Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-10
~ Confessions
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ONN1se&eeper
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by Barbara BQy0
The Housekeeper Who AccOmpIishes.

<<1 DONFT sec nov you acoomphshs o much" 1 said, rather enuousy to
M nedshbor h has six children, who always look as neat and
shining a. new pins. Her home is spohest She is always cheerful
she nsvsr Seems hurried. Now, I know If had a family of eight to cook
Tor wash dishes sweep n sew for I should be in a sanatorium at
My neighbor smiled her cheerful smile. 81 do what I do" h said as IL it
WERE. after all. little because I think my work Ill u beforehand. I take
m outst hou or half hour every day, n o matter what happens, and there
the work Is really done I lot only plan for tomorrow. but I plan far ahead.
I make my work dovetaiL I realize that minutes are just Us precious a
money. l don't waste them when I m working, and then those that are
left w I have in q bunch to enjoy.
n plan nut at time of course with sufficient elasticity a months
narueny n thus not economically. By the n OF the mont car repeat
the snu without the family recognizing them or finding them monotOnous
Feed that win keep I buy in quantity SO that on days eliminate all
marketing. because I have sufficient In h house.
THE day I iron 1 bake and cook stewsa and such vegetables and dessert as
require long cooking Thus, OF other days, when my work is lot in the
kitchen. I can have things that requir but little time fr preparation.
"T insist upon the children doing their share oil the work, n not clt-
tahnB things u But 1 10 lot do 1t by scoding, but by making them
partners In the business of housekeeping, and making them feel their re-
sponshnty. They take a pride in hat they 10 and really enjoy it. There's
a lot in giving a child the right point of view about things Mendins
afternoon. as W 70 call It we all get together and have a Jolly line Even
the uniet me Is learning to use her needle
THE chndrens simpler underclothes I make all m h same phn. [
n exactly how man yards Of trimming it takes for each garment and
I pick this trimming up whenever I find 1T at a bargain. l know will
have use for 1t sooner or later. 1 don't believe in shopping ahnlessya n
moTe than In working aimlessly. 1 keep tab on special sales; many are
announced in advance nowadays, and I plan my work so 1 al get to the
sale early which means quick shopping, and I get what I mi and come
home
Ell know that tremendous business enterprises, far more complicated
than housekeeping. are run like clock work because Yer detail is thought
nut and put where belongs in the scheme If accomplishing. And I said
20 myself housekeeping ear be done he SAM way.
III 1 weren't able to get above m work in this way n look rel It, l
overwhelming n heterogeneous mass 1t is already systehnatzed nj
labeled. a 10 were Every piece is In its place in ny mind, and 20 through
n as slick al grease sc to speak Thought is really what counts you
know. his The power that accompishes Without 1T my work would b.
ohAoa-
l. listened meekly. She's right, 1 know But I haven't clock-works in my
nsA nd m AFRAID I can lever strike the hours and hall hours and
ouartar hours of my ask as she les I wish I could. It's decidedly the
right way to do housekeeping, II n wants to accomplish the most with
thu least ntcuon n waste. She gets a prodigtous amount done and has
for recreation AM thus managed, hou sewOrk hs its r1ghtfui place in the
sdAsme o thnsS