Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-17
How to Do House
work and Retain Coed Looks.

work and Retain Coed Looks
The very first injunction to be given
: TO the girl who is going to be pretty
IN spite OF housework is dis: Wear
gloves This should be taken literally
ana the gloves should bc worn all of
the time.
It is possible thing TO work hard
ana still to have pretty hands. This is
proven 10y the hands of MANY house
WORKERS, which are soft and white and
beautifully shaped. Blu, as a general
thing. the domestic woman or the home
slrI VII" essays to do ner own house
work speedily spoils her fingers.
The gloves should be of three kinds.
These should be a big loose pair of Kid
gloves. at least two sizes too large
And these should be worn for busting
and such woIH. The gloves can have
the tiniest bit of glove paste securely
plaStered inside, so that the hands are
really bleaching while they work.
Gloves of this kind benefit the hands a
great deal.
For work with discoloring substances
there should be Il pair of very thin rub
Der gloves. These can be bought in
most drug stores and they come as fine
as silk and finer. The hands are readily
seen through them and, being so thin
the cloves are not too hot. These can
be used when one does ones own dive
Ing, when one polishes the silver and
when one does wet and diSa greeablc
work.
The third pair should be of soft Wool,
to be put on when the hands are ex-
posed to the cold Window washing
under this heading. These light wooden
gloves should be light IN cGlor, for there
IS something in the color of gloves
which affects the hands.
BY attention to this one small point
the hands of the girl worker are pre-
served and the work is thus rendered
much less disa greea BILE for the hands
exert much influence upon the spirits,
and the woman whose hands are in poor
condition is the woman who is in poor
spirits herself. This is an inyariablC
rule. If Il wOman's hands are in a poor
state. her spirits are poor. Strange,
but truel
The real secret Of doing homework so
that 1t acts as beneficial exercise upon
= e system is found in the axiom. Have
plenty of fresh air. The more open
the kitchen the better.
But the woman who does her own
homework and who does not want to
lose her good looks while she is working
must learn a number of things And one
of the most important of these is to
dress for her work She must wear clean
clothing, clothing that can be easily
washed
The worst thing for the general house
worker is the uniform of dark cloth. The
black skirt; with its old cloth waist, is
enough to give the houseworker fit of
the blues if nothing worse. Her uniform
should he something light, preferably
white; and she should dress as daintily
and as carefully as though she were a
trained nurse going forth to her work
The woman who works should have all
things convenient to her hand Her
household implements should he made TO
order for her They are her tools The
mere difference Of an inch in the length
of broom handle will make all the diff
ference in the world between comfort
ana discomfort. One is long enough to
be handled comfortably the other IS too
short for comfort.
Again in the matter of working chairs
\ high stool is best when one irons And
one should have a low, comfortable seat
for working mt the kitchen table. In
deed. the seat should fit the table wheth-
er it be high or low.
There is a woman in New York who
goes in good society, yet she manages
Il part of the time without steady
servant. In her magnificent apart
ment there is kitchen de luxe. And,
here. seated at kitchen table, the top
If which consists of a great piece of
bevcled glass, she makes many pretty
dish.
She has a white enameled chair with
cane seat. upon which she sits. and all
her kitchen utensils, or as many of them
as possible. are made of glass her roll
ing pin is glass, with an inner compart-
ment into which ice may be slipped This
woman keeps her beauty in spite of her
work.
When she works she wears a loose,
clean white uniform. Thee is nothing
tight around her belt or ribs And when
she finishes she takes beauty bath.
This hygienic bath will do a great deal
toward the preservation of n woman's
body. She takes it hot and She messages
afterward with cold cream. using rs
much as the skin will absorb. She
beaches her hands and arms with a
good bleaching concoction, followed by
good soap.
The housevOrkcr need not grow old
and ugly. There is no reason why with
proper care she cannot 90 on being prot
ty and doing Homework all her life. But
she must be vigilant She must wear
gloves; she must restore the lost oils
with powders and lotions. And she must
always remember that fresh air is as
necessary in the kitchen rs elsewhere, If
she will bear these things in mind she
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