Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-01
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The DESTROYER OF the Poetry Of Housekeeping.

The Destroyer of the Poetry of Housekeeping.
Of the story says:
Tts dirt this everlasting corrodins dirt, that eats the poetry ous
hearts Men are quick enough % see when our youth, u loneliness, o.
whatever 4 was that first attracted Them is gone; but It eve occur to
Many 2 woman will say @Ament" to this, for thousands and thousands Of
wives. the country oyer. have thought 1t and felt It
With a sincere desire to make q happy and a well managed home, many
a bride enthusiastically takes up the reins Of housekeeping. But there is nj
getting away from the fact that this daily battle with dirt gradually wears
on the nne edge u her spirit. just what the outcoms viii be depends, OF
course upon the woman.
There are two way % control the situation. One Is not to- let the dirt
and the dishwater get the upper hand, and to grow Respondent o mournfuly
resigned under TIL burden 81 them. = evidently this wife does rom tn tons
of her utterance II there is n o practical way to vanQuish them then
should nee them on tho spiritual ground and conquer them One should ss
them q . a part OF IA groundfoor of living. az = small part at that should
put them in their place there. attend to them when necessary, but let the
spirit. when through with them return to the upper and SUMMER chambers Of
life. We should lot let ourselves live Always N the ground-noor with the
dirt and dishwater. or the poetry will indeed die out of housekeeping. and
or youtsgsnd comelness slip away The cure In this case Is a right state
OF mind. We need not live mentally with u dirt and dihwater. We can
wesp and dust and wash the dishes. and put or mind N this work In .
businssslike way while doing it But when It is done, we should betaks our
mind to SUMMER regions
But there is also another wy to prevent the poetry slipping out II house
keeping And that is to apply to It improved methods of work We should
make ue Of laundries and washing machfnes We should ave ! vacuum
We should so In for everything possible that will eliminate drudgery.
and conserve time n strength for better things
Many will say this 10 impossible But Is 1t impossibe7 It Is too import
home should take q hand in solving II poetry Is slpping u II housekeep.
ing II housekeep@s feel that they ire losing their youth and comenneaa and
rushng out in the drudgay of the home 1t is a very serious matter.
Some women object to laundres because they are not managed properly.
II this is the case the women OF a community should get together and demand
a laundry that Is u properly. And rest assured. what women demand In
sdstenty enough, they Will get
II 4 vsccum cleaner tin every home Is too expensive, then . certain number
Of women in q community could join together. get q cleaner among them,
and hire q mar o rn It. With each n paying a small amount this could
be done.
Combination and cooperation ire the watchwords Of the business world.
but women have not learned to bring the spirit Of them into the buiaess Of
their special realm
But the poetry # housekeeping. the youth ana conelhuess OF nousekeep-
are too precious to lose And II it seenst that they are being vanauished
By dirt and dishwMr. We should not resignedly let them 20. but rather get
up and nsht this enemy tAst seems to DO driving them awsy.
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