The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-20
For the Women to Think About
Written Especially for The Reformer BY Lydia Eliot

over the head As to the long coat, va
rious materials are used including leather
of very light weight, rain-proof goods,
linens, pongees, etc
| Rev. DIR. Cortland Meyers at fremont
| Temple last Sunday spoke right out in
plain English what he thinks of the
women of Boston who fail to make home
pleasant for their husbands. who have no
! confidence in them and who constantly
complain to others about them while liv
ing in the same home and eating at the
same board. If woman cannot live with
her husband she can leave him but should
not go about complaining. DR.. Meyers
believes that if women would do their
duty, make home as pleasant as possible
and themselves as attractive as before
marriage and have faith in their hus-
bands, conditions for both would be great
ly improved. He saws that women cease
to be loved when they cease to be low
able.
What about it? We are not to presume
that DR.. Movers believes that all women
of Boston are selfish and unlovable, nor
that all the selfish and unlovable women
live in Boston 1t is well. perhaps, to
hear such pronounced Judgment OCCASION
ally. to stop to think what it means, and
whether we ourselves are treading dan
gerously near the line of the selfish and
nnlovable. Here is test,
| recently read an article intended for
girls who are inclined toward selfshness,
urging them to live Just one day-one
whole day from morning until night
according to the golden rule or the stand
live by, and count the times that they
were compelled to change their natural
ways in order to accomplish it. 1t might
be as good a test for the mothers and
aunts and sisters as for the girls. If one
has lived up to the golden rule one dav,
it proves that she might do so constantly
for we never live but the one day at a
time. Most of us have observed that our
friends, whether men or women, who are
always doing just the right thing at the
right time, or as they would like others
to do by them. are rarely lacking love
in the home.
Notwithstanding what the ministers say
to make us think nor what the June fash,
ion books tell us about dress, the cooking
must be done and the windows cleaned
Just the same. These are fashions that
change but slightly. However each sea
son brings some new suggestion to most
of us, for making even these things
easier. The freless cooker is used in
many homes all winter. For summer use
it should soon be brought into service.
1t saves much fatigue and overheating
for the householder. And the window
washing is comparatively easy with the
soft window brush and plenty of clean
water used on the outsides The water
dries off quickly and rarely leaves any
spots to be wiped off. This will do for
lower fioor-but not for upper windows
unless ladder and man are available. |
For inside cleaning use little ammonia |
in the water, rinse with clear water. |
wiring chamois skin dry and rub firmly |
over the glass Just once and it is finished !
It is strange that so few use the chamois |
for drying windows as it saves so much |
rubbing and polishing This can be used
outside, too, where the window brush is |
not available.
The Daughters of the Revolution at
their late meeting at Atlantic City, n. J..