Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-27


call on her for the full time she still pays
this amount. BY sending her washing out
and doing most of the ironing she gets
along and her time for the other social and
philanthropic duties that she Is 30 we'll
fitted TO give TO the life outside OF home
that needs IT,, This shows the tendency
toward work by the day or hour.
what Mrs. d. Achieves.
Mrs. D.. IN another town, has given up
trying 70 keep help, because Of the lncom-
petence Of those she can get, and being
family Of three and having across the
street a family who take a few boarders
for meals. they have their dinners there
and thus tighten the labor and I'm time
for the necessary social life. Perhaps the
most interesting outcome Of all this is the
way in which the rest OF the family learn
TO help and TO understand what the per-
petuai treadmill Of keeping a home honey
and clean means. This was a family OF
considerable wealth and prominence In the
social and business life OF town and even
state. but the husband got up in the morn
ing and went down to take care Of the fur
mace. while I am doing that I might
Just as we'll make the coffee" he said, so
he did and toasted the bread. and when
the wife came down there was only bit Of
bacon TO fry or broil, or an egg or both,
the fruit was on the table and you didn't
know had a man chef" she said TO her
guest as they sat down to the prettiy APP
pointed table In the handsome dining room.
"To be sure be did burn UP the first batch
OF toast, and had to make some more but
he considers himself past master IN the
Art OF cooking bacon and eggs" Indeed,
they were very NICE and the banker-chef
having by his half-hour OF physical exercise
T. -
work went gayiy of to duty, and the wife
and guest discussed club doings and the
late magazines ana new books, the laws
recently passed by the legislature which
applied directly TO the home. as well as the
proper method OF making a mayonnaise,
the value of vegetable oils in diet and
coffee grounds as a deodorizer and disln-
fectant. and a few personal items concern
ing their mutual friends. The little daugh-
ter took small part here and there and
they all enjoyed II and knew what effort
their comfort had cost The lovely china
ives washed and wiped without a crack or
chip and the table was all ready for the
evening meal when they finished. They
had even helped to prepare a dish or two
for banquet that the church society was
20 serve for convention Of business men
90 be held In the little town that was the
topic NJ the day. And they were soon ready
for the social duties that the convention
called for.
Group Housekeeping.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman has been as
tonlshing the world of homemal6ers and
rousing the Rntagonism of the mass Of
them who stln cling vainly to the old ways
and cannot be made to see that there must
be changes, because OF the impossibllity
OF obtaining the wherewtthal OF workers
20 keep up the old by setting forth the
situation In very plain and vigorous Ian
guage and carrying out to its logical con-
clusIOn the trend OF events which, despite
their hanging back and refusing to help
by intelligent cooperation. is bringing them
10 a readJustment OF their homemaking
Her latest contribution is Homes With
out Housekeeping; a Present Demand"
The general suggestion is providing a
home for business women that long for II
and cannot make It with their own work,
by providing suites OF rooms larger or
smaller, as they may be able to afford, the
moalH served privately, and the domestic
service to maintain the home. aiming to
give It for less rate than could be done
In separate rooms. but giving TO as great
an extont as possible the privacy OF home
life, with any degree OF the simple Iife''
desired. Group housekeeping" It is styled
PIRnlSed shad and Rhubarb.
Mrs. Providem ia tempted with the array
OF good things In market these times but
adheres pretty strictly to her general rule
not TO buy the things in March or Aprfl
for instance, that do not ripen in her own
latitude until June or later. Instead she
uses her brain to take the things as they
come In season and render them so pal
atRble that there is a constant succession
of new fruits and vegetables. and wher
they do ripen out OF doors in their owl
climate, the home fruits are so much NOR,
enjoyed than the tasteless specimens thai
have 10 be picked half ripe to bear ship
ping. Rhubarb she sees with a gratihet
smile. and puts some In the basket; quit,
a quantity OF Il. In fact. FOR she thinks
Of several ways that It may be served fol
different meals. She prepares for a specia
dslicacy as she approaches the FISH counter
"A nice shad, II you please" she saiC
to the man. Il am going TO have planke,
shad, and want It Just as good as thel
used to have them at Marshall Hall OF
the Potomac"
The man looked mystlhed at Marshal
Hail, but he showed no hesitancy In pick
Ing her out the best hsh possible.
"A little later, she said. Il viii hav