Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-03-17
What a Girl Should Do To Become a
Good HOmemaker.
ESSAY WINNING FIRST PLACE IN
YOUNGER GIRLS CONTEST WRIT
TEN BY BEULAH CONNRARDN,
AGE IL YEARS FROM DIS
TRICT 3, HUDSON.

TRICT 3, HUDSON.
To make a good and happy home a
girl should have patience. For in
stance her younger brothers and sis.
tiers don't want to pick up their play
things, it takes patience for her tC
pick them up and teach them how &c
do it. If something is hard TO do as
sewing, and she does it wrong and 1t
has to be taken out, instead OF grumb-
ling and complaining she should be
sweet about it and patient.
She must be obedient too. When
her mother asks her to do anything,
she should go and do it without
grumbling about it. For instance ii
her mother asks her to get her some
cobs, she should go and get them and
be willing and cheerful about it. If
she does she will find it will help her
very much by the grateful look on her
mothers face or the sweet, THANK
yOu'' her mother will say.
A girl should be as helpful as pos
Sible. If her mother is tired and has
a headache after working all day, she
should take the younger children into
another room and amuSe them while
their mother is resting or, at least
try to keep them quiet. Or when her
mother is very busy and needs some
thing from down town, as though
mamma is washing, and hasn't any
blueing and has to have 1t, her little
girl should go and get it for her. A
good motto for a girl is, help your
mother all you can, for you will not
always have her to help"
The girl who wants to become a good
home maker ought to be kind, be
kind to her mother, her younger
brothers and sisters and also to her
pets. She should always see that her
dog has a drink when he Is thirsty
and see that he has plenty to eat.
She should see that her cat has plenty
of milk, and enough to eat, and if
possible, see that there IS a place for
them to sleep. And that the children
do not abuse them.
She should also be cheerful about
her work, time will 20 much faster.
For if she is cheerful when things go
wrong, after a while she will learn to
be cheerful all the time. What she
does her smaller brothers and sisters
will do. And another thing she must
be neat and clean about her work.
Her personal appearance should be
neat. AS when she sits down to a
meal, her face and hands should be
clean, her hair combed and her dress
clean, because if she comes to the
table looking untidy it makes it very
disagreeable for others.
A girl must have manners, as when
going in front of anybody she should
always say ''excuse me-" and at the
table she should say please" for
things she asks for, and "Thank
you," when things are passed to her.
She shouldn't get up and reach across
the table for things. She should al
ways be polite to her elders.
A girl should like to do her work,
and do it right. If she does not like
her work and has it to do she might
we'll do it with a will and be cheer
full about it. She should never put
anything off, it will not take her any
longer if she does it right away, than
if she leaves it.
A girl must not tease her brothers
and sisters, if she leases her brother
all the time, he will try to avoid her.
so she will not tease him. Do not
tease them. Instead OF teasing them.
love them. and be kind to them. They
do not like to be leased, and neither
would she.
To become a good house-keeper a
girl must learn to be careful and saw
ing and try to economic Is much as
possible, When she is baking, if there
is a little dough left, give it to the
younger children and let them make
it into a little pie or a small loaf Of
bread. 1t will teach them how to
bake and also be saving ome
She should try to help take care of
the sick, for instance if some Of the
family are sick, she should help her
mother all she can and then 90 in and
read to the one that is sick, or get a
and if possible have a few
flowers in the room, if they like flow
ers, and have it neat in the room,
smooth out the pillow for her and do
everything she can to comfort and
cheer her.
In learning The household duties a
girl has to learn to bake, cook, and
numerous other things.
She ought to learn to make good
bread, cake, and pie and help her
mother wi tn the cooking. People
must eat, and it would help her
mother very much if she would do
part of the cooking, and after cooking
and baking, the dishes she used, must
be washed and she can do it as well
as her mother. The carpets will get
dirty and ought to be swept, and of
course after she gets through sweep
ing the dust will settle on the furni-
ture, and must he removed by a soft
cloth.
And in the kitchen, after a rain,