The Washington times., 1921-06-18
TRULY RURAL" IS
Fiji IN KEEPS|E
GARDEN SUBURB
Washes Dishes, Feeds Chick
ems, and Otherwise Divorces
Self From Leisure.

POUGHKEEPsIE. N. r.. June H.
The life that Mrs. James A. Stillman
10 living here in Poughkepsie 10 far
different from the one to which the
New York society leader 10 accustom-
ed. Here she is just one Of the Mack
family in the Mack mansion in
Arlington, the Poughkeepsie garden
suburb.
Mrs. 6tinman comes and leaves
our house when she pleases," said Mr..
Mack today. Usually she sleeps until
10 or III o'clock in the morning.
Then she comes down for lunch. After
that she stays around the place read
ing or knitting. or else playing with
some OF the dogs that are pets Of the
children. The house 10 large and airy.
and with the windows open II 10 much
more pleasant on q hot afternoon
thai riding in a stuffy limousine"
The Mack home sits back from the
street on Fulton avenue. in Airing
ton. 1t has n spacious lawn, with
large fir trees on II. and pretty little
flower beds which are now All abloom.
Two big iron deer lie under two i'm
mense fir trees In front of the big
red tiled house.
FEEDS PRIzE CHICKENS.
Across the street Mr.. Mack has
big field in which there are several
model chicken runs. Here he keeps
the prize Rhode Island Reds of Dutch
ess county. Mrs. Stiliman feeds these
chickens daily.
Mrs. stilimsn is. just one OF the
family while she Is here explained
Mr.. Mack. I'VE have no maid; In
fact, we haven't had one for two
years. A maid in our house has to
live there and really be one of the
family. and under present conditions
II is hard to get such q person for
the Job.
WASHES DISHES LIKE THE REST.
There are seven in my family.
and everybody does their bit. Mrs.
stillman helps just the same as
everybody. 1t Is not unusual after
meal for me to rap-on my plate
and say. Come on. everybody. take
your plates to the Kitchen Every
body starts kitchenward. Mrs. Still
man included, and everybody does
the dishes. You have to IL there
Is no maid around and all want to
enjoy the evening together or 70
riding
-Four Hundred" of which Mrs.
St'hnoh 10 - p&iss W o'hc Wsth
servants but II Is the custom up
her in Dutchess county. When Mrs.
stillman drove up to the Mack home
in her special $4,000 automobile she
was accompanied by her chauffeur.
He had been turned over TO her
service by Mrs. Stillman's father.
EATS WITH CHAUFFEUR
Young John Mack. son of the
- o. a
host for Mrs. SStiilman, made a place
for the big ear in, the Mack garage
The chauffeur then was invited into
the house.
He was assigned 1ust as good a
room rs his mistress. That night
he was the ninth person at the Mack
dinner table, and since then has been
Just as much one or the family as
the Macks themselves. There is no
wall between" in the Mack menage.
Mrs Stillman has entered into the
democratic-American spirit that
rermeates the Mack household Today
she washed out some clothes, and
hung them out to dry on the Mack
clothes line in the back yard next to
the big garage. While the clothes
were drying she was busy knitting
on the front porch. When the gem
tie south breeze had thoroughly done
its work. she took in her wash.
IRONS HER CLOTHES.
Taking the clothes into the kitchen,
Mrs. Stillman showed that she was
just as good at ironing as she was at
washing. She ironed her clothes and
took them to her room The chauffeur.
in the meantime, was talking over
the relative merits OF automobiles
with young Jack Mack. who is being
graduated from Poughkeepsie High
School this month.
Young John is much Interested in
mechanics and has geared up an old
"flivver" so that he can spin along
the smooth roads OF Dutches county
at forty-fve miles an hour. He and
Mrs Stillman's driver are now fas,
friends, and young Mack in COM
menting on the chauffeur, declared:
THAT chauffeur's regular fellow.
Wait till i overhaul that "fiivver" Of
mine again and I'll show him some
speed"
John took Mrs. Stifiman shopping
this afternoon. They visited the lead
ing department stores of Poughkeep-
sic and Mrs. Stillman purchased a
new hat, while John, like any other
youth OF his age hgeted about while
small purchases were made. No one
recognized the central figure In the
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