Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1880 — Display in Housekeeping. [ARTICLE]

Display in Housekeeping.

The woman who boasts of her excessive neatness is not the most commendable of housewives. We have little confidence in that neatness which is practiced with a flourish of trumpets. We have had occasion to know that a display, an effort to call attention of everyone to wonderful labors and surpassing neatness resulting therefrom, is very likely to be found after all not more than an outside show. The work that is too loudly blazoned will seldom bear a rigid examination. That which is done thoroughly, but quietly, is the work that has unassailable foundations, and is perfectly finished in every departmept. With

the pleasant consciousness that everything in her house will bear examine tion, the mistress of the family need have no fears. Guests who may come to her unexpectedly will not disturb her equanimity. She is well assured that the home machinery is in perfect working order, that there need be no uneasiness or excitement. She knows her table, however simply provided, will be neat, and tike food which is to be set before her husband will be the best she can afford. What is good enough for him who furnishes the means of providing is good enough for any guest, however honored. Unexpected guests may increase the labor, but not materially; and the hostess is able to devote time and thought to their entertainment.