Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-09
DRESSING UP FOR
YOUR Days WORK
The Fallacy of Being Too Dressy
and the Good Taste Of Being
Neat and Comfortable While
You Labor In the Sweat Of
Your Brow.
TT ERE is one reason which some
- girls give as to why they dis

~ girls give as to why they dis
like housework: I'D rather
work in a store, where 1 can
look nice all day. You never can be
dressed up when you're doing house
work"
1t may seem a small point, but their
appearance is always a matter of great
Importance with women, and 1t is true
when they do housework just as much
at at any other time. If 1.-The new
housekeeping differs from the old in
that it aims for greater freedom from
drudgery it also insists on a neater
appearance while at work. The reason
why sloyenliness and unsightliness are
sometimes associated in our minds
with housekeeping tasks is because the
housekeeping of long ago included so
were messy" like dra wing water,
carting ashes from the coal stove and
washing the dashboard way. But to-
day, with the more clean fuels of gas
and electricity, with installed plumb
ing and conyeniences, there is no need
for the worker to 'look u sight" while
doing homework.
The first essential to both comfort
and looks is such a working dress as
will allow freedom Of movement. This
may be found either in a one piece
dress of the familiar house or nurses
type or, better possibly, the jumper
and skirt, which allow greater ease.
Low neck, short sleeves, little trim
ming and as few buttons as possible
are the ideal. One Of the best dresses
which come ready made is a one,b but
ton dress fastening at the side, which
can also be reversed.
Then the matter of the apronis quite
important. We are thankfully grow
ing away from "the old plaid badge
of servitude," the checked Bingham
apron. How really hideous 1t is! How
dirt catching with it's puffiness around
the waist, which also ac~centuates the
wrong lines of the figure. Aprons worn
by domestic science students are lifted
and gored, sometimes with straps
across the shoulders, but always trim
and with the fewest folds to gather
food particles as the wearer stands at
a table. The all over bungalow
apron" is excellent for cleaning, es-
pecially if worn without a dress under
meath. but is less practical in the kitch-
en-. where it's ample folds are often
found to be in the way when cooking.
Another idea in aprons is to have a
bib and skirt portion separate, as 1t
" -. eo..o1 +hat mora hihC QrQ
needed at the waist than over the skirt,
and, by changing the clean big one, n
can use the large skirt portion several
days longer. The waterproof apron Is
a severe rubber sheeting affair, to be
used especially when dishwash1ng or
doing extra dirty work.
A dust cap for the hair or a small
cap while cooking keeps h hair tidy
and out of the way. Women who DO
their own homework are as careful
about having gloves for various pur-
poses as they are to have various kinds
of gloves for outdoor wear. Rubber
gloves may be used for d~ishwashing
or doing any disagreeable work. A
yellow oilskin glove costing about 70
cents is good for using on the hands
while cleaning the stove or doing
greasy work., as this must not be done
with rubber gloves. The large white
cotton transfers gloves are loose and
excellent for all kinds of sweeping and
busting. The new housekeeper" is
careful of her work dress, because she
finds that she works better when she
has the self respecting appearance OF
a business worker.