Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-03-18
Tho Woman Who Docs Her Own
Work.

Tho Woman Who Docs Her OWN
Work.
The magazines of the present day are
rich in tempting recipes. and replete
with descriptions of attractive cooking
utensils for their preparation. But
yery little is said of the housewife her
self-how she may best be equipped for
the complicated art of housekeeping.
And on this often depends the success
or failure of her task.
For, first of all, the woman who does
her own::work should be appropriately
and comfortably clothed. The work
corset should be of light weight, size
or two larger than that used for dress
occasions, and shorter hipped. The
under-garments or under-duddies, ss my
up-to-date friend facetiously calls them,
should be of the modern combination
type, whereby the weight falls from the
shoulders, thus doing away with cum
bersome waist bands.
The morning dress is preferably
simple one piece affair of either gingham
or some pretty dark figured muslin. In
summer these should be cut with Dutch
neck aud short sleeved. Percale Is neat
and attractive, but is SO warm 1t is more
adapted for winter wear. WOODEN ma
terials should be tabooed for kitchen
garments.
As to shoes, 1t cannot be too emphati-
cally stated that the housewife must be
comfortably shod. Taking for kitchen
wear the half-worn afternoon slippers,
with the turnover high heels, Is not an
economical procedure. The house shoe
is of equal importance with the dress
boot. 1t should be of some soft kid or
canvas, low. heeled, and If possible rub
ber.capped. These are not only condu-
Give to the ease of the wearer, but where
there are polished floors, the rubber-heel
cap Is of prime consideration.
Then, there are many little changes in
aprons that add to the comfort and con-
venience of the workers.
For the heavier tasks about the kitch-
en-, an oilcloth apron is most useful.
These may be made of either pure white
oilcloth or that containing small de,
sign. Made in large circular pattern
and bound with blue or gray tape, they
are neatly attractive and just fill the re-
uuirements for mussy work.
Although the housewife may not dc
her laundry work, Outlines there are
many delicate tea cloths and bits OF fine
embroideries she prefers to launder her
self. For such occasions there is
heavy galatea or bed-tickiDg apron.
made with a capacious pocket to hold
the pins, which is very desirable.
The ample. sized, bungalow apron
which com pletely protects the house
gown, has won high favor as cooking
apron, it is so easily slipped on and of
Very pretty little busting caps may be
made from the large art handkerchiefs
The style known as "the Gretchen Is
particularly becoming. So often in the
various Woman's Exchanges one comes
upon new and simple ideas for caps fol
house wear, and only the good hausfrau
herself knows how necessary they are.
Gloves, too, must merit our considera
ton. There are the rubber gloves fol
protection in dish washing and the mum
berless demands for wetting the hands
also, the fine white canton flannel gloves
for sweeping, which have the additional
advantage of being frequently Numbered
When one realizes how many hours
each day it requires to run successfully
the average menage, the housewife can
not afford to be Indifferent to the i'm
portant question of clothing. Simple
and sensible should be the housekeeper'l
| watchwords in the matter of dress, and
above all, each separate article should b
| made to measure up to that most salts
factory of descriptions, "a comfortable
fit"