The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-27

domestic BIunders OF omen
This book, which processes to have been
written by a mere man." who, 1t is TO be
noted, wisely remains anonymous, is made
up of a series of criticisms Of woman's
methods in her own particular province,
the home. He accuses woman of not man.
aging her house, her children. her own per-
sonal affairs with business intelligence.
Every man." he says, has two branches
OF business-his profession or employment,
commonly called his office, and his house
My Office, as / nave said, has improved.
l am forced to admit my house has not.
L manage my office. My partner manages
my house. In every young business there
are bound to be extravagances But great
er perfection in the quality OF goods and
economy should come with experience I'm
management, and in time the house should
at least show a profit on paper. When i
ask myself in my hard business way: rs
the house branch of my business better
managed?' / am bound to admit, in spite
OF all the affection | have for my part
FER. that lit is not. Not only is there no
more saving, but there is no more COM
Tort, indeed, there is less saving and less
comfort. The next thing TO consider is:
men! In fairness TO my partner L am
bound TO admit that L am not. My friends
all admit that whereas their Offices bring
in more money every year, their houses
become a greater drain, and that they
seem TO get less and less comfort out of
them despite the fact that their partners
nave now got several assistants In the
shape OF growing up daughters. . . . 4
do not know any detail of domestic life
that L or any man of my acquaintance
could not manage better than women do.
There shoul be nothing simpler in
the world than TO manage a house. a few
servanta and a few children on a regular
income. As regards the cooking and serv-
ants, men manage restaurants and clubs:
as regards children, men manage schools.
Yet where is the house governed by a
woman with nothing else In the wide world
TO do which is as comfortably and as profit
ably managed as these institutions are?''
The writer processes 10 have made "A search
for the reasons of woman's failures. and
takes up each point separately to show
what he has discovered and the remedies
tor each evil. 1t is difficult to say whether
he Is entirely serious or whether he is
apparently he Is for the most part in earn
est. His criticisms are not well base. in
close to the truth. Speaking. for instance.
Of the training of children he says: 'If
ECU keep your children sll day and all
light. eek in and week out. year after
year IT. the company OF low-bred, vulgar
and disinterested persons like servants
how can you expect that your children
will grow up and behave themselves like
little gentlemen and ladies and that they
will be fit to come down to the drawing
room or the. dining room or TO behave
themselves like Christians? IL Is not rea-
sonable." At all events the book Is en-
tertaining and will doubtless be regarded
by men who read IL as an Offset to the
books written by women who undertake to
Cylinders to which the writer devotes at
tention are Ignorance OF the
value OF Money" The Manasement Of
1.-THE Management Of Children" Misuse
OF Kitchen Utensils" The Love of Dirt