Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-27
Planning the Summer Housekeeping.

AT AM going to live the simple nfe-some day" said a woman at a small
dinner IL congenial friends. She didn't say 1t with the dash" but
that ws the infection she really meant. 81 am going to have a
bungalow, and live simply in every way"
Most women intend to live the simple rfe-some day. But somehow or
oener' this dream never comes true. II is always going to com tue-to-
morrow' meanwhile, today is lived the same as was yesterday. And yet IS
spenfl To- lev the traces 1t leaves behind it! How meaningless, how foolish
nose hours as they coursedb by ont after anotherl All, tomorrow, tomorrow
W comfort ourselves. But why do We imagine that other coming days will
not 70 X this day W have Just lived through?"
But why lot mako this summer a tomorrow for seeing the realization Of
mis- dream Of simple living? Why not try the experiment anyway? All things
incline one 10 live easily In the summer. Why not make this the excuse, IL
n excuse Is needed, for trying quietly a little experimenting along the lines
OF the simple life and see how 1t goes?
The time Is almost at hand for making the semiyeany change in house
keeping Why not before the actual work of 1t begins, think out quietly a little
campaign to lessen the labor, the worry and the expense of housekeeping?
See IL the home cannot be put into simpler dress. Put away all useless
ornaments This will save much busting and cleaning. The home may seem
be restful Pictures, brc-a-brac, nick-nacks-lots Of things can be stored
away for the summer with a consequent pleasant tightening of the house
hold work
Simplify the men and the serving of it, Instead of buildings and pies
and other desserts that require a lot of time and work to make, substitute fruit
entirely. Suppose strawberries Dr. peaches or melons ares served day in and
oWl II Is largely the point Of view that makes them seem monotonous. Plenty
OF people cat a breakfast Of rolls, coffee and eggs, day in and out the year
around, and do not think II monotonous. They have accepted this al a proper
breakfast menu and that ends It,. Why not get the same point OF view for
other meals of the day. though in reality there need be n o such monoony, for
even In the matter Of fruits there Is usually Sol choice. But the point is
to make fruit the summer DESSERT even though nw and then 1t may be the
same fruit for q week or two. A picnic menu is rather Limited, so also are
be much smplihed, both as to the food and the serving, bringing a lessening
Of work, q lessening OF cost, but no lessening Of nourshhng quality nr of
enjoyment, II the change Is accepted in the right spirit
The same simplifying process could be extended to dress, thus tightening
the washing and ironing problem. Simpler trimmings on undercldhes, simpler
dresses and waists, would all help along the problem of making life easier
And II life shall have boon shmpnHed In this fashion, will not the end Of
the summer And the IN who has thus lived it, the possessor of steadkr nerves,
q larger bank account and a stronger BODY? And after ali, are not these the
essenhas9
Why not make the experiment this summer and plan it nowP