Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-01
MODERN HoUsEKEHpuea
when Properly uaAersteeA aaA. n.
jeyeA the Labor 10 Bat
. Mere TfiAe.

Mo6t girls with nealtny minus nave
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 renlize the amount OF misery
and suffering woman devoid Of wom-
anly tastes can cause in practical life, it
certainly should be every mothers de-
sire, above all things, that her dsugh-
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. 1t
requires only trifling amount Of appli-
cation, with the display of plenty Of
excellent sense about common things,
to make good housewife. ia woman
ls . poor housekeeper and an incapable
manager. II may be argued at once,
from these facts, that she 10 weak In In
tellect. Bright, we'll balanced women
are often ignorant Of housework be-
cause they have never had their atten-
ton and intelligence brought to con-
slider housewifely tasks. Prejudice was
formerly opposed to girls who excelled
In household matters. The girl who
was very Indifferent player on the
piano was regarded az cultured, the
girl who was . good bread maker.
whose snowy washing and ironing
cleaned on the kitchen clothes horse
to testify to her def 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
oular Development In another way, the
college girl was said to have 'cultured
and the fact that her elder sia-
ter had displayed the sane -. 80 ~ ~
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
10 degrading. There 10 no work Of the
household too hard for healthy, strong
women. Women who are too delicate
for this work are physically unit for
the tasks Of life. This cry sos often
heard. that women are physically unfit
IL do household work, 10 % false % II 10
degrading. This plea Of incapacity Il .
shame TO the women Of to-day. Athletic
culture among college girls proves the
contrary. The old idea that invalidism
was interesting and added to rather
than detrscted from the charms Of .
young woman has passed. It was %
foolish % the idea that certain amount
Of moral turpitude added TO the attrae-
lions Of young man. The twentieth
century demands Of men and women
tho highest physical and moral stand
ard. Il 10 even moro necessary that 4
woman should DO developed to the
highest physical standard than that her
brother should. Tho world IL no long
er gosssnsd by Drawn, but brains.
Diplomacy has almost swept away the
need OF var. Brute force 10 no longer Q
power to rule the world. Mans mus
Gle hes now become thing for the
atrical shows rather than for practical
use. The woman Of to-day il the only
one ofthe sex called upon to bear . phys
ical burden burden that must per-
sist through all tho ages. % long e. the
race il perpetuated. Upon her superior
physical condition the physical supe-
riority Of the future race must largely
depend.-N. Y. Tribune.