The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-11
One Hubby's 6OlefuI Expert
ment Of Putting Cook under
Contract is Cited.
my NlrOla GrccIcy.smth,l

Try NtxOlR Gnrclcy.Smith.)
NEW YORK. juno To- Does man
belong In tho home?
Can he DO made useful thcrCF
Is hC-in the Judgment Of the iii
rector OF the home (womRu. Of
cuursc)-worth his board and keep
burgess Johnson, writer. humortst
and professor OF English In Vassar
college, asked those questions Of the
directors OF $1,000 homes-tho AS
somblNd delegates and altcrnatcs now
taking part in the thirteenth biennial
OF ThO federation Of womcn's clubs,
and later he answered them for me.
Like every other man | have ovcr
mot. Professor Johnson takes an OPP
timistic. not 20 say rcEy. view OF the
utility and value of the male.
I had said to him that In the opin
ion of certain ultra-modcrn women
man has properly no place In the
home at all; that In Il state NJ nature
he Is an unknown quantity in family
life and TINT this theory ls not con-
fined to women. since many men seem
70 realize their unAtncss for domcsti-
city nnd limit their hours at home to
an irrcduCible minimum-sny I u, m.
to s y. m.
Man Doesn't Know Where lie Stands.
we do not live In II state OF ma
ture," Professor Johnson replied ser
iouBly. Man IL In the homo, The
main d~lFlculty in dealing with him
Is that he does not quite realize juat
how he stands there. He does not
accept the deCrccs OF Che director Of
that home with becoming humility.
He has theories about how the home
should be run. Sometimes he thinks
even that he runs II. But l am con
WINGED that II the tails Of dogs could
speak. nineteen out OF twenty OF
them would believe that thoy wag the
dog.
ITO make man useful and possibly
ornamental in the home 1t is ncccs-
snry 10 permit him to try out all his
pleasant theories OF how the home
should be managed. Maybe he Ia Of
that particularly disaHrccablc typo
the husband who thinks the servant
problem can he solved by applying
business methods to tho kitchen. Let
him apply them. Turn the home over
to him.
Lesson No. I.
when Mary Ann tells you that
she is going to leave because she does
not like the color Of the llnOlcum on
the kitchen floor, or because the ice
la does not say good morning 20
her. take the problem to your hus-
band. He will say Nonsense! Mary
Ann is II good servant. She likes us.
We like her. II In ridiculous for her
to leave. Let us talk to her Don't
discourage him. Take him to the
kitchen door and push him In.
we know what Will happen. Of
course. He will ask Mary Ann what
her grievance iB, II she does not like
her mistress, II she has any obJec,
ton to him and Mary Ann will re-
ply, It's n kind and good lady the
mistress Is. and it's n nice man that
your are yourself. That's why I'm
leaving you. I'm afraid | might get
to feeling settled in the place. That
Will be lesson No. !.
Case OF Theoretical Man.
"a man who endoavored to carry
out the principles OF his Office In his
home once drew up n contract with n
Ffsaish girl" Professor Johnson
continued after a pause.
What mann" I interrupted. sus-
~pIciously.
"Oh-just a mana theoretical
man." the professor answered uneas-
ily. But after the reader has digest
cd the wealth OF Professor JohnBon's
detail, ri leave It to him who that
theoretical man was.
THE contract with the Finn said
that she was TO work ten hours
from 7 in the morning to 8 at night
with one hour OF in the morning
and two hours or In the afternoon.
She was. Of course, to have free every
evening after 8 and to have every
other Sunday after 3. The Finn read
the contract and signed II. During
the first three days OF her service she
worked from $40 In the morning
until 1890 at night. breaking the
contract on the wrong side.
she had a passion for experiment
In foodBtufs and every unsuccessful
cxperiment-and there werc many
she ate herself. Consequently she
got sick and for three days did not
work at all. This happened often.
Finally, lne man VINO was TunnlnB
his home IN business principles re-
m~OnstraSed.
You are not keeping your con-
tract he said mildly. My stomach
not in contract. the Finn replied and
she left.
Amanda's Daily Bundle.
She was followed by Amanda.
also engaged by the husband. After
Amanda had been in the house for
some weeks-Amandn was certainly
. wonderful cook-ths man noticed
that she always took a bundle away
from the house when she left Sunday
afternoon for her home.
Finally he asked her what was
in the bundle. It's nah ~pussonal
wash replied Amanda with dignity.
He let It go at that for a while. But
It happened one Sunday evening that
Amanda fell as she was leaving the
house and the bundle burst. To the
astonIsbment Of the man and his
wife. who saw the accident, and to
the even greater astonishment. II
appeared Of Amanda herself, the bum
dia contained n naekaRe Of tea n