Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-14
THE BRIDES
OWN STORY

How Systematic Housekeeping AAeeofos
Help.
Art sou may have in your house
keeping" says aunt Juiiettez but
business system you must have TO
keep your housekeeping boat eff the
rocks"
protested. / fear il viii take me d
long while, and perhaps some more
experience 10 get thoroughly used 70
! the idea u business in the horns =. i
seems to me so separated, and that il
IS business or the home, never both.
But aunt is adamaut on that point
and she is constantly considerd11g al
the business-iilfe devices and meth
DDS that Uncle Dick buys and tells
her about, and if there's one chance
~ a hundred that it viii be useT n To
her she'll experiment with il ans way.
Somehow, / dislike the idea OF my
home having anything business
about il. and yet I confess that Aunt
I Juliette's business helps seem TO
1 help her ever 50 much.
Atop her own desk she keeps a
| long cardboard box filled with ruled
cards, by inches, and separated
4 by heavier guide cards With tabs
on top for classification. Aunt 50 ends
about an hour or two one afternoon
a week adding 10 some Of the cards
and keeping them UP to date. with
/ the result that by looking at them
any time she wants information she
finds Immediately whether she paid
her dentist on the 9Th as she sup
posed, or in whit cupboard dra wer
shell ind the winter underWea for
/ the babies, on The state OF her
I finances. L really is wonderful the
/ amount Of information one does need
about household affairs. and this card
/ index never forgets If Aunt Julierte's
| memory should happen 70 fail her on
/ some point.
I've taken a copy Of her system and
| subdivisions although privately ]
/ have suspicion as to whether ! II use
/ it or not. Aunt declares she would be
| at sea regarding her household ar airs
! just as much as she was in her early
married days without the help OF her
/ housekeeping record file. Cards are
arranged under these heads:
! Household Accounts.
There Is a set of fourteen cards for
each month Of the year for the fol-
/ lowing record. % groceries; ~.
meats; 90. vegetables and fruit: "a,
/ bread. milk: 90, ice, cleansers; 80,
! service: "a, laundry and supplies:
4 90, fuel and lighting; 90, furnis hing
and repairs: G0), medical and dru gs;
/ I'D, church and. charity; Q2), am use
ments; C3), savings. investments and
| payments on house; d4), recapitI1 la-
/ ton.
Family Records.
| This gives, on cards, the sizes OF
/ shoes, hosiery, gloves. etc, for each
/ member of the family. Aunt slips it
/ in her bag when she goes shopping
4 and so Is able to buy things Of the
right size at any time.
Then there are cards showing da- tes
on which household linens. furni rzIre
and other items were purchased, also
/ their price and the place at which
/ purchased.
Library Record.
This contains card memoran d u ms
| Of books and music to buy, books
1 loaned and books borrowed and TO or
! by whom.
] Medical Record.
Date of visit and fees paid ocuIIst,
dentist or physician.
Record of Addresses.
Here are social, business and other
addresses.
Financial Record.
On separate cards are given data
about taxes, real estate, bank records,
bills or notes due to be paid.
OF course, Aunt Jnliettes house
keeping is a bit more complicated
than mine viii be- so in any event
shan't need quite 50 heavy a record
| Perhaps I'll start a simpler one. after
| all, because black and white are
/ surer than my memory, as far as
/ figures are concerned. Aunt believes
she really saves money by keeping a
careful check on everything with n er
/ housekeeping record.