The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-08
.H0 10 MAKE
wash DAY EASY
WsllRegulated System and Com
mon Sense on the Housewives
Part VIII Rob The Occasion Of
Many Horrors.

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~ YSTEM in homework will do
- wondets-thst Is, system that
is intelligshtly followed out. "a
= system that Is inexorabIe as
the laws Of Medes ana perslans S like.
~ to cause al much nconvenienee as
lack of one, Erances II. Brown Of
the domestic science department OIL
the Kansas Asricuitufaf college gives
some useful ana practical advice along !
this llne.s She says: MANY a family
Is made miserable every wash day BY.
the mothers desire to get an early
start. Breakfast. Is sighted in its !
preparation. OFTEN the mother ls4ab-
sent from the table getting the boiler
on and the wash ready. Clearing
away the breakfast is neglected. there
by leaving the dining table imam un-
slightly condition, and living room and,
bedrooms are left In disorder until
the washing is done; And then, mora
than likely, the tired housewife Is
not equal to strengthening them up.
Everything about the house preclaims
1t is wash day there. The text that
we keep house in order to live COM
fortably and do not live in order to
keep house has been forgotten.
Where there are children or even
In homes where there are no children
there will be numerous interruptions
during the work. 1t is wise to have
plan and return to the unfinished
duty in its previously prescribed order
than to leave that one thing unfinished
to take up another until at noon we
find we have been busy all morning,
but because no one thing is,eompleted
we feel that we have really accom-.
plished nothing.
"The reward for work Is the ability
to do more work. The reward for re.
sponsibility is the capacity Cor greater
responsibilities. There issa strength
that comes from the completion Of
any task that will go far toward carry.
ing one well on In the doing Of the
next This satisfying strength does
not arise in the beginning Of labor,
hence the discouraged, WORKOUT con.
dition Of the woman who has no def
mite plan Of action.
IF. ms Is frequently the case, one
woman must do all the work Of a
household, to which is added the care
Of children, 1t may cost her extra eff
fort to formulate and fix plans adapt.
ed to her own circumstances, but this
preliminary step once taken, surely
will justify the time SO spent In her
own Increased efficiency
fWhere there are chlldreniunforeseen
problems often will present them
selves, but the fact that she has
definite order that she would like to
follow If permitted willllin nowise
hinder tho housewife from attempting
to meet and solve these emergencies
as they arise. On the contrary, It will
aid her In doing so the more readily
because of her desire to follow this
order prescribed for herself by herself
ut isn't good idea to set ont n
schedule for ill housewives. Hardly
any schedule devised by man or wo-
man would suit any two persons. A
woman should make her own plan for
the day and live Up to It MS closely MS
possible. 1t is Ms valuable In house
as 1t Is on railroad
"a tentative order of procedure in
nousework for housewives may be
adopted where women are situated un.
der similar conditions. This order may
he more or less like the recommends.
ton Lincoln gave. certain book when
he wrote, This sort of thing will be
liked by those who like this sort Of
thing
Every day In the week should have
some certain task of Importance. one
of those duties that must be performed
periodically within week or even
a longer interval. This special work
should not interfere with the regularity
of performing those smaller duties
that must be done every day and that
contribute SO largely to the we'll being
Of the whole family. It is for these
little things that a plants suggested"