The Washington herald., 1915-01-08
HOUSE.
WIVES
DAILY
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
TIMETABLE HOUSEKEEPING.

/ We all of US have from our childhood
sort Of dread of the clock-work house
keeping that we knew in certain homes.
The ever present feeling that everything
had to be kept in its place and everything
had to b. done on the stroke of the
appointed minute certainly was not very
comfortable. And so as we have grown
older We have had a horror of doing
housework ourselves on any such hard
and fast schedule.
But in spite of all our prejudices there
is great wisdO.. for the woman who has
great deal of houscwork to do if she
puts her work on a timetable schedule.
One Of the chief advantages OF this is
that things that we do as a matter of
habit never require so great an effort
a. things for which w must Use m
itiative each time. and when we do our
daily tasks at a set time and in a set
WAY they are largely matters of habit
The thoughtful housewife should keep
very strictly to the plan of having a
given day for the various sorts of house
work and in the main the Old-fashiOned
plan Of having Monday for washday,
Tuesday for ironing, Wednesday for
darning and mending and mid-week bak-
ing. Thursday for the maids day out.
Friday f. cleaning. and Saturday for
general baking is a good one.
Certain days Of the week. possibly
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. the
bathrooms should be thoroughly cleaned,
the kitchen and pantry should be at
terded to possibly twice a week and
bedrooms that are not in a dusty situa
ton should be busted every other day.
Every housewife ought to make out her
own list and in order to do this satisfac-
torily she should do a little reckoning
with pencil and 1aper. First she should
make a list Of a the various duties of
her house She should go over all the
rooms in her imagination and jot down
all the various iuties 10 ne performed
in each room Then she should make
out chart of the days and the working
hours Of a.. e. $. such a chart as school
children .>r their daily work at
school.
irs; put in this chart all the big things
that h4, to h" done. for instance
cleaning md washing. Then take the
little duties that have to be performed
every other dly or twice a week and
add thom to le schedule in the places
" ere thcy seem best suited.
After this is done make a chart show
ing al the rooms in the house and from
the fI~t cnaTt make uSl OF all I1S
things thai have o be done in the vari-
ous rooms. wing the day and the hour
in the day when this work should be
attended to. From such a list YOU might
have some sun result as this: Living
room. Clean thoroughly every Friday at
.,r.. Wipe cdEe of floor with damp
cloth Mondays and Wednesdays. Dust
Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Air every morning between nine and
J -o-thrrIv. II- rugs cTeaned in the
on,n first and 4. I'd Fridays in month.
lean cushions and upholstered chairs in
Dpcn ..rSt F'-.day in month"
A little weekly day book showing each
days duties should he kept for constant
reference and little card with the spe-
ri'ic duties Of "aCI room. should he placed
in som" incOnsnicuous place in every
room So that wNether the work is to be
attended to ny the mistress o. the house
or servants there will he no confusion.
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