The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-09
ALE GntelIigettter,
coon nousEKEEpERs.


The Demand of tho Present Day-What
they should be.
Good Housekeeping.
There is now an increased opportunity
in this country for women to find employ.
ment as housekeepers. As modes Of lly-
ing and claims of society become more
complex their aid will more frequently be
required in our homes, It Is possible that
young people may some time be trained
Tor this work, but at present II ia oitenest
taken up by women thrown upon their
own resources without any preyioua
special training, but whose home expert,
ence or domestic tastes incline them to
this way Of sell-support, Ideally there
can be no pleasanter work for woman.
II Is sheltered, without very wearing bust
ness responsibility, and its success often
wins peculiar gratitude. 1t Is q privilege
to provide home Comeiort and
cheer, even though one be not the
owner aud head OF the home, The
housskeeper, even II her natura be not
wholly practical, all the more, perhaps, for
her possessing some ideAlity, finds her du-
ties Congenial because they are home du-
ties, Even though she may be placed In
an institution or boardingsChool, her
effort must still be to make 1t a larger
homo. She is aiming at pleasantness in
the range Of rooms thar are her world /;
that Is why she does not tire OF them.
Bright windows, clean floors, q nicely ap-
pointed table-there is o satisfaction In
securing these, because one 10 thus form
ing the background or foundation for all
manner Of higher delight and cheer. That
Que may legitimately give ones aelf up to
this work TO the exclusion Of claims more
difficult and responsible, such as the pro.
motion OF church or social welfare, which
many q wife and mother must take In ad-
dition to her housekeeping, is in itself q
rest 10 the feelings otsome women.
Housekeeping Is also very heAithfui
work, It requires constant bodily &C.
tiyity il only in oversight. From garrett to
cellar ones presence must be known, and
the housekeeper best supplied with help
find occasion enough in practical teach
ing or lending hand TO supply deGclen-
Cies to keep her blood In very active cir
CulatIon. The work imposes no undue
tax upon the brain, that most easily VIC
timized Of our members by modern civ
ilizatlon, yet 1t keeps every faculty OF
thought and feeling busy In the various
contingencies that daily arise.
The housekeaper gains all appreciation
Of quiet comfort known TO few women In
like degree; and in right circumstances
she has some opportunity to secure 1t, No
woman lOarns better than she what the
four walls Of her own room can be to her
when an hour Of quiet Comeu. She has
had activity enough to give her Zest for
the book or newspaper or bit Of sewing
she may take up there. Thought which
HAS been shut out by business rushes in
now with u flood tide, and, behold, every
rock and stump OF the days material cares
has hidden some secret spring TO swell
the flow Of thought, This Is as
God has ordered 1t in this double,
earthly and spiritual lie OF ours. In all
English novels how often and how pleas.
antly allusion Is made to the housekeep.
ers room; remembrances Of hOmely COM
fort hang about 1t. Cheering cups Of tea
are dispensed there; ClCanly fragranCes as
.of lavender pervade IL; plants grow In the
windows-for all whose lives arc good
deal limited by house wall delight In the
culture OF plants. They are a miniature
world OF nature brought lnside the home
for convenience Of resource. But the real
charm OF the place is in screen and COM
Portable presence, always free 10 minister
to wants, her grievances or relieve all
mentH,