The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-08-13
ALLIANCE Department,
Ma RIETTA JOURNAL IS THE
Official Organ of the Farmers Alliance
of Cobb County.
PAPERS, FOR GIRLS.
HOUSEHOLD DUTIES.


THIS is very plain and practical
subject, and l fear that some of my
readers may think it unnecessary to
trouble their heads much about it.
But think moment. Is there any
woman who can really afford to do
without more or less knowledge of
these humdrum, homely affairs? If
you are rich and can have all your
work done for you, you will still,
some day have to direct and super
intend your servants and this you
cannot do properly unless you your
self have thorough acquaintance
with every detail. Then again, are
you quite sure that you will always
have the same large share of worldly
goods which you now enjoy? Rich
es are most indispensable things,
very apt to take to themselves wings,
leaving their former possessors in a
condition OF sad belplessness, unless
they have learned to help them.
selves, and have at least a practical
knowledge of how those things
should be done, which have hitherto
been done for them.
If you cannot afford to keep q
servants there is certainly no ques-
ton that you should be expert in
every detail of household work.
For two reasons you are a girl now,
and may not have much responsible
ity in the house; but before long
you may have home of your own,
and how can you manage it
unless you have had the long
training and experience Poor
girls how many there are who
jump into housekeeping with no
more idea of how to make a loaf of
bread, or to iron shirt, than they
have to steer ship, or break in a
horse. What work and worry, what
tears and indigestion have to be
gone through before the woman al
last energies from the struggle, hav.
ing won by bitter experience the
knowledge which she should have
acquired before leaving her mothers
house.
The second reason is, if you girls
do not do the work OF the house
your mothers must. Surely no CIR
who reads this paper every week
would be willing to sit at her book
or piano, knowing that her mother
is working hard in the kitchen A
good rule for girls in any state of
life is: "Never let Mother do any
thing which you can do for her. %
Sne has done more for you than you
can ever repay; be her right hand,
watch her, and save her steps: make
her take the rest which will give
her retreshment and courage for the
duties which you cannot take from
her.
To speak more particularly, every
girl should learn how to make he
bedroom look neat and clean, t,
shake and turn the bed, and la,
the clothes straight and even. t,
tuck them in tight, to smooth tn
spread so that no wrinkles are visi
BILE, to shake up the pillows and la
them in their places quite straight
| The details of the washstand an,
dressing-table should be CAREFUL,
attended to any water that is spill
wiped up, the towels hung neatly OF
the rack, well opened out so they
will dry ; the rugs should be shaken,
and the hearth brushed up, anG
everything busted. When all this
is done, what charming room you
have Doesn't it pay?
Carry out this same feeling OF
thocoughness in all other work.
When you sweep a loom don't just
take the dust QUO of the middle oil
the' floor, push the edge Of
the broom we'll into the cor.
ners till every bit of dust is rcmov-
ed. Clean everything in the room
walls, paint, pictures and furniture
and they will repay you by not only
keeping clean Tor tie moment, blu
by keeping SO three times as long a
if the work had only been hal
done.