The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-05-20
3for 141nntrn Onlu
BN ELLSMERE
TO WORKING WIVES

... TIVE cannot live as cheaply as
one, despite the saying, but two can
live as eboapiy as two and have twice
as much fan; that is, if both work.
So II you would like to be a 1889
brid. bat your One and Only main
ta5l us doesn't make enough to sup
port rou, well you must sell him the
idea ID. your working after marriage.
o.. IDhaps it won't be easy to do,
but us final point in your campaign,
ask your 0, and 0. to meet you after
work some evening. Take him to one
of the good but economical markets
in Eour neighborhood; this will be an
object lesson in the price of food and
he will learn that it is much cheaper
for two 10 cat in than for two to eat
out. Time has elapsed and we will
now imagine You as a combination
working girl and wife. Now you
will have to do bit of acting, too, in
your double life. When you come
home tired from a days work, you
mustn't show it but must appear fairly
SWeeJ-tempered and poppy. Then,
too, you must act off hand about your
JOB; never treat it as a career. =.
.Atter YOU are married, you and your
husband will be able to do better work
Ioi after you came home from a
move you'll go home to sleep instead
OF pending hours in a restaurant over
a cup OF coffee because you hate to
leave each other. You m1st also
organize your social life so it will he
as smooth as that of the non-working
hosteSses who have days to plan their
parties. You won't have the time
or $92 for formal dinner parties and
afternoon affairs so you must concen-
uaJe on Sunday night cocktail parties
ana on buffet suppers with your cook
ing speciality as the main dish, =.
1oo won't have much money to spend
Oh night life so you must learn to be
charming expert at home entertain
inS. Don't try to keep up with the
0CCHeSeS but chum around with a group
Oh couples that are living on the OBJ
Pfo8Imate amount of money as YOU.
Anent your family dinners, those
mus De prepared after your days
WORK Frozen foods are grand for
quick cooking and are really more
economical than you imagine. . Don't
pe ashamed to open a can; all varie-
IleS OF foods come in cans, tastily pre-
pared, but do buy the well-known
advertised brands for they are more
economical in the long run. A re-
i!flgerator and an electric rooster are
indispensable to the working wife. :.
ana while you are learning the fine
are OF cookery, you should encourage
friend husband to learn to mix good
cocktails and highballs. The DIFF
terence in mixing drinks at home and
UGuylhg Them at bars is amazing. :.
Ahent clothes, you can cut your
cloC9eS budget in half by sticking to
9 I paste color scheme the year round
L L5uch classics as navy, brown, or
Oiackl and you'll look smarter. too.
Learn to alter your own dresses
anu 10 manicure your nails and to
92InIa:Inpoo your hair once in a while.
Vim Vhese savings, you can buy little
e si; such as nice curtains, summer
SID s; covers, and little gadgets that
g5iVe charm to small apartment.
Goll Try to do too much, though, and
ueVelop homework mania. Clean
your rooms thoroughly on SATURDAYS
anu Chen you shouldn't have to do any
more more during the week than making
'ne beds beds, busting and washing dishes.
- :, a., get your husband to send his suits
W W tne tallors to be pressed and mend
Gu ana teach him to keep his bureau
o o straight. You'll have
e emoqgh to do and if you try to be a
rG.lsnDination of working girl, hostess,
, WIRE, valet and cook you'll probably
WIN, wind up not doing any of the Jobs
veil wen :, Anent the advent of 'little
troubles well as l said at the begin
nLhg OF this article: Two can live as
c caey as two, but three definitely
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