Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
KEEPING OTHER WOMEN
NEAT IMPORTANT WORK
decentralization Period PromiSes to
Open Some New Avenues of Use
'k5.s,-s fulness. Says Writer.
RY ADA HATTIsRsoN.

There's a great deal OF talking being
done these days about reconstruction
and REIMBURSEMENT about levc!inS up.
and about new opportunities growing
out.aof new conditions.
In the search for new forms OF work
4 hope shat the woman who is casting
about for a means Of usefulness and
Likelihood will consider that OF keep
ing, the other woman neat That Is
ono of the jobs that viii bay because
lis in the broad .c!a$.s 'oc necessities
furnished"
Keeping the other woman is prac-
ticing the olden rule in the matter of
appearances. 1t is mEEinE the other
woman look her best as YOU would
have others do for YOU.
rs Take concrete case. Mary Smith
Stfs>sa brisk, busy woman. She goes
down town every morning at and
comes back to her apartment at or
perhaps not until after the thcaters
dose She is the private secretary
g.of the head OF corporation She
%doeS good work ard earns good sal
AIRY. she is content with what life
mas allotted to her except il one par
ssticu1ar.
my 10Y and my own selt-rcspec,
s deInand that l look ny best she say-,
ss.butSI haven't time for it. | buy good
servfceablc clothes. even smart ones.
s5for,@I must be and look upto-ditte.
sBYtsI can't keep the clothes in order.
fI haven't time for one thing. and my
untra ined fingers would tumble for an
,tner. must sleep long enough to
.Sfcel trefreshed. So by the iirrc bathe
{ and dress and eat my breakfast. no:
Aboit<sit, il is time 20 lake the train
asfortmy Office. My days work taxes
my eyes SO that should not use them
2 In sewing or hooks and buttons and
repairing rips The days work and
.sntcessary reading OF the newspapers
4 and ma gazincs 10 keep myself Informed
ga:riigbf books 10 inspire me are all
.if1aiamy eyes can or should do. Who's
10 81
stsSshaJn be rmaid at my hotel won't do II.
sSho1gh ] am liberal With tips NJ"
cock; couldn't do II when kept house.
3sN}tat am I to do?"
yS:,.Iffis is where Jane Jones enters
tIereA is her. opportunity for useful
ness and r !iveliness. Maybe lame is
4 ag home woman, There may be litt'"
stolcare for in that home Shc cannot
8pry..a way the little fingers that cling
IT'D, her skirts. Nor does sh" wish 10.
kprssne may want 10 add . few dollars
syosIer husbands income ny work that
sgIilsnot keep her long from home. ar
ashe may be husbandiess and still have
aaRIss,ie ta .,cS and crs wsh to msiniain
passlng OF the love .: home "
Jones can I'll The drying void
asappning week or 'WEo. Shc can
present herself. neat and cheerful. at
sataSy's door a half hour before Miss
f5tssfs ssimpler than you would suppose
5sss2sss.sfiood morning. I wore my blun
SsuItrAnd my grcenonne piecc and brown
eSuEoCnobfle coat TO business since ! saw
XpH5I wore my green chiffon and my
.Sb3acEs net evening dresses. Oh ves
s5HndsI wore my blue and rusc afternoon
dress to the club tea; You remember
s&fiat hats and cloaks I wear with Zach
you? Good bye. The mcndjnr
b baH dB half full this week. Nv IaunL
rssD.is growing moro and more de.
gstyuctiye. think ono OF two Of those
anandS should I've run upon Machine
tn
fyendatwo or three of the pairs Of stock .
s,lrBe-ran be taken home II you haven't
;&tfrne Ito do them here. Some day I'm
sigpfnGt to have you put new chiffon
y a61iGr. on that blue and rose. But Fl
,3Asnitzqu!Ss ready yet, The moneys OF,
sthe dresser. You did the toilet silver