The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-22
Wives Place Is Home
And They Should KnOW
/ HoU to Keep House
- s<ssifs Sov Women 70 Work OAces n, PneAsstes
Savs Mrs. John Martin. One Of the C1eUevest Modern
Advocates Of the Home Woman.
Mweyerfte Moosrs Marshall.
WY u . hAVpy niArT1A60S

Marguerite Moosrs Marshall
wy 10 . Asppy n,ssziAess
AID nov Il 10 Miss Ruth Elio<. grand
daughter OF rresidsnt fomeritus Charlie
W. Eliot Of Harvard. who has followe
the announoemont Of hsr engaSsmen
win che statement that she will no
0Arry until she has learned The art Q
homs-makinS."
me woman" says Miss Eliot, n
smattsr how comfortably situated imam
ceAny. should ever think of uArrydn
oscors shs has learned the art of cook
~ and ~ proper way In whaoh to ad
minister . household. I shall study thss
ehinSs N an sndsavor TO perfect mysel
- highly - possible In the great essen
uais Of happy married life. Tn
great trouble to-day II that too man,
young women are totally Ignorant Of
ne art OF housekeeping"
AL OF whioh should sound swsstiy Il
the care of Mrs. John Martin. author
Of rs Mankind Advanoingr' and on,
OF ohs c'svsrest modern advocates o,
Tie homo woman. Mira Marvtn frownl
ssverely upon the feminine sarssr, and
~ even confssses to grave doubts OF
The value Of the higher edueation 70,
woman. Wherefore she should Be par.
tiosAariy encouraged by the strong do
msstdo lsAninGs Of the Grand dAuShtss
Of . college prssidsnt
marriage - svssy gisa's ass-
nv" auetA 1ers. Martin, briskiy.
ssAs ought TO marty young. -
eoon ~ she - properly prepared
ees Ass dudes OF wifsAood ana
mstAsshoo1. Than she has Q bst-
Sss chance Of producing Q ans
fAnaay, her obvious duty IN life.
ASa especially n her husband's
Income - sAaI, she ought TO sst
naoag without sssvaaSs from the
WI starA
Tue domestic servant d beoonins
more ana more Of an sxtrUvasanoe. be-
cause the ranks Of trained servants are
decreasing and those who are left are
pusans up their prices. A generation
ago the oompetsnt middle aged wife of
me man With . comparatively sinai,
income felt that she could afrord 10
axe . 'Srssn' servant girl and train
hef. When this girl took her next Do
sitson. perhaps With . young bride. she
was compstsnA and shs did not Ash An
uaduly high salary. because there wAs
. eoodly numbsr Of her.
GOOD eERvANTs BECOMING
ecARcgR GvgRv DAY.
nat now the middis-assd houss-
eseper Nc longer fssls that she oan af.
tesN even unframed domestic sssist.
eaeA Consequently. there y Q mar
rewsd ne,a Of Apprenticeship eor The
youa1 Safi soing into domestic service.
Consequently these girls turn 70 other
ceeuset'oos. and servants are growing
fewer and asking higher wages.
the aaswsr 10 for the young wife to
Do ssaf.sufncisnt. With the aid Of the
numerous modern improvements for
making housswork easy, she can con-
troll oil the homo activities II two a.
sumpuons are granted She must have
proper training before marriage. She
must not have improper distraction
after marriage"
Then you don't asrss that N. wife
OF me poor man should hsrssk become
wAss-sarnsrf suggested.
regard such . procedure a. q cal
enAsy 70 the human race" replied Mrs.
Martin. Il am overwhelmingly in favor
OF . check In the present movement
OF woman into outside industry, and
hsr rs-entranos into the home. Woman
IN NE crowd. woman In competitive In.
dustry. In Office. factory and shop,
woman In herds. deprived Of tho nest
ms Instinct. deprived Of solitude has
no oms for memory. for the afrec-
tons, Tor the quiet broodlnx of the
mind IN which idssls are born and
cherished.
This movsmsut OF woman outside the
nome 10 really . symptom Of economic
dbease. 1t means that wealth 10 being
80 irrationally distributed that men can.
not by ordinary sxertion support their
famAlieA Women and children must &c
out to work to help them out. The
craftsman has been put into the factor,
and made hand Next his wife and
children are made hands Tho family
10 disinteSraing and the process will
work irrsparabls injury to human life
"1ortunstsiy, millions Of mod
sra women, to whom every avenue
10 opsn, are sttll choosing domes-
ucaty. Home life. soft ana shell
tered, with its atmosphere OF sor-
vice, its functions OF nouyishtng,
cleansing. setting In order, ana It's
sense OF ministortng to beloved
persons. naturally gratifying TO
Womsn's nature. II tho sphere pre-
fsrrsd By the vast majority Of
women. II 10 absurd 70 say that
women have been dwarfsd by con-
a1smsut In the homo. rhink OF
the splsndid, ali-round develop
mont attained by our Puritan
Housekeeping grandmothsrui
Il wish l were half as certain of the
value Of college life for a young woman
~ am OF the value OF home lie. -
added Mrs. Martin. Not long ago
was visiting In the Massachusetts town
which contains ono OF tho largest Amer.
lean colleges for women. We were
taken all over tho wide and elaborat.
grounds. and met scores OF under
graduates Do you know. l didn't see