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Show Housework by tlio llonr. The daily papers contain many advertisements ad-vertisements of women anxious to obtain ob-tain situations as housekeepers "in small families where there are no children." It is very evident that these advertisers do not wish to work very hard lest their health should be impaired im-paired or their delicate hands roughened rough-ened by contact with soapsuds or broom handles. A sensible woman at the last, reduced from a position of affluence af-fluence in which she had experience of the crying need of the housekeeper, announces that she will take a position posi-tion in a family as "working housekeeper." house-keeper." If this is denied here she will do housework by the hour. There is great demand for either branch of work she decides to undertake. There are many houses where a woman who could go in and take charge of the lighter household duties and use judgment judg-ment in performing them would be a treasure. |