The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-17
CONFESSIONS
OF A BRIDE
! shall Use Business Methods in the
MANAGEMENT Of NV Home.
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Management Of MY Home.
.Chrysl I'm tired Of thinking about
sex in relation to the uniyerser en-
claimed aim tired of your own spe
cial romance. Al you will kindly per.
NIT me to say sol I'm tired OF Mex.
icoi I'm tired Of your ouiia board and
any phase of the subconscious mind!
And I'm going to get my nice husband
and go homel I'm going to open that
bungalow tomorrow! And bake some
biscuits for Bob's supper, tool"
You've certainly picked out some
thiEE exciting, my dear, for you must
expect to get along without a maid!
But suppose you'd find an adventure
4 In being efficient, wouldn't you?"
Bob Is o 100 per cent husband!
Why shouldn't try to be 100 per
cent wife?"
You're going to give value received,
\ i SUPPOSE"
"T'm going to introduce honest bust.
ness methods into the management Of
my home -5;if I can" replied.
Some Job, dear girl" Having re-
trieved Bob's cigarets, Chrys went
back TO her favorite nook and novel
After She hid gone, tried to figure
put what ! meant when l said that /
Intended to be a 100 per cent wife.
y II was very practical about 1t. Per-
hsps it was the vision Of the fine bis.
cults i planned to bake which made
me center by thoughts upon the serv-
Ice department of my little home.
AT present there is q scarcity OF
housemaids. Those to be had demand
exorbitant wages and too often give
minimum service in exchange.
= ! couldn't borrow a maid from Moth.
or Lorirner. She had less help than
she required to run the big house
properly. And once more was glad
that ] had been brough up in q modest
way in Country cNlege" town. /
had learned to honor myself because
"A was good housekeeper. had
learned, also, that housework does as
much for girls looks as all the ex'
ercises practiced in beauty parlors.
So went on with my plans to move
Into my own little home, feeling that
i was one of the truly independent
brides of the time. II l couldn't find a
maid, | had the will and the skill to
2 do my own work" II Bob was happy
should worry about my fingernails'
UtEkuGu lldl lily IlLllG ShOuld
look quite different from some OF the
TO chaos by the shortage of domestic
help Sometimes these sadly dis
turbed domiciles are presided over
by highly educated women. have
known college girls who could tell the
difference between hygiene" and
sanitafionn but who could never dis.
covered that order is the "homemak-
er's first law.
A Uttered living room, a mussy din
ing room and dirty kitchen make a
poor Background for beautiful wife,
but they make an excellent advertise.
ment of8the unfairness Of some wives.
Maid or no maid l decided to look to
my backgrounds.
Woman; ignorant or educated, as al
ways, lived to dwell on Character as
her peculiar trove from all the ages,
and yet she doesn't always prove that
she has her share of this valuable In.
heritance. She doesn't always give
value received in her domestic part
nership. Many wife would be ir-
ritated and disappointed IL husband
were to fail on his job as a wage-e earn
err, and yet that same wife often hasn't
the will to acquire the skill Of an aver
age housemaid.
''It's going to be some adventure to
Neat the other girls making my home
cozy and comfy" said myself to my
self We could go out to hotel for
prr meals, of course, but might as
we'll do my own cooking as sit at a
table and wait and wait while some
body else broils the steak. This very
evening I'm going to bake some OF
those thin brown baking-powder bis.
cults Bob loves so much!"
have made hundreds of resolves in
my fife, but never have made one
which gave me more pleasure than
This.