Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06


Vss bands who may be obliged to
take up the burdens of housework. To
make the lessons as attractive as possible
the writer urges that wives read to their
husbands the suggestions offered, accom-
panied with such practical demonstrations
as feminine intuition prompts. But to the
lesson:
Making up a bed is an art in itself. Now
most men think they know how to make q
bed, and some of the worst domestic rows
1 ever have known resulted from this ig-
norant belief
When the ordinary married man, who
thinks that making a bed is a simple
operation attempts it, the result is some
thing to be marveled at. One never knows
how wrong he is until his coldly sarcastic
spouse remakes the bed and shows him
his mistakes. Invariably the bottom sheet
is on top, and quite as invariably he has
failed to observe that the wide hem on
the sheet should go at the top and the
narrow hem at the bottom. Also that the
fold of the blanket belongs at the bottom
But those are mere technical errors. The
worst error Is that a man usually-untl
he has learned something-spreads all the
bed clothes out fiat, and tucks in the cover
let. At first glance the bed seems per-
fectly made, but unless sheets and blankets
are separately tucked at the foot and
sides that bed will become a place OF
misery, and there is no worse misery than
to have the bed clothes creep up at the
foot as anyone who has vainly tried to
grip them with his toes and push them
down at midnight will testify.
The house husband. strange as It may
seem, is not thorough in his hpusework
He skimps and Sights things with lack
of moral rectitude which he would con-
slider unforgtvable in business have
known a man to let the unwashed dishes
pile up for nine days while his wife was
away at her club convention. and then, at
the last moment, after receiving a tele-
gram that his wife was homeward bound,
frantically search the town for woman
to wash dishes and clean the house His
fearful plight grew worse, but three
hours before the train arrived, an appeal
to fellow married man brought him as
sistance and the two, by heroic endeaVor'
washed up every dish, swept and straight
ened up the house, collected the cigarette
stubs from window stills, busted and made
the house fairly presentable. He thought
he had escaped, but as fatal oversight
forgot to open the windows and air the
house ana mis- wires nTsI WIFI at Nho al
in the library undid everything.
Any man caught in that predicameut de-
serves to suffer. He lacks foresight, but
70 those who may blunder into the same
dilemma I would advise to use the fol
lowing little fiction:
"Yes, dear, the house does smell hor-
ribly, but. you see, last night when was
sitting here alone reading Browning a
couple of my bachelor friends dropped In
to relieve my loneliness knowing you were
away, Bachelors have no sense-but OF
course 1 couldn't throw them out"
busting is another duty which looks
easy-but don't try it. / have friend
whose first attempt resulted in the de
structlon OF s37 worth of fragile china
wedding presents they were-and, Of
course had the price mark still on them
all except one from which the price tal
had been removed. which proves that 4
cost 81 or less and Is figured at the maxi
NUM-. The best way to dust Is to use 4
soft cheese cloth which has been washed
Don't attempt feather busters unless you
have played kitty In soma malOdrAna