The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-23
THE SOCIAL SIDE

TO FORM HOME ECONOMIC CLUB.
 That same woman whose friends are eonvinced that she Is an authority on tho subject of how to eliminate the need of domestic service to large de- gree. held forth again when she found some willing victims a few days ago.
 Well, my dearz" she began, T got your Kitchens cleared of rubbish ana properly furnished. feel sure, after my last talk. Now, the next thing to do to diminish the need for service is to banish all your wash stands, bowls. pitchers and the horrible slop jars that seem such a joy to the woman whose main object in life seems to be to make work I am taking 1t for granted that in your home you have what the real estate men call Modern conven- iences,' chiefly bath room. and l am, too, taking it for granted that the in- mates of your homes are all nome folk So clear out all bathing appa- ratus from your bed rooms and let the regime be that each member of the family take a turn at the bath room, for lavatory purposes. Naturally, 1T you revel in two bath rooms, much the better, but that is not necessary. To continue the elimination of the use- less let the furnishing of the bath room be confined to the necessary, tub with attached instantaneous heat or a washstand an extra marble sneif put up on brackets to be used as dress ing table, liberal number of nickel towel racks and a gas stove connected with your fuel metre, for heating m winter. By this means, you have got ten rid of all bedroom cleaning save dusting, and spreading the beds each morning and sweeping once or, twice week Fires and all the work and ex- pense thereto attached is gotten rid of for, in a well-regulated family, the members do not live in their bed rooms.
 T am not advocating the doing with out service, for if family has suffi- cient means, economy in that line amounts to stinginess. I am just tell ing how to be happy and enjoy homo life if one finds 1t impossible to pro- cure good service, or if one's means are not sufficient to warrant the ex- pense of 1t, I have no patience with the woman who thinks it the proper thing to do, when she 1olls over. the house or chats with the neighbors all day while the man of the house works from 6 to to spend half his income on the wages of two servants. and In most instances the support of two to four members of the families of those servants More often than otherwise, those servants make as much as they do and more, too, which keeps the women of the family busy. I am not advocating more work on the part or the women of the household, but the eliminating of the work to be done.
 As said last week, It is degrading to be dependent on an inferior for home comfort or happiness. That Is what said, but my voracious chroni- seler reported me as saying, It Is de- arading to be dependent on another for home comfort and happiness" That was awful I am, and every true wo- man is( dependent on all the members of my family for comfort and happi- ness. I would consider 1t degrading not to be, but no enterprise should be dependent on any inferior officer for success It is the wisdom of the head that guides the affairs of a home as 1t does those of every other enter prise'-domestic or otherwise.
 Going back to the slop jar proposi- tion: Do you know most housekeepers think that unsightly object and its con tents an indispensable part of the Kitchen furnishing. It Is not and should not be allowed to exist. A strong wire basket such as are used in offices, is the thing. and into 1t should be put only paper, tin cans, and such vegetable tops and parings as can not be eaten by the birds and your neighbors' chickens-if you have MoHe OL yOuT OWh' All iOOd AOuNiht7 . that are not to be done over should be thrown on the ground-something will eat the stuff and be happy. Tn the winter, when, in addition to the gas stove there is a grate fire, every thing but the tin cans and bottles should be burned and then the trash heap at the front will be diminished.
 .WeI, have talked enough. but be- fore quit, I want to suggest the getting up of a club to be called Home Economies Club, to hold meetings iur