Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-23
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Edited by
M. N. #. Brigham
Keep House by System,
Saving Time and Labor

nOO many housekeepers feel that
their work is never done, that it
II pushes them continually, that
there is never time for "long
BREATH" says a writer in the Daily
Eastern Argus.
1t often happens that this is brought
about by the fact that the work Is
never looked squarely in the face. No
appointment of duties to days is
made, NJ assignment of definite
amounts of time to definite tasks.
The housekeeper must be more than
drudge she must be an executive,
able to plan to advantage and to live
up to her plans, to reasonable extent.
She must know which work comes from
the necessities of life and which from
the luxuries. Sometimes she must
have the courage to choose only the
necessities and the Judgment to ADJUST
her plans to her condition.
Where there Is no maid and the
laundry work is done at home, some
such schedule as the following will be
helpful:
manipulating the house in order.
Baking. Preparing Tuesdays meals.
Mending clothes for the wash, remov-
ing stains etc. Planning the week 8
marketing. Putting clothes to soak
over night.
Tuesday--Wash day Folding dry
towels and sheets and putting away.
ednesday--Ironing.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sW e p g.
Changing bed and room linen. Sweep
ing of attic and putting In order on
alternate weeks.
Friday-Downstairs sw p n g.
Strengthening dining room closets and
drawers. Cleaning silver. Care of cell
lar on alternate weeks.
Saturday-Thorough cleaning of the
refrigerator. Baking for Sunday.
Cleaning kitchen closets, floors and
stoves. Changing table linen for din
ner.
Sunday-Changing table linen for
breakfast and tea. Resting from
housework.
Marketing-On market days" or
when the fresh vegetables are brought
to the grocery or the door.
Simplifying the Guest Problem
Having guests on certain days SIM
plifies the problem of entertaining. The
guest worth having enjoys feeling that
he Is zone of the family" Everyone is
at his best, hospitality at it's finest.
Many family has been robbed of its
keenest pleasure because the mother
insisted on such elaborate preparations
for guests. Rather than see her slave
in that way they have foregone the
pleasure of asking a friend to a meal.
Children should be allowed a certain
number of guests per month. The
pleasure will be remembered as long as
they live
Many housewives have a particular
menu for company, varying 1t accord
ing to season. Where there is a maid
the company menu" simplifies matters
very much If one insists on making a
difference for company. 1t is much
more sensible, and much more of a
compliment to the guest, however to
merely increase the quantity of family
fare.
If the laundry work is done out of the
house the work will be lightened con-
siderably. but there is the same need of
systematic planning for the other work.
Tuesday Wash Day
Monday is the time-honored wash
day, but Tuesday seems better If Sun
day is "home day." as it should be,
everything is pretty generally used and
needs a going over on Monday. The
larder is depleted. clothes need mending
before going to the wash. and one needs
a little time for rest. The stores can
be examined, meals planned and the
weeks purchases listed.
On Tuesday there is chance to
choose between necessities and luxuries.
Washing is a necessity, ironing a lux
ury" So say some. Bed linen and tow
els must be washed, but not necessarily
ironed. A little care in hanging up and
smoothing when folding is all that is re-
quired, and the smell of pure air and
sunshine is more agreeable to many
than the odor of hot iron on linen.
Anything that saves nerve force and
uses brains instead will be part of the
wise woman's equipment The market
is full of labor saving utensils which