The independent-reporter., 1910-07-14
HOW WOMAN'S WORK
MAY BE uGHTEMED
Her Own Head the Housewives treat
est Labor Saver.

W
ing of Somerset Pomona recehuy
held with the Starks Grange:
"What are some of the greatest
labor savers for tightening woman B
work?'
This Ia such a truly practical anu
avarv day question that 1t seems a.
first thought, very easy OF discussion'
hut the more l have thought OF It,
the more presumptuous 1t seems oii
tho mart of an Indifferent houseKeep-
ar to he giving advice to those SO
much better qualified.
II seems like treading on danger
ous ground for a woman to De Say
,no ANYTHING at all on the subject
aonbt not that there Is at this sei'
,,,on,ant some suspecting bro.hei
o,rti,y the finger of scorn at us anu
soyinp woman! What need has she'
who has nothing to do but sit III ."o
.hade Of labor savers? Rather give
Nv mora work to do so that she VIII
have not the time to exercise "e'
natural instincts of gaddlng anu eoo
sip" ,,,oot
put seriously speaking this subject
i, one of importance, and IL 'ne' .
are labor savers to relieve woman Vi
aooo os the drudgery of houseworA'
a,ya them to her, so that she may
have time and strength to rum he'
highest mission of home MAKER "ne"
mother is Obliged to devote the
vho,e Of her time and strength u
mere washing. cooking ana cleah'ne
=, the expense of character building
- bar family, she Is depriving inc
not,on of it's very foundation stone
Tot the skeptical ones for moment
usten to what one of the great pres
iaonts Of our times has said: II is
the mother, and the mother only' "no
10 better citizen even than the soi-
d;er who fights for his country. Inv
,,ocassful mother, the mother "ho
does her part in rearing ana Train
ing Alright the boys and girls WIZ
aro 70 he the men and women OF the
navt generation, is of greater use 10
the community. and occupies IL BIG
on,v would realize 1t, more honor
obla as we'll as more important
,os,tion than any successful man In
# She Is the one supreme asse. Vi
national life. she Is more important
bv far than the statesman, pusihess
man, artist or scientist, for the iuh-
di,nonta, tasks of humanity are the
tasks connected with the nome.
so does 1t not seem that the great
cat needs of the nation are 1orces'
whatever they may be, that shall heip
tho mother in this, her supreme TASK
of home maker?
If this question is intended 10 Apply
only to those inventions and mechah'-
cal appliances recommended py piau
s;hle agents as being labor savers ior
women. I shall digress from its orig
inal meaning and speak of labor saw
era that seem more important
The wise woman, through the exer-
c,se OF forethought and Judgment
cen make her own head her greatest
labor saver. How much easier the
tasks of the household become when
performed in accordance with plan
or method Not that her rules anu
regulations should be so iron-clad as
reyer to be broken. for the best iaio
plans must often be changed.
The household system OF eacn "o-
man must be one that she has work
ed out for herself, in accordance
with her own strength and the needs
OF her family, and not the IDEAS OF
aome other woman who does no work
at all or does 1t under very diner
ont conditions. The "Woman's Only
mage of any of our weekly newspa-
pers will tell US to the smallest de-
tail exactly what method to pursue,
but they are few who can apply this
advice to practical uses. A well
trained family is another of womans
greatest helpers. A family which,
from the oldest to the youngest, puts
things In their respective places. II
IL were only possible to teach our
children when they make use of
things about the house to leave them
as they find them, what help 1t
would be to them as we'll as to our
selves, but instead how often do we
find towels on the floor, garments
anywhere but in their proper places,
bureau drawers left open, and gen.
eral disorder where just as little
time and strength might have been
used in putting things In their prop
er places.
Do l hear you say: We'll, l should
think she would practice what she
breaches" Which Is just what
think. too, but let us hope that the
future generation will make stepping
stones OF my mistakes.
To come back to the real purpose
of the question. does 1t not seem that
invention has done more In the way of
labor savers for man than 1t has for
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