Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
BRIGHTEN YOUR CORNER,
ADVICE OF MISS LYNCH
discusses Means Of Making Home
Pleasant Even Though
Poor.
MANiFEsITNG THE RIGHT spIRIr
Notcd Writer Relates the Story and
experiences OF One Woman Wish
a Family OF Several Children
Living in Tenement.
ny LORETsro c.I.yyru.

What's the use?" Ever said this 10
Yourself? These days there seems to
DC wave of unrest spreading over our
country. 1t has even reached our
housewives and my mail brings me
wide variety OF letters.
one mother OF four little ones tells
me no" disguised with her lot she is.
snc lives in a tenement in IA large city.
, nn;rS says she has no friends among her
isnds Her homS 'tG anE as"s She Sse xnn:
Ike Ike h SoYsc any one in The world can
square meals 10 prepare every day.
md she wants to get away from 1t ali
Every keen observer tells rs ma.
we oh!y get back from the world VIVA;
ac 9 n,He IN the WAY Of real things. And
lens TO be giving nothing more than
nc ne has TO- There are thousands OF
lThe esee IS s'm ,i situated and among
Slne than the rich wif, VINO has \
housekeeping cares.
Woman in Tenement.
ohce | knew woman who had sew
snent IN the slums Of a big city. But
Snc. nopic creature. was always supe-
c sIns 70 ner surroundings. she bright
r2r q couple OF hours she lent en,er,a med
Ny little friend groomed herself as
carcfuliy as IL she were going TO -
i Inc mpertant function. She put on
10. concc and bakers cake and SONG
tincS u was tea or cocoa and tread
ana ana butter that she served. Each lime
:dfctuliy in their :iicop clothing. some
,imes she visited right in the same
Nov were shc fire, 20 choose SIN.
niEnt not have chuscn these neighbors
IS friends at all na' ,hcy were the
mmniAns rd nat circqmstanses threw her
Frightened her corner Then. TOO. She
ean"co that a clean, cheerful looking
nc c NJ" ,r nSHcno!os cal effect and
eneap Attle checsccloth curtains we're
% wss so, sh, nc and Gr!Sp; The furniture
were always carefully made
a., Nnd tbs Eight spirit.
nus; leovc az else. this woman mad
homo cxis,cd when she could n nc.
saiiS torth and choose her acquaint-
. sa from huge ,hrons she made q
brtshtencd hcr corner. Neishbors who
nated each other loved her. The dis
Gou'aEcs. those poo!"r than herself. al
having known mer
ana after ten years in home like
mas had It's effect. for a man who has
physical cnmfo-, and cNccrfuIncss al
nome works the batter for II. And tho
coveted position of foreman has co,rc
az iaSt' In these postwar times wages
IN ms line arc high They arc going
20 move 10 Il more pre,entiour home
Ana ] know She is going 10 brighten
another corner, and some day. believe
ms "oInans children viii be heard
Seek Oat the Cause.
Ara II you feel. Mrs Housewife tina.
you re IN rut, that your life is rnonot-
onous and unintcrcs,lns, nrst look 10
Soursen ior the cause Perhaps you
nced little rest Perhaps it's a men
tal houscclcaning YOU need. Pcrha,s
your house needs good old ia shioned
nousc cleaning Tired OF cooking and
caring tor the younCstcrsr
IhSn think OF the housewives Of
.tuFoPt-Nttie or nothing 20 cook
tneir men In unmarked graves and
lncir little ones scattered or dead n,.
perhaps SUFFERING worse fate Ec
HAPPY that YOU are away from /; All
Safc in America with homo rood -
COOK YOU little ones around YOU and
'Ha' the star OF Hope always shines