Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-06
FLAT LIFE REfORMER
noble Work Of Young Cleveland
Woman Worth Millions.
START MADE WITH CHILDREN
Miss Nellie Huntington Teaching Them
How to Live In Apartments Without
Fuss or Frietien-Eeonomy keynots
Of lsssons-ssrsnity Basic Principle.

TO" W 1tNs W SPsfhee
Fuss or Frietien-Eeonomy ksynots
Of lsssons-ssrsnity Basic Principle.
BE economical" Strange words per
haps from a young woman. pretty. pos
sessing 100000 In her own right as
heiress OF q Standard oil magnate.
spoken to q score Of little girls. moth
ers Of the next generation. But Miss
Nellie Huntington, daughter OF Colonel
J. T. Huntington. partner OF John ID.
Rockefeller, who died several years
ago. leaving TO his daughter big Tor
tune. sees nothing out OF the ordinary
In her devotion to the little girls who
make up her classes. taking instruc-
ton In the Goodrich House social set
Element In Cleveland, o., under the IL
tie How to Be COntented Fiat
Dweller." says Cleveland special dis
patch to the New York World.
Miss Huntington has fOrsaken soci-
ETY. and the enjoyment OF her wealth
IN the whirl Of butterfly existence 10
teach the children who some year VIII
become mothers how 10 eyade the dom
inations Of the janitor and bring forth
from a four room tat 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 CRllie Silver, daugh-
ter OF Il 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 ahil-
ity to make the most Of fiat" 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 HAT
jewellers happy. She says:
We must start with the children
Flat dwelling has not become SO I'M
peratiye as 1t will be in few years,
but We are preparing the next genera
tons mothers. We teach them ideas
their mothers never heard of. Serenity
is the basic principle OF the whole art
- lixtn nj hainu ,.ant.ntaI N a HAf
Don't fight with the janitor Some
times | think he Is a much abused
suto-l was going TO say autocrat, OF
course. won't. though, for | don't
know what we would do without the
janitor. 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 II doesn't pay TO
wrangle with him.
what II 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 fiat,
/ Is an art. Housekeeping In a fiat is
the chef d'ouvre, If you know what
that means. don't. A woman with Il
placid temper Is the queen Of every
h. 10 L,
sic principle. No: If the janitor Is
stubborn about the refrigerator have Il
cold box on the window sill The
children finished one recently. A cold
boxT Don't you know what ! meani
/ A box Set out on the window sill. 1t is
to put your meat and milk. butter eggs
aud everything you want 10 keep cool
In. 1t saves ice charges, saves warfare
with the janltor. 1t is the one requi.
site to the well ordered fat. You don't
need a refrigerator, and. besides. re.
frgerators take up space.
space IL money. and saving of mon.
ey means happiness to the Hat dweller
That Is one Of the beauties of Our
course-the teaching of the value Of
space. In fiat every inch should be
utilized. There must be no waste
space. Everything useful should have
its place; the beautiful too Then a
fiat is home. 1t 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 big house there Is waste But
you don't need the big house. II
Is extravaganza. The fat is economy
You must be economical. The fat
owner will spend all your money If he
can. Plan properly and 1t will he i'm.
possible to be extravagant. The Hal
should be made to fit the pocketbook
not the pocketbook the Hat
I'VE have some new fat ideas too
In our little model fiat the Kitchen is
10 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 din
Ing room table at mealtimes-anothel
saving Of space.
but serenity is the secret of all
One should never lower ones dignity
by rowing with the janitor-no. mol
with the meat boy or grocery boy eli
Their. A calm objection or hint will dc
az well and keep the mind placid. You
cant have a storm in the mind in Il
little fat. That is one thing that must
be learned"
This Is the lesson Miss Huntington
and her assistants are teaching the lit
tie girls. the oldest of them sixteen
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