The Washington times., 1908-07-03
WIFE'S WOES AS HOUSEKEEPER ARE
NEVER APPRECIATED-EARNS
VACATION.


the old saw, and while this might be !
considered an equivocaI expression, it |
really means that the feminine portion
of the populace which keeps house, the
proportion which sews and cooks and
darns and dusts, has no regular hours
In which to do these tasks. but con-
tinues them in season and out.
Not even the most enterprislng walk
ing delegate of them all has ever yet
/ considered organizing housekeeping into
a union with a bylaw which mentions
from D. m. 70 p. n. as the period
in which all manual labOr Of the house
must be done on pain Of instant expul-
sion from the organization
Fancy the feelings of a hOusezeeper
who belonged TO such society and who
one minute after 5 was called on 70
sew button on her husbands coat or
10 mend a rent in the best skirt Of her
eldest daughter.
Fancy her feelings II in the closed
hours her husband came home hungry
| and demanded that she broil him a
! chop; imagine her CONSERVATION # he
wished bed made for a guest
It is curious thing about the aver
/ age man that though he has lived in a
mouse all his life te has no idea how
much labor is required TO keep thaI
domicile in condition. He imagines that
with a Few short but energetic move
ments the hOuse<eeper puts everything
10 rights and that the rest OF the day
| she spends reading, playing on the
/ piano ard otherwise conducting herself
/ as a perfect lady should
In a Warm Day Humor.
The other day husband who has
| been married long enough 20 know bet
| ter came home from his Office in the
/ sort Of hUmor very warm day in
| duces.
/ He is the kind of person who expects
! his wife 10 meet him at the door. wear
I Ing her best gown, a sweet smile, and
| a pink bow in her hair. When, there
! fore. he found that portal uuOccupfed.
| and going in discovered his wife lying
/ on a couch in the library, It was with
! distinct disapprobation IN his voice that
he asked what was the matter.
4 am tired. returned his better half.
YEARLY.
''Tired2'' repeated the man In an in
credulous tone. tired. Why should you
be tired? II you had been downtown
all day working like a dog 10 keep the
wolf from the door. you would, per
] haps, know something about what the
word means. I wish we could have
exchanged places today. for your own
Information"
/ You have an electric fan ir your
I Office. / believe. Well, there IS none
over my kitchen stove. Suppose l tel
YOU sOn-e Of the things I have done I
! began early by making Jelly OF twelve
quarts OF CurTants and preserves OF
7 twenty-fOur quarts u red raspoeTT'eS-
Il was very warm work, and took
! some time. When this was finished I
a ha rg-f~ nhanHaIfgT-S
the drawing room and IN this room in
! cheese cloth SO that they VIII not be
injured while we are away in the COun-
try. / covered the furniture IN both
/ rooms. packed away me blankets. fin
iShed a shirt waist sat Tor Mary, or
| dered tomorrow NEE is, sealed up my
preserves and Jelly nd put them in
/ the preserve closet ard now am in
! dulging in case OF nervous prOstratiOn,
which shall continue for a few short
moments il you have no objection
Deserves a Vacation
'sFIuh,'' said the husband. and TO him
self he added that Il was just Ike a
woman 10 do the work Of a week in
one DAY. for you see hv has no idea
that each twenty-fOUr hours brings its
own duties
II a housekeeper had no other thing
20 DO than 70 order three meals every
day. she deserves a racatiOn-
It IS only the unIniuated and the I'M
thinking who look upon this duty as a
/ mere bagateue-a detail which causes
! no mental anguish.
To another husband who complained
| Of the sameness Of the meals in his
: home the wife in the case made a
spirited reply.
| week" said she
ri do IT." returned the man. and
sat down at a nearby desk and be-
| gan 70 write.
He wrote. and ere sed. and thought,
and wrote again. arc when he handed
the fruit OF his latOr 10 his better
I half IL was with ar air % difhdenCe
not natural % the beast
| Here Il is" he said. but IL seems
! 70 me there IS a good deal OF Sameness
| about my meals too"
! And there was. inasmuch as all the
! breakfasts had either eggs or beefsteak
for the piece de resistance, and all
the dinners either roast beef CT chicken.
peared upon this weird list were tOma-
toes and corn. those being the mans
; / favorites-
Happiness az a Hotel
IF I had nothing on earth 10 do but
to cater for my family l should deserve
I L vacation" said a hOusekeeper TO me
the other day. "Oh' the JOY Of being
, able to sit down TO dinner without
} knowing exactly what dishes were 60
, ing TO be set before one. and how much
each course cost< oh, the rapture OF
, not knowing and not caring whether Il
: is Monday. with little in the market
Z or Saturday, with everything there.
Il know no happiness like that OF 60