The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-17
Social Notes

THE most startling difference be-
tween the women OF today and the
women of yesterday SAYS a well
known writer. lis her point of view on
the subject of housekeeping. Houses
keeping was once an end in itself, an
absorbing vocation. There are many
who think it still should be, But
housekeeping today is apt to be done
before or after the real work Of the
day, and is generally thought of as a
more or less i"nconyenient side issue.
The cause for this change in women is
mainly due to the keen interest which
the women of the present day display
in the problems of the cities and of the
state. It has been left to the women's
clubs to start the reforms which is
making our country one of the fore
most in the world. The men, as a rule,
are too busy with business matters
and are taken up too completely with
the problems of finding a livelihood to
pay any attention to such things. 1t is
the women who are back of the plan
for transforming the college and uni
versity courses for their daughters,
which will make them Of some use.
Housekeeping at n time was little
short of drudgery, now it is made a
science, and instead of wholly neglect
ing their home duties as some would
lead one to believe, the modern house
wife, through training is able to eff
ficiently supervise the care of her home
and children and still have time for
recreation and for the duties which she
owes to the public, that of social and
civic improvement. Perhaps the les
son which is taught so diligently in
regard to one being his brothers keep
er is more fully realized by the wom-
en- of today than one would think
Are not the women in the grand cru
SADIE against the evils which threaten
to destroy our nation socially and NOR
apy and those, as wei, who are fight
any and those, as we'll who are fiht-
of ability, doing much toward the up
lift of those in trouble? There are so
many different phases of uplift and
Improvement in which the modern
woman is interested that she has no
time for the old time domestic drudg-
cry and shallow social duties. 1t has
been remarked that the ladies show
less and less inclination toward social
life, and that the old-time brilliant
functions are no more. The reason is
that women have awakened to their
obligations and find more chance for
improvement mentally and physically
as well, in the modern avocations of
the up-to-date woman She is no
longer the dependent, inconsequential
creature which she once was. Her
ideas count and she now has the re-
spect accorded to a companion and a
counselor and not simply the Difference
given an insuperior being. Besides
mentally, women have i'm
proved physically. This is the way
one author expresses it. 1.-THE foun-
tain of youth has sprung a leak and
the result Of the trickle is dropping our
way. Who is old nowadays? That
white haired young thing driving her
W automobile down the avenue?
Or that happy grandmother teaching
the children to play hockey on the
park ponds?" The young woman Of
is the product Of much new knowl-
edge, many new customs and inven-
and a brand new theory Of life
and thought. She keeps her health to
the normal pitch be exercise, hygiene
and diet; is as domestic as she must
never too m~onotonously do
nestle; has a keen interest in life that
comes from active association with a
a charity or a fad; enjoys
all the m0dern luxuries that her purse
can give her; above all else keeps a