The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-04-06
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DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH.

DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH.
A man who works in an Office or store six
hours of the day, does not return to his home
and recover furniture, or paint floors, or
even mend his own clothes. No one expects
1t of him. A women. doing precisely the
same work for the same number of hours,
will hurry home, and york upon dress or
hat or embroidery, or some work about the
house. The result is that nearly all men
succeed IN business life and very few women.
Not that men are more capable; they are
simply more sensible. They choose their
work in the world and give it their strength
and time. Women must be content to do
what they can, not to attempt the impossible
for 1t, and attend to it. Ii you are good
bookkeeper attend to that and be thankful,
but don't attempt to keep house. 1t is not
fair to yourself or to the work you are paid
to do, to distribute your energy upon dozen
different occupations. Why women should
be expected to do so much is question. It
isn't men that exact it of them, it's ''other"
women who are not satisfied that their Sis
tiers should be industrious and comfortable
In their own way, but insist upon their at
tempting all sorts of unreasonable expert
ments. The time is fast approaching when
sensible women will learn to make choice of
one work In the world and abide by it, be IL
housekeeping or business life. = Boston
Traveller.
KITCHEN TALK.
Mrs. d. A. Lincoln opens her new depart
ment IN the House hold-"Practical Talks in
the Kitchen"-with good advice as to the
Kitchen ITSELF" Regarding bad odOrs and
ventilation, she says
Windows can be lowered at the top, even
II they are not furnished with the modern
pulley arrangement.
Rpm0vQ tho N q ctrin of wnn6 that holds
the upper sash in place, and put movable
wooden button on the outer frame so that
the bottom of the upper sash will rest on 1t.
Put another button halfway down to sup
port the sash when lowered. This is some
times done in old country houses. Storm
windows should always have one movable
pane then even in winter, there can always
be a flushing of air through the entire house
once or twice day.
With little care in cooking and in the
management of the fire many disagreeable
odors may be avoided. A pan of boiling
vinegar on the stove will counterfeit much
that Is unpleasant.
If you have an outer room or shelf near a
window where an oilst0ye can be placed,
much of the frying and other cooking can be
done there; and If the stove be kept clean
and good order, no Odor will be noticed.
1t has been proved that the weely washing
can be done satisfactorily without boiler of
steaming suds on the stove, filling the house
Will ITO luIIoo.
PLENTY OF SLEEP FOR WOMEN.
1t is well known fact among ply sicians,
nurses and those generally interested in the
restoration of health, that the percentage of
women among the middle and upper classes,
who retire early, is alarmingly small. The
term "alarmiDgly" is used advisedly, be-
cause the growing tendency to keep late
hours cheats nature out of her just dues and
compels her to retalIate In manner that
often threatens not only health but life most
seriously. There are few women so c0nsti-
tuted but that the wear and tear of daily life
consumes to great extent their vitality,
which can only be restored by means of per-
feet repose.
Especially are long, unbroken hours of
rest necessary for wives and mothers, all of
whom are giving of their strength unreserv-
eddy and getting little physically in return
save that which is derived from sleep. The
growing tendency of the age toward physi-
cal culture training Is not we'll sustained in
the late hours so universally kept by many
Of the most enthusiastic advocates of that
movement. 1hose.who earnestly desire to
use the most effective means at hand for the
preservation OF health and beauty should not
fail to keep early hours.