Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-25
Cheerful, Coy Rooms Lend Even
to Frugal Fare a Feast
like Aspect.

nice, and while we didn't have anything
for dinner except the soup and the
soup-meat, and some bread and butter,
and come of mothers delicious APPLE
tarts, | never saw anyone enjoy 1t as
Jennie did. She opened her heart to us
and told US of her own life. It seems
that her mother doesn't know how to
cook, and they eat bakery things and
fried things, n when Jennie comes
home al night, sometimes the table
isn't set, n her mother is at the
neighbors, and Jennie gets her own
meals. That's the reason she's SO run
down. Why, 1 think somebody ought to
speak to her mother"
But | am not sure whether it will do
any good for me to talk to any woman
who realizes so little of her response
bility to her wage-earning daughter.
From a purely business standpoint,
Jennie's mother is making a big mis-
take. When a girl is a wage-earner. 1t
is very necessary TO her success that
everything be done which shall con-
tribute to her effective equipment.
Physical w~ell-being means mental
activity and superabundant energy,
and upon these hang all future posi-
bilities, says Temple Bailey in the Phil
adelphia Press.
Girls Taste Is Not Consulted.
Many women who make slaves of
themselves for their husbands expect
of their busy daughters the same consid-
Grafton which they demand of those in
the home. Yet they do not expect such
consid Grafton from their sons Girls
- ks.lIxr 1rranfzed ronrn oan-
sitiye, more ervou and if there Is to
be any coddling they are the ones who
should receive It. How often do we see
meals set before the family In which
the tastes of the men have been con-
suited, while the girl wage-earner is
expected to eat what is provided with
out question?
While it is not we'll to develop a
selfish fastidiousness, there is no rea-
son why some Difference should not be
paid TO the delicate appetite which is
often the result of the tired stomach
and nerves. A glass of hot milk or a
cup of cocoa or of bouillon, if ready
when a girl reaches home, combined
with a comfortable chair or couch on
which she can rest whils she sips 1t,
will often set her up for the evening,
and make possible a later hearty din
ner which she could not have eaten on
her moment Of arrival.
Mother Should Be Sympathetic.
The mother who helps her daughter
to success is the one who looks to her
welfare, but particularly after her ply
steal comfort. Women who have not
worked in offices and do not know by
experience the strain of this abnormal
life for a woman should arrive at this
knowledge through sympathetic under
standing. Hot water bags, the couch
with plenty of cushions, the comfort
able chair with the high back-these
should be at the disposal of the daugh-
ter as well as of the husband or
brother. Moreover, it SHOULD not be left
to the girl to surround herself with this
atmosphere of restfulness. Nervous ir-
ritation often keeps one stirred up to
| the condition of restlessness, which
only the will power and poise of some
calmer person can overcome. The
placid woman who welcomes her
daughter with motherly kindness, who
fuses over her, and surrounds her with
an atmosphere of rest and peace. will
have her reward in the increased capa-
bility of this wage-earning member Of
the family.