Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22
Only Rich May
Haze Maid MoD
High Prices Make 1t
Difficult for Ordinary
Home to Get Help.
by LORETTO L. LYNCH,
An Author on All Matters Pertaining
IN k,., Inn

Whether we care to admit 1t or not
| the day when the average household
Only the very rich can afford house
| hold servants nowadays and the
thoughtful housewife in modest cir
| scheme of living to meet the condi--
| ton. Custom and habit are hard
will-power to deliberately change ones
mode OF living. But the whole house
hold has TO be rearrangcd if the house
wife is to have any leisure.
One must stand ready to make some
expenditures, for REVOLUTION in any
thoughffuIly spent. tbs s"f results He will II
warrant the expenditure. a young
woman who is helping her young and
Amos, brand-new husband to get a
start by retaining her employment for
time presented her problem to me.
She wants i home. She wants TO be
each day. And she does not want her
homo to take much of her leisure
that she must never accept an invita-
ton TO indulge in bit of pleasure or
inE and enjoyed doing it. But. alas!
there is much more TO housekeeping
And so We selected a three-room
apartment; 1t was modern in every
into combination living. dinins-room.
large enough 10 serve six. Yet. when
not being used for dining purposes pct s, II
some inconspicnous corner.
We purchased six large dinner
NIT tho serving OF several foods with
out their intcrmiNing on. the plate.
And many fine plate dinner these
was a large division for tho meat or
hsh course, and there were five smaller
dysi0ns for fsf,haois diys salad and
Ordinarily there were but two
couple of forks and knives and spoons
10 wash after each meal And with
the constant supply OF hot water which
the apartinent-h house afforded, it took
but ten or Gftccn minutes to clear UP
after each meal.
our new fashioned housekecper used
towcling instead of the hard-to- laTndcr
white linen tablccloth for everyday
use. The kitchen table was covered
with a handsome piece of fancy linen
cloth which had n topping OF transpar-
ent glass. Food could be prepared on
this. or i, made an appetizng set
ting for breakfast or a quick snack.
Fortunately, an electric washing
machine, as we'll as an electric smooth
Ing iron and folding ironing oo Soa h6:
two hours a week to complete the
laundry process. there being built-in
drying closet to be used in bad weather
or in an emergency.
Lacking this very modern equipment.
this young couple would probably have
given their laundry out.
There was hreless cooker. which
presented many a warm dinner when
the workers returned at evening.
housekeeping on this plan was lots
OF fun Each had a delightful sense
OF humor. and this is Il valuable asset
in any undertaking.
There Is lots Of room for improve
ment in any house. and so II was with
this ono They experimental and felt
that each month found something or
other more efficiently managed.
Perhaps YOU arc contemplating the
purchase Of some luxury. Might il
not hc we'll TO pause and consider
spending your money on some of the
devices designed to make housekeep-
ing in these scrvantlcss days easier for
! the wife and mother upon whom. after
ali. the very existence OF our nation
a