Show I I H HOUS au SE H 0 L LD D ECO NOM Y I II I t. t v A THE TIfE HOUSE WIFE'S HOBBY Wouldn't It be bea a satisfaction to you to think that concerning some one phase of ot housekeeping you OU knew more and had m more re skill skin than any other woman in your neighborhood 1 Wouldn't y you U find it worth while to tomake tomake make a little hobby of some cone one phase of ot housework There I is always a pleasure that conies comes from gaining gainIng- more than superficial knowledge about anything Almost any subject be becomes becomes becomes be- be comes Interesting when you know enough about it The Tho process and work of doing the family wash is drudgery to thousands of women but butto butto butto to some few in many thousand it is deeply interesting because they haVe gained extraordinary knowledge of or laundry work a and d 1 laundry methods They The know the na nature ture of different re reagents reagents reagents re- re agents used in washing just washing just why borax boI borax bo bo- bo- bo I rax affects the clothes somewhat differently dir dif I from ammonia and both these reagents very differently from washing washing wash wash- ing lag soda They know how to test new washing powders and other laundry laundry laundry laun laun- dry preparations to to tell ten whether they are injurious to the clothes or not They know why the sun makes clothes white and why many nany white e fabrics become yellow when raid laid away in a adark adark dark darl place There are dozens of possible bobbies hobbies hob bob bies bles for the housewife relating directly direct direct- I ly with her household problems ms There is the herb and anti savory g garden where when the housewife may moy grow chives and mustard and sage sag for her own use and ond where she can grow for her own use or distribution herbs and savories brought from other lands Some housewives who delight In fine lna linens make a hobby of having attractive attractive at at- table clothes and napkins They become judges of good linen and never buy a 0 bit of f it without bringIng bringing bringing bring bring- ing their expert j judgment to bear on the subject Basl Basketry try makes an excellent housewifery housewifery housewifery house house- bobby nobby Tho The housewife who has become really r ally skilled In making baskets baskets bas bas- II Is s never at a loss to have at attractive attractive attractive at- at and substantial waste baskets wor work baskets and garden baskets and she finds a dozen uses for baskets that tha th i usual housewife never dreamed of Copyright 1921 by the McClure r Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate |