentiments thrive. It is an accomplishment that may be acquired by study and experiment, but the | young and inexperienced housekeeper generally reaches success only through — great tribulation. It ought to be absorbed in girlhood, by easy lessons taken — between algebra, music and painting. If girls were taught to take as much genuine pride in dusting aroom well, hanging acurtain gracefully, or crea a steak to a nicety, as they feel Paned they have mastered one of Mozart’s or Beethoven’s grand symphonies, there would be fewer complaining husbands _ and unhappy wives. The great lesson to learn is that work well-done is robbed of its curse. The woman who is satisfied only with the highest per- fection in her work, drops the drudge and becomes the artist. There is no~ dignity in slighted work ; but to the artist, no matter how humble his calling, belongs the honor whieh is inseparable from all man’s struggles after per- fection. No mother, who has the happiness of her daughter at heart, will neglect to teach her first the duties of the household; and no daughter who aspires to be queen at home and in her circle of friends, can afford to remain ignorant of the smallest details that contribute to the comfort, the peaceand the attractiveness of home. There is no luck in housekeeping, however it may seem. Every thing works by exact rule, and even with thorough knowl- edge, eternal vigilance is the price of success. There must be a place for every thing and every thing in its.place, a time for every thing and every thing in its time, and ‘‘ patience, patience,’? must be written in glowing capitals all. ) p »P ) g gs over the walls. The reward issure. Your husband may admire your grace and ease in society, your wit, yourschool-day accomplishments of music and painting, but all in perfection will not atone for an ill-ordered kitchen, sour bread, muddy coffee, tough meats, unpalatable vegetables, indigestible pastry, and the whole train of horrors that result from bad housekeeping; on the other hand, success wins gratitude and attachment in the home circle, and adds luster to the most brilliant intellectual accomplishments One of the first ideas the young housekeeper should divest herself of is, that because she is able, or expects some time to be able, to keep servarts, it is therefore unnecessary to understand household Annies and to bear their responsibility. ‘‘Girls’’ are quick to see and note the ignorance or the i inca: pacity of the mistress of the house,-and few are slow to take whatever mei (2AM _ ny, Ae AVS SPL FTN ey Mit nO Eee Wie eee - Ri OS MUA hn LURE A Rody oe kina ’ Bra es wave Ry POM Mabe a Phy a a A, EU ent icy Pe ARC UN a eee Me ily an ae 5 ; ot eee > 4 HOUSERERPING. ©, 370.