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Page 16 THE HERALD Wednesday January 1991 Arts and Ideas Book published in 1892 offers interesting insights A friend me a book that was published in Toronto by William Briggs in 1892 The books title is The Housewife Library and it contains everything a woman was suppos ed to know in those days about household management cooking home furnishing and home decoration the care of children and the like The last section of the book discusses polite deportment Today w would call it behavior and manners I will use today s column to quote from this last section some paragraphs that I find particularly striking The language has changed in a hundred years but the message contained in the quaint might still ring true to you to day Or maybe not Here I go A gentleman is one whose aims are generous whose trust is constant whose word is never broken whose honor is never stained who is as brave as gentle and as honest as wise who wrongs no one by word or deed and devotes and embellishes life by nobility of thought depth of feeling and grace of manner As for the true lady she will be pure refined generous sweet of temper gentle of speech truthful to her heart s core shun the very appearance of evil and instant welldoing Truly polite people do not use Ideas and The Arts by John Summer other than polite language which but a plain simple and unaf expression of one thoughts Coarse and vulgar words slang phrases and pro fanity should never have a place Civility in speech is due to every person and on all sions Employers would do well to remember that civil words with kind and thoughtful actions make friends of workmen or vants Their use tends to bind more closely those who are already friends Arrogance of speech and manner toward in fenors is on a par with servility toward superiors True dignity and self respect will lead to a cor rect deportment in dealing with either The result of the finest dress should be an elegant woman not an elegantly dressed woman Palette and Pencil Club annual event An annual event at the Halton Hills Library and Cultural Centre is the Palette and Pencil Club s exhibition of its member s art work This is the club s premier showing of paintings and draw ings Tonight Wednesday between p m and 9 30 m those members exhibiting paintings will be on hand to meet with the public and present their work None of the artwork on display will have been shown before in Georgetown and this is usually an exciting evening for the artists and patrons also There will be some light refreshments on hand and there is no charge for In addition to the opening tonight the exhibit will continue through February and may be viewed during the norma Gallery hours The Palette and Pencil Club is a guild of the Credit Valley tisans The club has a current membership of 27 local artists Their expertise ranges from beginner to the semi professional The media used is also wide ranging although predominate Members of the club meet and paint together regularly each Tuesday at the Cottage in Cedar vale Park Georgetown The se cond Tuesday of each month is set aside for an evening meeting a little club business but most ly social and art related activities with speakers a film or some other type of presentation Visitors are most welcome as are enquiries regarding membership or the purchase of member s art work Please contact Frank J Anthony for more Information at 877 CHURCH DIRECTORY NONDENOMINATIONAL PENTECOSTAL ALL PEOPLES CHURCH DELIVERANCE CENTRE S Corner FlnchgateHwy 7 Bible Study Worship Deliverance Sunday 10 30 a m A 7 p m Wednesday 00pm We Provlds Children Church Nursery Service EngllshtoJtatlan Translation Pastor George A LeRoy 2176 SI CHURCH OF ST ALBAN THE MARTYR St Okn I1r NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH WHERE APOSTLES Ma ACTIVE TUOAT SERV CES Sunday School Worsh Sorv ces 10 30am 00pm Wednesdays HALTON HILLS CONGREGATION Sou Acton A HEARTY WELCOME TO There should be consistency in dress That Is there should be regard to one s circumstances in life so that what cannot be af forded without pecuniary embar rassment never should be worn A strong perfume of any kind is not desirable if indeed it be not actually vulgar There is always a suggestion that it con some foulness It may be said in general that it is the duty of every member of a family to do all that is possible to promote the happiness of the other members It necessary therefore to bear and forbear to make mutual concessions to keep down selfishness to cultivate a love of justice and honor to get rid of our petty likes and dislikes to conquer and con trol our temper There is no reason why a hus band should not treat his wife with exquisite politeness why a wife should not remember that her husband has a claim to be treated like a gentleman why the finest manners should not be observed by brothers and sisters This courtesy inspired by mutual love would purify the at mosphere of home and invest with a new dignity our domestic relations Let no one suppose that a good wife lives in a house and dines on homely fare the general principles of polite deportment do not apply to her A small house is more easily kept clean than a palace Taste may be quite as well displayed in the arrangement of dishes on a pine table as in grouping the silver and china of the rich Skill in cooking is as readily shown in a baked potato or johnnycake as in a canvasback duck The charm of good house keep ing lies in a nice attention to little things not in a superabundance A dirty kitchen and bad cooking have driven many a husband and son and many a daughter too from a home that should have been a refuge from temptation Bad dinners go hand in hand with total depravity while a pro perly fed man is already half saved Volunteer service recognized A number of members of St George Anglican convenor of front row left to Church in Georgetown were recognized for volunteer right Barbara Abray rector s warden Helen Kirk service last Sunday afternoon by Pastor Tom parish council Enid of Kingston The recipients of the awards include sons and Serena parish council and youth back row left to right Graham Ford peoples group leader Herald photo warden Brian Robinson memorial fund trustee Ian MAIN STREET ARTHUR SUSSMANS FAMOUS PRICE SALE Our Entire Stock Of Fall And Winter Fashions 50