The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12

SOME MODERN DoMEs-
TIC ARRANGEMENTS
BY POLLY PENN.

And she makes me- finished the
man, with an aggrieved countenance,
she makes me make up my own bed
every morning.
The mans wife, a professional WON
an with an office in town, sat by, smil-
ing airily.
'4Why notq'' she asked. "I make
mine, and the children make theirs, and
the boarder has to make his. y
The third party, who listened, all
ears, to this good-humored revelation
from modern home, said she didn It
see why. not, indeed. fs@a3is#
tBut, where's your maid7'' she
asked = conscious, as she spoke, of the
foolishness Of asking about that which
now is, and tomorrow is not, and whose
evanescence keep us all in state Of
turmoil.
fessional woman. We are taking our
meals out. When we are home we each
one of us waits on himself.''
HYou bet we do,'' muttered the man,
under his breath.
3You see,' went on the lady, who
is pretty and charming and clever, and
can therefore do some things which
everybody can't, 1.my office work has
can't let domestic friction interfere
with my profession, any more than he
can. I shouldn't get on at all, if every
time the maid left or things went
wrong at home I fell to and waited on
the family hand and foot. Of course
she went OIL serenely, that is what
they expect. Oh, yes, you do, my dear.
You re nice about it, but you still are
hampered with old-fashioned notions.
You can't get rid Of little lurking
idea that the whole burden of domestic
care ought to fall on me and leave you
exempt, just because I IN woman and
you IRE. a man. =. 9..>s.--,.- ~.
"I don t see 1t that way, and neithe,
does he,' she laughed, audaciously
"when he is in a reasonable state Of
mind. Ny business is of just as much
household is just as happy as any
and a lot happier than some, the CHIEF
difference being that no one Of us is {
slave to the Others, When the maid il
there, everything goes swimmingly
When she ism It, we must depend o.
ourselves. instead, Of expecting an,
one Of us to neglect our work and wal
on the rest. Don't you think that
The third party said she thought i
was pretty modern, but she didn It know
but what 1t was good logic, and som
more to the same effect, anxiously en-
deavoring, as third parties do in sue
cases, to agree with both husband an
. wife. -,.>.c: E. b.. 49,. 49, ~. a.. ..
t'But does he know how to do thes
things?' she inquired. -.
s"Oh, you needn It be afraid Of that,
groaned the man. "She's got me we
trained. ~ a.. T.: :, :, =,
His pretty wife laughed. -. 81:
eyes, I have" she said. "And T.,
training the two small boys, too"
j. think it 8 dreadful for men to grow u
SO hopelessly ignorant Of househol
duties that they're wholly depende1
on women for their comfort. That
why so many women are mere drudge
with no time to cultivate themselve
It's time all that was changed"
And she nodded her head sagel
while the third party unused inward
at the spectacle Of that father and h
two small sons carefully making L
their beds every morning.
But none Of, them looks unhapp,
Really, they as jolly and affection
ate as families can we'll be.
IT, And the third party was forced
conclude that it might be funny, b,
in the long run the proceeding WI
quite.elogieM and sensible.