The San Francisco call., 1908-09-14
System of House Keeping

watched the army of men, 26, 900 strong,
in the labor parade on Labor day,
probably every second or third woman
had a personal interest in some in
dividual man among the marchers; and
1t pleased her to stand for hours wait
ing, knowing that he would be cheered
and encouraged by the little token of
recognition that she would give him.
The alternating first or fourth woman
probably watched the labor parade as
she watched the circus parade-without
any personal interest beyond that of
being amused.
Probably comparatively few of the
women who witnessed the enormous
demonstration on Monday gave any
ciples and aims represented by that
demonstration; and yet II few OF
those principles were applied to their
own work. the business of house keep
vastly benefited and, through them,
therefore, the whole of society.
In the first place, organized labor
has decided that the days work must
be limited; and the carpenter. the
plumber, the brick layer, and all the
otlIer workmen find that by working
only a certain number of hours each
day they are enabled to do better work
for their employers and, at the same
time, have some reserve strength and
and their homes when the days work
is done.
What the house keeper needs more
than anything else in the world is TO
limit the amount of the days work; for
she has more to consider than work it
self She is not only the weaker
physically, but upon her devolves the
greater part of the responsibility in re-
and also the duty of making her home
so attractive and inviting that 1t will
be haven of rest for the husband and
father when his own work Is finished
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vitality are constantly exhausted by
housework.
A trite saying is that housework is
never done; and it never is unless one
knows when to stop. If a woman makes
fetch of her house, her work soon
becomes an obsession and she herself q
slave.
1t Is not suggested that women
should organize themselves into unions
to learn how to do their own work, as
any intelligent woman can do that for
herself II she gives the necessary
amount of thought to the subject. What
she needs to do first is to learn how
to estimate values and conserve her
are certain things that she can not dc
without being i'll then those things
must be let alone, or done little at q
time A house so Immediately clean
with a tooth brush is neither attrac-
tive nor inviting IF the mother who
did the cleaning is i'll in bed. and yet
it is such common thing to hear q
woman say: Il was cleaning house
and I overdid it," or Il washed and put
up the curtains and 1t made me sick
have been under the Doctors care
ever since" Better windows without
curtains or house that is cleaned at
the rate of one window week or a
month,
It takes strength of character and
force of will to break away from a
window when it is only half washed
because the time is up because nature
has given warning that the limit is
hausted. but better a half washed win
dow than 2 3 breskdow9 = z in b health
"F'inish every day and have done with
it, for manners and for wise living 1t is
a vice to ember."-Beecher.
The Daily Menu
BREAKFAST
Grapes
HOminy and Cream
French Kidney
Baked Potatoes Rolls
Griddle Cakes, Maple Syrup
LUNCHEON
Chopped Ham and Egg
A Pretty Salad
Bread and Butter (thin)
Pineapple Custard
DINNER
Cream of Celery Soup
Broiled Bass, Butter Sauce
Chicken Potpie
>Green Peas
Caufffower au Gratin
Lettuce Salad
Queen Pudding Cream Sauce
Chopped Ham and Esgs-Chop some
cold cooked ham. Toast and butter
some slices of bread, spread the ham
on the toast, put them in the oven for
three or four minutes. Beat four eggs
in a cup of milk, season with salt and
pepper. Put two tablespoonfuls of but
ter in a saucepan, pour In the beaten
eggs and stir over the fire until thick
but do not let it boil. Pour the eggs
over the ham and serve
A Pretty Salad-Boil six young beets
and when cooked scoop out the centers
and fill with asparagus tips which
have been soaked in French dressing
it. evenly on a round dish, sink the
beets into it and garnish with young
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The Sewing Room
THE SUNBONNET
Once upon a time the Sunbonnet was
merely a protection for the head which
it covered but this season 1T has been
thing of beauty and charm and has
occupied prominent place in the sum
every kind of outdoor sport. Dainty
muslins, fine lawns and sheer organdies
can be employed in making these bits
OF headgear. and when made entireIy