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Show SHE DOES HER OWN HOUSEWORK In tbo December American Maga-ztno Maga-ztno appears nn article about Mrs. Frank Ambler Pnttlson of Colonla, Now Jersey, who docs her own houso work and is one of tho mbst efficient housekeepers in tho land. Sho has studied out various time and labor saving devices which havo enabled her to get along without servants nnd still entertain quite extensively mil enjoy considerable leisure. An extract from tho nrtlclo follows: "Mrs. PaUlson rises at 6:45. Her housowork on the average occupies about five hours ot the day,,nnd nil, even to tho most laborious detail, is accomplished without assistance even ev-en when entertaining, except In two Instances; a handy man cleans tho cellar and washes tho slxty-flvo outside out-side windows (sho attends to tho In- sldo), and n laundress spends a fow hours each month nt tho washing machine "Standardization Is nn important principle. As tho best system of bookkeeping or tho quickest nddlng machine Is ndoptcd in banks or offices of-fices everywhere, so should housekeeping house-keeping devices nnd methods bo investigated in-vestigated and compared and tho best adopted In every household. "Tho tlmo wrested from tho old weary treadmill can bo devoted, as tho Individual chooses, to social service, ser-vice, to some earning activity, to beautifying tho homo or garden to moro intlmato companionship with tho children ,to tho development of that finest of arts, the creation of homo atmosphere. "A very Important by product is tho increased knowledgo of the chemical che-mical composition of fods, of tho laws of mechanics nnd physics, nnd tho genernl broadening of the Intellect. Intel-lect. Such, in brief, Is the now gospel. gos-pel. "Mrs. Pnttlson declares that houso keeping must bo raised to its rightful right-ful place as nn art nnd a science. The servnnt ns a servnnt must go. Sho herself manages famously without with-out them., For those whoso large establishments es-tablishments demand assistance, train ed helpers, women ot natural intelligence intelli-gence or graduates of domestic scl-enco scl-enco courses enn bo cnlled upon as pratlcers of a profession socially recognized. rec-ognized. At present, nfter a careful canvas, no graduate of any such courso has been found nnywhero In the country nctually employed In domestic do-mestic sorvlco and working for wages. wa-ges. "Tho critical of course can flml mistakes nnd crudeness in tho work nt Colonla. All cannot achieve as muh ns Mrs. Pnttlson, but each can find hero helpful and In many Instances Instan-ces revolutionizing Ideas. It has only been a beginning, so this chnrmlng and nltogcther capable woman ex-plains, ex-plains, but her enthusiasm Is already winning converts." |