The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
"a Good Housekeepero

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"And how do you like your fine new
home. VIM"
The question was asked Of neighbor's
boy who replied:
~ don't like 1t. It's too fine. Why, our
house is just like a Pullman sleeping car
inside I'm afraid to touch anything. I
like to come over to your house to play
with Harry because you are not so par
ticular. and we can romp and have good
time"
Said the woman who asked the .ques-
ton, IT was almost tempted to tell Wills
mother what he said. but of course 1
couldn't do that"
Wills mother is notably good house
keeper. And poor woman!
Her new house, beautifully finished. is
kept spic and span, the shades of the best
rooms are tightly drawn, and the plano
is always closed The silver and cut glass
on the sidebroad require almost one days
attention each week, but 1t Is dazzngly
bright and there Is not the sign of
scratch on the beautifully mahogany din
ing table.
The family eats its meals on the kitchen
table to save mussing up the dining room
Yes. the woman is keeping house with
a vengeance. But there are some things
she Will not keep if she Is not careful.
One of them is her boy, and the other
is her husband.
The boy is profoundly disguised with his
home 1t is place to be admired. not to
live In No neighbor hoys are seen in
that house They might scratch the fur
niture. And so the young hopeful either
goes to visit other boys or plays in the
streets.
And the husband? There are evidences
that he is growing tired of coming home
to find instead of a wife a housekeeper
in a print wrapper. a sweeping cap ana
a feather duster. Anyway, it is noted he
comes home late and spends apparently
as little time as possible in his pretty
home.
Poor husband, One fancies he is afraid
to step on one of the hall rugs lest he
push it away from the mathematical an
gle, and as for sitting on the couch and
using the sofa cushions to rest his tired
backl On Sundays he appears like fish
out of water.
Sure. the woman is famous house
keeper. When guests are in the house
thew go away emarking the cleanliness
and beauty and order of the establish
ment.
But when that boy grows up will he
care more for an uncomfortable home
or a downtown club or the saloon? VIII
he care for a mother who thinks more OF
her hall rugs than her boy? And that hus-
heart who had worked hard to build the
beautiful house for his wife, what Will
the years finally bring to him?
And In the final outcome what of this
careful Martha herself?
The New Style of the Stage
Nat Goodwin. the actor, is out in book
telling the story of his four marriages.
Which, to say the least of it, is fool
ish thing.
The sacredness of marriage, no less than
natural delicacy. ought to be sufficient to
deter any one from making his private
marital experiences into an open book
where all may gaze.
Maybe Goodwin's book is an advertis-
ing scheme If SO, he is making mis-
take. ++
Heretofore marriage and divorce and
such things as the personal eccentricities.
the dress, the exhibitions of temper. of
many of the stage favortes have been
utilized as good advertising With which
to swell the box office receipts.
= Rut a change has come over ~ spirit