^^ How shall I make it ?^^ was the question which the
lady was unable to answer ; she knew no more how to
make a pudding than to squsure the circle. She evaded the
question as well as she could, by telling the girl to make it
in the usual way. But the circumstance was a powerful
lesson on the inconveniences of ignorance to the house-
keeper. The lady possessed good sense, and was a woman
of right principles. She felt it was her duty to know how
to Older her help-— that wealth did not free her from re-
sp<»isibility in her family. She set herself diligently to
the study of cookery, and by consulting friends, watching
the operations of her servants, and doing many thing? her-
self, she has become a most excellent housekeeper.
For the young bride, who is entirely ignorant of her
household duties, this is an encouraging example ; let her
follow it if she would be happy and respected at home.
But it would be better to begin her lessons a little earlier ;
it is not every woman who has sufRcient strength of mind
to pursue such a rigid course of self-education. And no
lady can be comfortable, unless she possesses a knowledge
of household work ; if she need not perform it herself, she
must be able to teach her help, otherwise she will always
have had servants.
