The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

the selection of the best food products,
and of the preparation of food, that
healthful and appetizing dishes may be
served, and they win cease to remark
the drudgery of the work but will extol
the altruism and the advantage of per-
sonal development in this as in other
professions.
After the true value of Housekeeping
is once appreciated, no one will be de-
spised for entering upon its duties; but
by no means is it necessary that wo-
men renounce their role as bread-win-
ners or active interest in the burning
questions of the day, for these will not
hinder the success of home-making,
when once they are thoroughly under
stood.
But, in addition to this more special
training, how much is the wife's and
mothers efficiency in the home in
creased by a thorough knowledge Of
general business principles and of laws
relating to her rights; for no business
or mandatory could long flourish with
the manager ignorant of any special
legislation relating to such business
or of the simple principles of banking!
How many a dollar q prudent housewife
can save by knowing the rules that gov
ern the deposit of money in bank! BY
a little forethought in regard to interest
she can frequently save quite an
amount; and many women prefer to
keep on hand their money for household
expenses (thus running the risk of hav-
ing it stolen by dishonest servants),
rather than to put it into a bank, be-
cause Of their ignorance of the meth
DDS of opening an account and drawing
q check The check would serve as a
receipt for a paid bill, and would pre-
vent complaint so often made: why,
l am sure that l paid that bill but l
cannot find the receipt anywhere
One who has property of her own,
which she wishes to enjoy herself or
from which she desires her children to
derive benefit, must be cautious about
lending it to her husband, or giving it
to him to put into bank or otherwise
to invest for her, or letting it be en-
ployed in his business; for a rigid appli-
cation Of the rule that husband and
wife cannot contract with each other
has deprived many a woman of her for
mer earnings, or an inheritance, when
i'll success has attended some business
gagged.
The law permits married women to
make contracts as if sole, but no
change in legislation has been made
giving her right to make contracts with
her husband according to Martha L.
Roberts in the Boston Cooking School
Magazine If a wife lends money di-
rectly to her husband or to a firm of
which he is a member, she has no rem
edy at law for recovering the same; for
all such attempted contracts are void.
A little knowledge of all such subtle
distinctions in law will often save a
loss Of property. Every married woman
who has property should keep her own
bank account and, if she wishes to own
additional personal property of value,
should buy in her own name and pay
with her own checks that she may not
exceed the amount that the statute per-
mits her to receive as a gift from her
husband.
Many other branches of the laws of
business and of those relating to the
custody Of children and to property
rights can be applied to the advantage
of the home; but enough have been
cited to show the benefit to be derived
from a broad knowledge of legal rights
and duties. We agree with Edward
Box that where a home is narrow
something is amiss"; but broadness OF
view must be gained beyond the four
walls OF house, and them as never
before, will be seen the truth of the
grand words of Ruskin, Wherever a
true woman comes, home is always
around her, and for a noble woman il
stretches far around her, shedding its
quiet light far for these who else are
homeless -