JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
May be the cover from the original.
From a later edition. A tea table, set correctly ( according to Beeton's )
I bought a reprint from Amazon years ago...it really is interesting and still available!:View attachment 218015
I don't know how many of us have heard of this woman, but she was quite the authority back in the day! I found her "Book of Household Management" today (dated 1861), and I'll be sharing tidbits.
If anyone is curious or would like to follow along, here's the free link: https://archive.org/details/b21527799/page/n7
While she was better known "across the pond" as it were, Mrs. Beeton demonstrates the sheer volume of information that in many cases was being published for the first time in many places. This book is at 1186 pages and rather small type.
From the Introduction:
"I must frankly own, that if I had known, beforehand, that this book would have cost me the labour which it has, I should never have been courageous enough to commence it."
More to come as I work through it...
I bought a reprint from Amazon years ago...it really is interesting and still available!:
Annie wonderful illustrations. I wish I had this book. I have read it at the library and copied recipes.
Have you seen some of the lists of staff from campaigns at the White House?My God, more servants then you can count. They had servants for the servants
Hahaha! When my kids hurt themselves, I would check them out to see how serious it was, and say" Oh dear, are we going to have to amputate?". That usually stopped the tears and sent them on their way with a sticking plaster and a kiss.Neither should the nurse affect or show alarm
at any of the little accidents which must inevitably happen : if it falls, treat it as a trifle;
otherwise she encourages a spirit of cowardice and timidity. But she will take care that
such accidents are not of frequent occurrence, or the result of neglect.
My dear......that is the reason we have staff .How about this dinner for eight people? I'd be half dead if I tried to do it today, let alone back then!
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