Show martha washington housekeeper in the oldest wealthy families of virginia all the women knew all about cooking and housekeeping and had to in order to run an establishment of many slaves and an ignorant mistress would riot not have commanded the respect of her cunning negro ep but would havo been a laughing stock martha washington owned acres of land and hundreds of negroes yet ab abo 3 know all about cooking and housekeeping and made the rounds 0 of her household every day just as did the general his plantation martha was neither a nor churl but true aristocrat of the right sort eort girls should be taught housekeeping by ladles ladies who have sprightliness vivacity eloquence and fine manners mali so as to correct the miserable false notions besetting the modern anglo saxon word about new york press |