South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-10

The woman who undertakes the
administration OF a home without
understanding it.. is on a par with a
man who establishes a home without
being able 20 support it, is the
slogan Of the School of Domestic
Arts and Sciences. a corporation Of
the state OF Illinois. indorsed by the
Chicago association Of Commerce.
That housekeeping is at last coming
into It's own and is being ranked as
a profession. is the opinion OF many
active promoters OF household eff
cheney IN this country
1T requires larger capacity and
ability than IS required in many So
called professions. II is the work Of
the housewife 10 plan. initiate. and
direct the business OF the house
mold. and the woman who considers
this work as an opportunity to share
the esponsibilities OF ire wage
Garner. appreciates the possibilities
OF her work, declares Miss Lillian
Kemp. the director of this sOcializing
institution. in a recent monthly bull
letin OF this school.
The duties OF the housewife are
almost innumerable The ideal
housewife must have a knowledge
OF culinary affairs. must understand
economical values of foods. as we'll
as how 20 make them palatabie;
must understand marketing. laundry
work. the keeping OF household ac-
counts. and must be able 10 superin-
tend the cutting and making OF ord
mary garments. She must know how
% furnish with taste and economy.
some say. oh, but / do not have
20 bother with the mechanism of my
house. 7 have good servants who
are capable of managing everything;
ia fact. they know better how to
manage thar / do The man who
makes a success o. his business
knows ii from tie foundation up.
The really successful man or wom-
an is the one who. having found his
work. is sticking to it. learns II,
loves il, and then teaches others 10
do h. keeping two eyes, two ears.
and generally two feet busy most Of
the time seeing that they do it cor
Iectly."
In every well-Organized and pros
porous business corporation. eff
cheney has the first place in the
management There a. no Organiza-
ton that demands more careful and
systematic planning and execution
than does the management of a
modern household. In the manage
meut OF all first class business
houses. all civic. state. and national
Governments, in nearly all large
clubs. social and philanthropic. a
yearly budget is made out. Yet how
many households take this steD in
efficiency? The purpose OF this
budget Is not 20 emphasize lack, but
90 prevent waste and 10 systematic
the expenditures Yet the statistics
gathered by Miss Kemp indicate that
few homemakers are availing them
selves OF this step toward efficient
management Of their households. In
course Of lectures which Miss
Kemp is giving in the school of Do
nestle Arts and Sciences OF Chicago.
on household management. she gives
some helpful hints along this line
She has gathered enough statistics
from those few who are trying the
budget plan 20 justify her i'm feeling
that the best results may be obtained
from its use.
"Efhciency" Miss Kemp said els
defined as a method by which the
J est possible results may be obtain
ed by the least possible expenditure
of time and money The young
housekeeper's problem during the
nrst year, especially where she has
almost no experience in managing