The citizen., 1920-04-29

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hands in horror. Let us contrast
some Of the things a modern house
wife must know and do with tho
requirements made upon our grand
mothers.
The financial side of a home nat
urally forces itself into our minds
first, for money is one Of the prime
requisites Of home making, and GER
tainly there is difference enough be-
tween now and hundred years ago
in the way this phase Of home max
ing is taken care Of. Then, the man
Of the house made the money, took
care Of IL and spent il. He still
makes n in most cases. but the rest
is done by the wife. Here she scores
one on the grandmother IL she knows
how TO spend, but what a blunder.
what a mess and lot Of worry. n
she does not. II is here the business
woman makes use Of her former Job
and keeps a budget and accounts
that would make the books" Of
some Of our merchant grandfathers
wish they had died with their own
ers. In the spending and account
ing for the spending is where the
modern woman must have some
business ability and make use OF il.
This is not the only requisite. She
must have a knowledge Of materials,
foods-in fact. Of everything that
money is spent for by home makers
in order TO make economical use OF
this necessity: and 10 have a know
ledge Of all these things she must
know something Of science. another
thing that was hardly thought OF
by the majority Of women a hun
dred years ago. What matter TO
them II an acid test would prove
material were cotton. lin
en, wool or silk? When they had
seen the flax grown in their own
iields and afterwards woven its |
strong flbers into cloth. did not
they know what it was? And after
lending the little lambs. hearing
he bleating from the dipping pool
md handling the wool from that un-
III the garments were fitted. was a
est necessary to prove that the
iress was all wool? No. Yet how
iiferent today when the flbers OF
'ur woolen cloth are grown on a
'otton plant in South America
And such a difference in cook
ng! Our grandmOthers cooked TO
,lease the tastes Of their families.
I made no difference 10 them that
tarch was a carbohydrate and fur
llshed heat and energy, or that its
mall particles were enclosed in tiny
woody cells that must be opened in
he cooking process in order TO be
vallable TO the digestive system. n
food was cooked tender and tasted
'ood II was all ready for the table.
The lack Of good methods for laun-
ering and cleaning were promin-
mt then, too. If soap. water and
work did not produce
he desired effect, the thing was con-
idered impossible. while today
title knowledge Of chemicals and
heir use leaves an ink stained cloth
5 white as when new.
Besides all this extra knowledge a
ousewife Of today must have, and
he time for using il, she must
Ike her place in the community or
and help educate the ig-
GRANT help clean up the filth.-in
word, help make that commun-
y the best possible place in which
er family could live.
DO not think our grandmothers are
eing blamed. We are only think
" Of the differences that have
cen caused by influences outside :
he home. They were efficient. skill q
ii and all the other requisites in a
leir spinning but since we shall
ever spin, why learn to be experts?
hey certainly were capable of low
Ig and being loved. were sympa- I
Ietic, tender and kind, and knew d
Nv TO make real homes. This big n
de, this fine side Of the home is
uch influenced by the efficiency 9
it'll which the home is run, and r
st as our predecessors proved Il
emselves capable. efficient ami g
onomical in their work, SO must 7
e in ours, if we would retain the o
no Cuipif Of fha hama