The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12
Housekeeping a
Business for Which
Women Should Train

There was never a time when wo.
mon skilled In all housekeeping ac-
complishments were more needed in
the home.
a woman who orders and looks into
tho execution Of orders for keeping q
home we'll managed conducts, or should
| conduct, a business, no less than the
merchant or the banker, or any ono
| OF the heads of other enterprises on
which the well being of the world
depends. The success or failure OF tho
| womans business depends upon the
| manner In which she applies principles
that regulate other enterprises in tho
world, commercial and financial
There is no woman In any depart
ment OF life that needs moro thorough
training than the housokeeper. First,
| in the mattcrs that govern sanitation
/ and health, matters which como d.
/! rectly under her administration. In
order that she may properly look aftor
| the welfare of members OF her house
| hold 1t Is absolutely and entirely i'm
| rortant that she should be acquainted
not only with the common rules OF
cleanliness upon which a daily policy
I Of necessity and precaution depends,
but with measures to nc taken in case
| OF illness or Infection. So much trouble
and so much spread Of contagious dis
| cases depend upon the knowledge and
skill with which the woman, who is
| the head Of household in any ca
| pac!ty. confronts them.
| AS purchasing agent in tho matter
| OF food supplies for the table. she
should understand how to provide
| with economy and judgment what is
| both appetiging and healthful, and how
TO direct the transformation Of the
Same into we'll cooked and served
| dishes for her regular bill Of fare.
! AS the mistress nf servants she
should be self-controlled. courteous
and patient. Kindness and considera
ton and proper Difference in regard
TO the rights OF others are altogether
essential here, as a housekeeper's eS-
perience will demonstrate. Thorough
training in the management OF house.
mold workers Is most essential indeed
TO the education or the twentieth cen
tury woman, especially In the South,
| where object lesson teaching no longer
goes on In plantation or city homes.
The high cost of living obliges the
woman who is the keeper OF a house
to be able to the fullest extent to get
Il dollars worth for q dollar expended.
! Therefore, the woman who conducts
her house management with reference
to making ends meet should not bo
| economical alone, but economical with
wisdom.
There is no doubt about the truth
mat The phase written and talked
about os 'the passing OF the American
nome haa It's soui.Nntion largely in
the failure or the average woman to
| be q business woman as house
Keeper II she Incorporates into he,.
education a thorough and practical
course of domestic science ana begins
her work from the start with an eve
to making 1t business success she
Will IT she ts woman OF ordinary In
telliEence and ability. be likely 10 do
well.
1t is strange that women who I'M
derstand they should qualify MS teacN.
ers, stcnographers, bookkeepcrs liz.
orar,ans, nurses and in other profess
sional capacities who are willing 10
serve long anu hard appren ticeships to
OBTAIN their degrees, should imagine
they can undertake one Of the most
important PROFESSIONS of all. involving
practical application of every rule Of
domestic scirnce, without any prepara
non Whatever, or any comprehcnsIof,
/ or even its elemental duties and 20
quircmcnts. t'.
The sooner the twentieth century
/ woman accustoms herself to tho iden
that the Establishment over witch
marriage often places her ) one that
should be carried on with ns much sy.s
Lem ana dispatch a $ n bank, the sooner
VIII the cry over "the passing Of the
american home cease. Men are apt to
stay "hcre they are com Portable ana
wei amused and the houseke eper who
Is mindful of her interests. Will re- on
late her regime with references ~ ~,
point of view
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