Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-08
MODERN HOUSEKEEPING.
when Properly Understood ana En-
3oyed the Labor IL But
. Mere TRlAe.

Most girls with healthy minds have
Housekeeping tendencies, which de-
velop sooner OF later. according to the
encouragement given to them. The ex-
ceptions to this rule are very few.
When we realize the amount Of misery
and suffering woman devoid Of wom-
snly tastes can cause in practical life.it
certainly should be every mothers de-
sire, above all things, that her daugh-
ter should excel in all those arts that
pertain to good housekeeping. The
fact that girl is good seamstress and
good cook and capable manager in
all affairs Of the household does not
prevent her becoming capable in any
other and more Intellectual calling. II
requires only trifiing amount Of appli-
cation. with the display OF plenty Of
excellent sense Aahout common things,
to make good housewife. If woman
ls poor housekeeper and an incapable
manager, II may be argued at once,
from these facts, that she is weak In in
tellect. Bright, well balanced women
are often ignorant Of housework be-
cause they have never had their atten-
ton and intelligence brought to con-
sider housewifely tasks. Prejudice was
formerly opposed to girls who excellcd
In household matters. The girl who
was very Indifferent player on the
piano was regarded a. cultured, the
girl who was good bread maker.
whose snowy washing and ironing
cleaned on the kitchen clothes horse
to testify to her deft hands and strong,
healthy muscles, was drudge"
When, In after years, her younger sister
became an expert in basket ball ON the
college team. showing the same mus.
cular Development IN another way, the
college girl was said to have cultured
muscles" and the fact that her elder sis
ter had displayed the same strength at
the washtub and ironing board when
occasion required was never consid-
cred. There is no household work done
In the spirit Of love for those whom we
are required to cherish and care for that
is degrading. There is no work Of the
household too hard for healthy. strong
women. Women who are too delicate
for this work nre physically unfit for
the tasks of life. This cry so often
heard, that women are physically unfit
Ia do household work, ia az falsc as Il 10
degrading. This plea Of incapacity is a
shame to the women Of to-day. Athletic
culture among college girls proves ths
contrary. The old idea that invalilisn
was Interesting and added to rather
than detrscted from the charms Of .
young woman has passed. It.waA, 81
foolish as the idea that certain synoun,
Of moral turpituds ndded to the a.trac.
tions Of young man. The twentieth
century demands Of men and women
the highest physical and moral stand.
ard. Il 10 even moro necessary that q
woman should be developed to the
highest physical standard than that he.
brother should. The world is no long.
er gosssned by Drawn, but brains
Diplomacy has almost swept away the
need OF var. Brute force il no longer .
power TO rule the world. Mans mus
cle hes now become thing for the
atrical shows rather than for practica
use. The woman Of to-day is the only
one Of the sex called upon to bear phys
ical burden-a burden that must per
sist through all the ages. as long as tn.
race 10 perpetuated. Upon her superio,
physical condition the physical supe
riority Of the future race must larRel,
depend.-N. Y. Tribune.