The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-05-21
Az SUCCESSFUL lHoUsEKEEpER.
she Must Have Thorough KnowI-
edge of HaVerY Detail ana
Ne . Manages.

One ot the muhtaAnupofNhn6 duties OF
a wife isto nalan nihomssand maint4sm
homo life. All Fho complicated duties
Of domestic economy, ,alkths sanitary
conditions OF thso4homs, all It, culinary
arrangements, the execution. Of ali its
plans for comfort andpeace are large
ly dependence on her Houseloeepinr "a
growing more and more complicated
every year, ,says the prainis Farmer
Home Magazine. Fifty years ago
housekeeping waRi@very ssnpic affair.
when microbes or bacteria were un.
known and when men and women ate
and drank and, dressed az II pleased
them, and not az science prescribed.
The housewas sfurnisheeii in those times
for comforts now~too often Il Is fur-
nished first for show and then for conn
fort. The halls used 70 bs halls: but
now they are practically rooms. The
different departments OF the homo
have not only increased in number,
but the simplicity in Furnishing haa
also disappeared. We have advanced
in our domestio.machknery. True. but
have we really Improved?
The competent houselrecper Of the
present day must know how TO do the
work of theNcools, the laundrexs, the
waitress. the dreHAmalSer, the nurse.
and be family bookkeeper. She must
be something Of ehemistias well as
cook. She must know somafhing Of
the nutritivs value of different kinds
Of foods. She must understand that
impure water, bad drainage and dirt
are probably the greatest causes OF IN
health. The weil regulated home Of
to-day Is harder TO take care of than
the same kind ofla home 90 years ago.
Everything was ION a simpler scale;
things that were regarded as luxuries
then are now considered Necessities.
Science and mechanical slxill have
made many things in keeping house
easier, but they have also been the
means Of introducingsuch variety that
care has been incseaaad in far greater
proportion than labor has been light
ened. The simpler the style of the
home the less the strain; the more
elaborate we make IL the greater Is the
care, no difference hoav many labor
saving devices we may have 70 aid us.
Some one must supsrintond, and super
intendence 10 often as wearing aa &C
tual work.
The spirit of order must reign IN a
home, and no ono can bring Il there
but the mistress. II she only begins
early in her married lifs the battlewill
not be so hard 70 win. II she waits un-
eli she is overwhelmed with the cares
Of a family, the undertaking win be
far moro difficult; but even then the
case is not hopeleas. Begin in come
part of the house and reduce it TO or
der, and then preserveit until you have
complete control. II Is such relief
TO have certain times set apart for
certain duties and not 90 have 20 think
about when you would better do this
or that. Hukbandsveryo often reproaeh
their wives With the want OF system.
Perhaps women are peculiarly open 20
this reproaoh, and perhaps they are
not It seems TO me to be more a mat
ter Of temperament and early training
thnn Of sex. Some individuals seem
70 be born with an instinct OF order.
BY the time they have reached man-
hood and maidenhood 80 almost
amounts 20 a sixth sense. When q new
duty appears they inssinctively find
place for It IN their plan OF life. A
woman who has this instinct OF order |
highly developed has her house and |
work well arranged, because It Is SIM
ply reflection of ofherinner self. There
IL a place for everything and even II
things do get out OF order som, ines
II does not make her nervous, for shs
knows where everything belongs and
she can quickly bring order out of con-
fusion when she has the opportunity.
Order is not the birthright Of either
sex. In spite of their airs Of superior
Ity men are often very careless and
We all know the chaotic
state 20 which a household IL soon re-
huced if the wife Is away from homs
for some time and leaves her iege lord
In charge. The same state Of chaos
no doubt would exist ~ the wife took
charge of her husbands business.