The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-23

FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW

a bachelor girl who. with a brother
has been spending the winter in a fash
ionable boarding house. conhded TO me
the plans she has made for the future.
Her brother deals in real estate. and she
has instructed him 10 have an eye out
for a suburban home. a small house with
modern improvements. in a good neigh
borhood, with just enough land 70 make
+ a bit exclusive This he is to purchase
ind II is 10 be put into spOtless condition
% harmonic with the handsome furniture
now in storage. There they viii try 10
have what she calls an ideal. existence
win one maid and liberal hospitality in
small doses.
It is an ideal existence A pretty home
where a few guests can be entertained
at frequent intervals. an income sufi-
GENTLY ample TO cover the expenses and
time enough for reading, amusement, as
we'll as work, ought to III any woman $
heart with contentment. Most Of us make
the mistake of wanting too much and
supplying more thar we can really enjoy
when We reach the prosperous period
In London unattached women seem to
have grasped the possibilities Of easy
living, for many Of them live in simple
little homes with all the earnarks of re-
finement. They entertain informally. go
about good deal. and dress handsomely
where they might have TO pinch II their
establishments were more pretentious.
Living in such homes Is more simple
than you might think. A maid is the only
attendant. and she is trained for per
sonal attendance, as well as for the light
duties Of home making. A woman comes
in on certain days for the hard work.
which is superintended- by the maid. and
the laundry work is done by profession
ais. who are numerous enough in that
city. Breakfast is served on a tray-just
coffee. mullins. and eggs, generally
whatever luncheon is prepared there is
OF the same plain nature. Rarely are
these women without dinner or luncheon
engagements, but II there happens TO be
a disengaged evening it is easy for the
maid TO prepare a little dinner. She is
expected TO be proficient In the cooking
Of chops and steaks and birds, as well as
in the brewing of tea and preparation of
coffee and chocolate.
Afternoon tea is an institution in Eng
land, and there is where the woman with
a small establishment shines. She has
regular days at home. and announces
them. and after the announcement nothing
is allowed to interfere with them. They
are assets which no pouiar woman can
afford 10 overlook. 1 know a handful of
women who life a similar life in this
country, and always in large cities. The
smaller ones do not take bachelor women
seriously, it would seem, for their com
fort is not considered one bit They used
to be dubbed ''old maids" and were ex-
pected to subside into burden-bearers for
prosperous relatives. An hope of any but
a miserable drab existence was given I'D
at thirty, unless the spinster happened
TO be a person Of means. in which case
she was an object of solicitude TO a
horde of expectant relatives. NOWADAYS
woman can live about as she pleases.
and IL her life is dreary and colorless
it is her own fault. know OF a poor
washerwoman who thinks her life rather
nice because it has CLEANS OF sunshine OF
her own making. BETTY BRADEEN-