Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-30

lnk, nut would
rather keep on working az line that she
loves-work which is congenlal and which
makes her happy TO do. Is IL not far
better In your opinion, to continue to do
that work, and pay someone who likes
the housekeeping end OF IT, than TO give
up her congenial work and assume some
thing that is almost odlous?
They would have plenty OF money 20
live on and be very comfortably situated
IL she did not work: but that IL not tho
point. The point is not the material
things they would have but II ia the fact
mat she would be far happier II she
could continue her work for few years.
do you not think that a married
woman has the privilege OF following the
line OF work that Is the more congsnlaI
to her-provided, Of course that che ar
ranges matters so that her husband has
comfortable home to come to, and by
so doing he Is greeted on his home-com-
Ing by smiling, happy wife, than by
one who has fretted because the oven
wasn't hot enough TO brown the biscuits.
and the potatoes burned while she was
In the dining room?"
There WAS a time, not so very long ago.
when the only answer to be made TO this
query would have been that married
woman's place is at tho fireslde.
dramatically viewed. that is the posi-
ton for wife: taking care OF her home;
planning to make It beautiful and herself
attractive, and letting the husband take
care OF the expenses and the outside af-
fairs or life.
II the husband has sufficient income
10 meet existing conditions. that IN sim
the best place for the wife. who marTiea
for love.
There can ba no more IDEAL Situation
for q feminine woman than this. There
are so many masculine minded women
today, women who seem born TO do the
WORK Of Lhe men In thu ouier world. that
the tEuTp feminine N,numm s. nantssn1.y
t0 des2zisue the primitive tyre
TheHe uEm be IN other efmIB1Fnn4na 80
delagmthB1 as uhe Eunik or baMla- making
and there cam he mo ct'hET tgTe Of xrurnan
so Fascinating AS this hurnsa maker. once
sbs understand the diEniiy and scope Of
her occupation and regards herself as the
gUldlng spSTft Of the home. and feels the
baamaIfnl responsibility SF E1UNEng large
and lovely enough 10 fl the while stua-
ton.
Here Is a brief outline Of what a young
wife OF this type could. and would. do, II
she held this ideal In mind.
Her home might consist OF four rooms
only. or II might consist OF three-story
house. IT she employed help II would
| stlll be her own thinking. and her own
taste. which ruled.
! She would begin by planning TO make
] sarh room a. honey and attractive as
her income and time would permit: keep
ing comfort always in the foreground;
and developing the residence into a cen
ter for love and happiness and peace.
She would have color schemes for each
room; and the little articles OF adornmeni
would all possess a meaning. There
would be nothing useless OF irritating
and there would be nothing incOnvenl-
ent IN the home.
Her table would be n poem OF pretty
linen and flowers, and china 10 suit her
needs. All these things are to be found
today at small expense, by one who has
the taste and desire for them. The food
she put upon her table would be pre-,
pared understsndingly and with interest
and affection. She herself would be tbs
most attractive object in the home; and
II obliged TO do her own work, in work
ing garb. she would never be seen will
untidy hair or soied neckwear.
A daughter OF a well-to-do profess
sional man, who had never leaTneC
domestic work. married and faced heI
new life with a very limited income
The young husband was just from bust
ness college, and beginning on small
salary. The wife insisted upon having
home, and the tiny apartment whicl
their means permitted has grown into
! very Jewel box under the hands OF IN
young woman. She has studied tn
chemical value Of foods. as well As cool