The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-20
LEE IN KANSAS

'TWIH Langan yesterday succeeded IN
( his attempt to clean house OF six
rooms il q day. as the result OF banter
made by his wife. says the Atchison
/ Globe. For years Mr.. Langan has oh
] jected 10 his wifes habit OF taking a
week 10 clean house He claimed il
could be done in day ahe finally said.
in answer to This argument.
Wen. you prove IL.
He proved it yesterday. cleaning six
rooms between s a. m and ,. m.
But We doubt II this object lesson
win 90 the women any good. SAYS the
Globe: they are already finding fault
with Mr.. Langan's work, and saying his
wife VIII be compelled 10 do the work all
over after him Mrs. Langan is also as
! sisting Mr. Langan's feat. as she said TO
/ q reporter who called on her last even
| ing that her husband simply remained AZ
home 'lo help her
One woman called Mr. Langan I'D by
telephone. and asked him how much he
charged a day for house cleaning. An
other called him UP and suggested that
he write an article for the Ladies Home
/ Journal But the fact remains that Mr.
Iangan cleaned six rooms IN ten hours.
and cid il so wei tnat the men are
pointing to him with pride
Can a man clean a house o. six rooms
IN one day? Mr.. Langan said 10 q
| Globe reporter. Yet but the conditions
must be favorable. A woman can do
the same. but she won't Why. cleaning
house is the joy Of her life. as al the
men know. A woman enjoys going about
with a rag on her head. and a Wild look
in her eyes. for weeks at time, Civ
Ing man starvation meals and short
answers. II she doesn't enjoy Il, why
does she not do the work IN q dav, as I
did? When L suggested cleaning house
in ten hours, my wife first saidsI was
crazy, but finding me sane. she called in
the neighbOr women. and they gave me
l-le laugh. They were sim laughing yes
terday morning when they called 10 see
man bite of more than he could chew.
Now mind you. I have the best neigh
bOrs in the world, but when they saw me
start to work, as I worked away, IT
dawned upon them that / was going
to succeed. Immediately they formed a
conspiracy that I did not discover until
o'clock last night. Otherwise I could
have finished by , o'clock. hate TO say
that the first job carrying the stoves
upstairs) was given me in the hope that
1 would strain my back, and have to
surrender.
Il would hate to say that when I was
half wy ,up the stairs. with a stove in
my arms that weighed nearly a toa
that their ordinations OF admiration at
my strength were only to prevent me
from taking a rest. My children have
about a half bushel Of toys. Yesterday
picked up two wash tubs full. I won't
say that these toys were gathered up IN
the neighbOrhoOd, and scattered upOu nv
floor, but I viii say that there were toys
there I never saw before, and IF any
neighbours child IS bemoaning the loss Of
a pet toy. ne can probably ind ii at my
house. Neither viii I say that when
was sweeping the ceiling that they placed
the children where 1 would fau over
them, but these were only trihes. Ny
trouble began when l had finished all
but one room. had taken up the mat
ting, and the women ali agreed that the
mating had to be scrubbed. though 70
was as clean as a pin. began TO get sus-
picious, but spread the mating out on
the sidewalk, and scrubbed Il, and hung
1t up to dry. Wen. you know 1t rained.
and I was in despair, but the article IN
the Globe cheered me. and. knowing my
time was short, took that dripping
mating into the house, and proceeded to
tack it down AT once I was told that
I must wait till IL dried. that 1t would
mould etc. but this time I saw the con-
spiracy and persisted When my work
was finished, I had half an hour 10
spare. but the neighbor women would
give me no credit. They said. Look at
the wood work; look at the ceiling. etc.
1 say ! did my work well and invite all
fair-minded people to inspect It.
There is nothing in the story that my
wife helped me. She pottered around.
and was in my way but IN the fall, when
I clean house again, intend 10 send her
over 70 the neighbors. You may say that
hereafter I intend 70 DO the houseciean-
ing In my family. Only O day Is neces-
sary. and 1 would rather DO II than have
my wife fool around for q week or ten
days, with nothing TO eat, no place to
sleep. and the children bawling."