The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

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 from the better half''
 If he be a man who works with his
 hands, he labors from sun to sun; if
 he is I professional man he has his
 intervals from practice if he is clerical
 worker he wearies of details, but the
 successful housekeeper must evolve all of
 these each day-her hands are neded for
 the actual work. She must be profess
 sional to combine the duties of toiler and
 manager, and an accountant to provide | within the allotted amount, and certainly 1 she must be social to be a good neigh 1 bor; every woman can gextend good feeling among the neighborhood by mzx-
 ing of herself a useful citizen-this val
 uable asset for any household. The home 1 without friends is barren shed.
 l When the man returns from his work
 down town he is absolved from home duty, but where does the woman's service end?' From morn till noon she has some | unfinished pattern or recipe awaiting her development and more timesTthan once a man has to have a spell of sickness to really know of the tired women, who must appear bright at their home com ing to make their real pleasure com pete.
 These are req facts worth considering for the man with money and the man | without.
 You often hear some woman among | many remark: '1f I had her money I l would not do one thing" This Is only I passing thought-otherwise the fact would l be known that a larger home, servants | and entertainments demand more care and anxiety than the bungalow, where there is limit to money spending It is true the monthly bills are not so har- rassing where affluence is known, but
 the painstaking woman, the real manag- ing housekeeper, sees there is no unneces-
 sary waste, probably this care has aided the accumulation. It takes harder work
 to overcome neglected duties than to do each day the missions of a household. It requires care to provide and cater to appetites, not only in the selection of l foods, but the preparations; In fact, there l is greater waste often in preparation than | the purchase. Simple dishes can be made l palatable, and choicest marketing can be
 unsatisfactory with indifferent cooking. Woman's home duties are varied and 1 filled with trif1ings that are more nerve | racking than failing to consummate a
 business trade. Her vicssitudes must be
 overcome before the night, else some l body will think she's careless and that | somebody never can know the struggle between heart and hand to avoid dis | pleasure over the seeming neglect of an
 unfinished womans job. Housekeepers, | that Is, those who struggle against ad- verse circumstances, ana nave a real ] pride in doing thing well, are more than ordinarily sensitive at some triflng ob- servance of the omission-and isn't 1t | more human to see the neglected. corners | than to praise the well done? A very just woman on one occasion remarked sne never praised her servants never let them know she was satisfied with their work she could get more out of them by keep ing right after them. looking for some- fr 1ra, l.,, |, l be immaculate, the keeping ideal, but it is a. crime never to say, well done, thou good and faithful servant" and then, too what privilege it is to lend encourage ment to those who labor with us and for us. and probably these kind words will stimulate to better service. It takes real courage to housekeep when things come high. especially; 1t would be we'll for the two to alternate in purchasing. giving two
 weeks for each, the month: and ten to one you will find the living better and cheap CT when the woman is on duty. Man has the theory of housekeeping. woman cer- tainly has the practice, and that the arts keep her figuring, schemng and brush l ing are not unknown to other women 1 who have played the same game. Darby and Joan are not successful I experiments of this age. for once the I man realized the real labor in good home making he would be wiling to turn the | reins over to the natural weaver of the | harness.
 The usual greeting from this source is l to hope you are we'll" but since seeing the happiness in this Birmingham mans conversion. with one day of indlsposition, 1t is apropos to hope each man of the house may have a day ''at home" and re- ceive the real benefits of a critical ob- servation. For years it has been acknowl- edged 'womans work is never done," and on till the end of time there will be | duties for woman's hands to do Health Is ones choicest blessing. but if a slight 1 indisposition is the real need to give the men the right idea of woman work, it is very well that "some days must pe dark and dreary' with them. We all know that sick man. even though slight | " Ill., can see no hope until the pain is easier. then the best remedy for a mans < bad feelings is to remain at home one day and see if he will venture to trade occupations with his partner. and you Will md each experience will carry a serious thought the following day There | IS work Tn every well done office. and nara work always, to overcome delayed or postponed duties. and every woman is very busy who loves her home and looks ihto the welfare of the family, if she only does half her duty