Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-08
FROM A WOMAN's POINT OF VIEW

who spend their time in doing abso-
lutely nothing.
Circumstances do not render it nee
essary for them to earn their living
and so they stay at home and frittel
the precious moments away in useless
pursuits of idleness. For time mis-
spent is time wasted.
The girl who helps tighten the cares
of housekeeping for her mother is not
wasting her time She is putting it 10
the best possible use. But how many
of the girls who live at home do help
their mothers?
Don't a good many of them lie IL
bed in the mornings and let their
mothers get up and get breakfast?
And don't you think they also dress
up in their best clothes and spend the
afternoons enjoying themselves while
their mothers stay at home and pre-
pare the evening meal?
And when they are at home they
spend their time reading trashy novels
or trimming equally trashy hats.
When a girl goes to Il party and is
late in getting to bed she looks on it
as quite popular and natural that she
should lie in bed late the next morn
ing, and all the family accepts the
fact as matter of course.
But if the mother is up half the
night with an ailing baby neither her
lazy daughter nor any member of the
family seems to think it necessary
that she should stay in bed and make
up her broken sleep.
This scolding is not intended for the
t1,a; Twin y
or for those who are busily occupied
with home duties. 1t is only directed
at those who have no appreciation OF
the golden hours they are f1inging
away.
In many instances those same pa
tent, accomplishing mothers are to
blame, in an unselfish way, for their
daughters selfish Incidence. Too Of
ten, if the girl does ask to be al
lowed to help, the mother will say, 20
I guess you needn't do it, dear, I'll get
along alright" and the daughter, not
over enthusiastic in the first place,
soon grows to argue that 1T isn't nee
essary to even suggest her aid, for she
meets no particular encouragement
when she does So Better for the girl
and easier on the mother, besides the
Justice of 1t, to work and let work,
each one doing his own share at least.
What-to-Eat suggests a charming
way of giving a woman's club break
fast. 1t advises for the table of honor
a roun dtable with a large round bas-
ket of white flowers and everything
corresponding in white. Use roses,
carnations or any white flower you
choose. Have ohlong tables radiating
from the center table with place for
four on each side and two at the outer
ends. This leaves no guest seated with
her back to the honor table. Have the
oblong tables decorated in pink, have
name cards with carnations thrust
thru the corner at each plate. Make
the breakfast daylight affair, unless
the day is a dark one, and then If you
need light use only the regular lights
in the church or hall. Do not place
lights on the tables. Serve the fol-
lowing menu:
Chopped fresh sweet cherries sweet
ened and with a little rum or white
wine poured over them. (Let stand for
several hours in the refrigerator and
serve in stem glasses.) Chicken cro-
qetttes nodded in form of small chick
ems or broiled chicken with water cress;
creamed potatoes, sliced cucumbers
hot rolls, spiced peaches served In
champagne glasses; whole tomatoes
stuffed with cooked cauliflower and
nuts set on branch of cherry or straw
berry leaves; cheese sandwiches made
very thin; ice cream nodded in form
of strawberries, small cakes frosted,
(place half of a large strawberry on
top of each piece of cake before serv-
ing.)
Good suggestions given for toasts
are: "My First Literary Effort" THE
Use of Words" "Machine-made
Poetry" care Club Women's Efforts
Worth While?" Homemade Story
Books for Children
LORRAINE.