Order, Cleanliness, Punctuality—Early Rising—Temperance in Meats and Drinks—Ventilation—Bed-rooms—Nurseries—Light—Influence of Good Management upon Domestic Love and Happiness—The Dinner Question—Going to Market—Dinner Parties—Evening Parties. In the realm which our housewife is to govern, order, cleanliness, punctuality and economy must be the fundamental principles which, by precept and practice, she endeavours to enforce. It matters little whether her subjects are limited to a single maid-of-all-work, or general servant, as it is now the fashion to call this class of domestic, or whether she reigns over two, three, or more “helps,” the principle must still be the same; a certain routine of daily and weekly duties must be laid down, and it lies with the mistress to see that not only these are performed properly, but that all incidental matters are likewise attended to. However wealthy a family may be, they are not willing that their houses and furniture should be injured by neglect or mismanagement, therefore must care be taken. Money can enable a man to hire more domestics, but it cannot secure that these persons shall be cleanly, diligent, trustworthy, and painstaking; it cannot secure him from the consequences of their ignorance, their carelessness, their extravagance. Nothing but the supervision of the mistress, or a good housekeeper, can do this. If, then, a rich man, who can pay the best wages, and hire the most experienced servants, finds still that he lacks something, how much more so will one of moderate income or of limited means suffer, should he not find in his wife a _practical_ housewife?