The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-17
Efficient Housekeeping
THE HOUSEKFEPER WITH
 N-GROW1NG THOUGHTS

The housekeeper, unlike the bus mess woman, does her work in prac- tica1 solitude. The business woman is surrounded by other workers and by an office atmosphere tha$ in itself is conducive to concentration ton the work at hand, but the housekeeper, in most. cases, is alone while she cooks, cleans or sews, and this line l1ness is conducive to thoughts that wander away from her work-and, too often, that center upon herself.
 And it's not good for us to ana1yZe ourselves too much. From self-an- nifyiEg conditions and making moun- talns out of mole-hill
 Now, Reader Friends, I am writing upon a subject for a very definite who have this habit Of thinking Gin growing thoughts to get rid of the habit. For such a habit is bound to
 make person miserable.
 q And perhaps the best way to help you to get rid of the habit, is to tell you how another woman got rid of 1t. I have letter from this woman on my desk as write. It reads:
 Dear Miss Kirkman-I wonder if you remember answering a letter of mine some six months ago? I wrote you then anonymously to ask you to suggest a way that I could make money without going ou1 of my home and you suggested in your reply through the column that I take roomer.
 "Now I am writing to tell you that things have looked so much brighter to me ever since. As I am not sign ing this letter. I am going to write the truth in it and you are at liberty to publish 1t in your column if you want-it might help other women. I do not even live where your paper is published Ca friend sends it to mel, so none of my neighbors see the pa per-a most important point!
 Six months ago when l wrote you for advice on earning money, my husband and were pretty hard up. But it wasn't our restrfcqed financial state that made me wretched; 1t was the fact that my husband didn't seem to be sympathetic with me any more -or so it seemed at tha rtime. Not caring much what I did anyway| had let things get on my nerves sol followed your advice and took an eI- derly lady as a roomer in our home. I didn't suppose it would make any particular difference to me from a szandpoint of my happiness.
 to work harder, keeping the house spotless1y clean so that my roomer should not think me a poor house. keeper and planning nice dinners (for, I agreed to give her dinners and supper in her room) I began so feel happierI The little, seemin gly heart1ess things my husband said to me, didn't sink in' as they had done before. His nasty criticisms of me didn't frankie any more. I was too busy to nope over little things that hurti
 'So I am writing to thank you for making that suggestion about taking the roomer. By following it, I have made myself over from a worried to a cheerful woman. My husband notices the difference in me and often says, You're not half as sensitive as you used to be. thank goodness! You're good, little sport, now
 T think this letter proves my point: that fin-growing thoughts are cur able. At least one woman has cured herself of that misery-bringing mal- ady!
 Tomorrow-HeIpfuI Letters from Readers.
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