The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-12-26

In the whirl Of butterfly existence TO
teach the children who some year WILL
become mothers how to evade the dom
nations of the janitor and bring forth
from a four room fat all the comforts
and Joys Of home at cost far under
the sum necessary to maintain even
the smallest of individual residences.
1T is necessary first of all to live"
says Miss Huntington, whose forte Is
cooking, but who dabbles in the sew
ing and general housekeeping IN the
social settlement school in which Miss
Winifred Chapman, graduate OF the
College For Women OF Western Re-
serve University, daughter OF Tole-
do capitalist, is Instructor In house
keeping and Miss Callie Silver, daugh-
ter Of Semitic family Of wealth and
standing in Cleveland, has charge OF
the sewing lessons.
"And to live in the next generation,
even in this generation, means the abu-
ity to make the most OF fat" MISS
Huntington says. She Is Mount Hol-
yoke graduate; also she is regarded as
the Helen Gould of Ohio. Her fortune
has been dedicated to making nat
dwellers happy. She says:
I'VE must start with the children
Flat dwelling has not become so 1m-
peratiye as it will be in a few years,
but we are preparing the next genera
toms mothers. We teach them ideas
their mothers never heard OF. Serenity
Is the basic principle Of the whole art
Of living and being contented In a nat
Don't fight with the janitor. Some
times think he is much abused
auto-I was going to say autocrat, OF
course. l won't, though, for l don't
know what we would do without the
tanitor. He knows all about the range,
everything about the refrigerator and
the telephone wires and the milkman
and the iceman. Maybe he does get
free ice and milk for recommending
their product. but it doesn't pay to
wrangle with him.
what If he refuses to help move the
refrigerator or. in retaliation for some
fancied wrong, turns of the heat? Do
you justify the use OF strong Ian
guage?' Miss Huntington asked.
'Well, there may be unusual provo
cation, Of course. but teach the chill
dren to get around these things.
Housekeeping. whether in house or nat,
Is an art. Housekeeping In a fat Is
the chef douvre, If you know what
that means. don't A woman with
placid temper is the queen OF every
home she surveys. Serenity is the ba-
sic principle. No; II the janitor Is
stubborn about the refrigerator have
cold box on tie window sill. The
children finished one recently. A cold
box? Don't you know what ! mean!
A box set out on the window sill. 1t 1s
to put your meat and milk, butter. eggs
and everything you want to keep cool
in. 1t saves ice charges, saves warfare
with the janitor. 1t is the one requ1,
cite to the well ordered fat. You don't
need a refrigerator, and. besides, re-
frigerators take up space.
'Space is money, and saving of mon
ey means happiness to the fat dweller.
That is one of the beauties OF our
course-the teaching Of the value OF
space. In a fiat every inch should be
utilized. There must be no waste
space. Everything useful should have
its place; the beautiful too. Then
fat is home. It Is more home IN Its
four. FIVE, six, perhaps eight, rooms
than the finest mansion In Euclid ave-
nue. or in Fifth avenue, for every bit
of space is utilized. There Is no waste.
In a big house there Is waste. But
you don't need the big house. 1t
is extravagant. The fat Is economy.
You must be economical. The nat
owner will spend all your money If De
can. Plan properly and it will be I'M
possible to be extravagant- The fat
should be made to fit the pocketbook.
not the pocketbook the fat
1--WE have some new fat ideas too.
In our little model fat the kitchen is
so arranged that you can cook, iron
and wash dishes with two steps. It's
saving space Then In the sitting
room the library table, covered with
books and magazines, becomes a din
ing room table at mealtimes-another
saving Of space.
"But serenity is the secret OF all.
One should never lower ones dignity
by rowing with the janitor-no, nor
with the meat boy or grocery boy ei-
ther. A calm objection or hint will do
as we'll and keep the mind placid. You
can't have a storm in the mind IN a
little fat. That is one thing that must
be learned" j
This is the lesson Miss Huntington
and her assistants are teaching the lit
tie girls. the Oldest Of them sixteen,