Show Is housework oe degrading grading it is a very noti noticeable cable fact thit that tho the idea moms to prevail among the ma of 0 womankind that housework la is degrading beneath their dignity this ebli idea Is not cou confined to the rich alone but stands out very prominently amoon among those less lesi favored with the luxuries of this worl world dand zad in a marked degree with those who are compelled to earn cam their own owa civi lurlne dg there are girls who accept of 0 most say other occupation la in preference to housework and at as a much lower salary when the expenses of board and room rent Is taken into consideration why this should be so BO Is a matter of 0 much conjecture when you but stop it tn consider that the qualification of 0 being belli a good housekeeper Is one of the most perfect and noble ments meats that a woman can possess to be a perfect wife and mother you blaust of necessity be ba a perfect housekeeper and who in woric world la IS more loved add admired it Is the one center within the home from which all ali other ble bield bleld bl elD tow BOW rate matterson Mai Afas terson in writing upon this subject says the idea about housework has bag ileen been radically wrong since that blessed day when adam and eve ate the apple without fruit knives knifes or finger bowls there was no question as to who should peel it or who should berged be arted and liow how on en earth were the dishes to be washed thit that was esthetic housekeeping if you want a sample the cook was not the queen of 0 the garden of 0 eden en botu e snake ber e P il aji a J i the way he a w was ine e originator tor ot of office batera Bt era it was wag when women began to war leathers feathers la in their hair bair instead of vice alof leaves that they woke to the fallacy that the tasks of home borne were mental slaves became the smart thing and it was wan the very extreme of not cot to button ones own boots we have led ed on thia ibis sort of for torae agel sf it hurts us to tike take a slice allce of et toast folesi we net get it on a tray and the idea that thai we should make it our selve sand what Is more important make it properly why it would be funnier than a Rogerd brother we ant careers we wish to high think and some of us to high bleb kick just as aa a fad and a time limekiller killer but one part if four our lives that we might make a pleasure wo we relegate raI eRale with a irown frown to the downstairs down dowd stairs region that Is it if we have a downstairs most meet ol of you are however living in mats flats in apartment hoten hotels and our bui bandi grimly and tike take as 0 to the hotel menu y that we are after all only women omen which means that we are tale ble fools unable to ruo rod our homes some same of 0 Us are teeing seeing the dawn of u a new day in art ait in politics and in social conditions there li ii another day coming in the kitchen also the question quett lon tion Is a big doneit la Is breaking up our homes and taking the very roofs from our heads acacia just penelope filled failed to ta appear this marn iny or belinda has gono gone off with our hus baDdIs in her neat imitation alligator valise we oust must give up the pink stars star we are chasing and turri turn to study we mutt must go back back to the spinning wheel by the fire fireside sida we are on the wrong path lor for the higher lire life to mount the heights we our feet on the earth we ha have V a confused idea that there Is in something degrading about a Muc epan it Is true that it has no DO wings but really it Is a very antique aad means masts more than a bonbon diah therefore The reford it haw haq miri poetry whether it contains contain a peach muffle or a it it nut not so go touch ruai h the work dane as the IBS lift in which wit ich li it ir in performed that makes it signifying dignifying every woman no matter baw rich could conduct her hague t if she understood every phase of bl the work in the culinary and housekeep house keep loff ing departments bat while it itla is useful As ai an accomplishment tor for the rich it Is if indispensable to the great majority of women who must perform their own housework homework in whole a or I 1 in a part if the housewife Is incapable or tl el slovenly the household suffers during the entire time lime she has charge of it and capable or incapable Inca paole the woman must suffer buffer endless endley aumill a tion and 1 if the she coo coD ilden alders her tuk menial ser vileor debasing it Is R plea ilog to note that the introduction tro of abe lc arts as a a and nd audr feudy in fit many of our advanced and colleges col leves and even etea in the common schools in tome some parts parti of the country Is leading to truer perspective of the importance and dignity of the various arts art included in home keeping sit as well as imparting greater ailia ikall in theli their performance |