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Show I ENLARGING THE LANGUAGE In New York state women voters must be listed iu registering according to their duties and a woman who is at the head of th" home is recorded as a housekeeper. This error in English is bringing protests, as the home-keopiii" women declare they are not housekeepers. They insist on being called housewives. A housekeeper, it is explained, means the keeping of a house, a female servant, a cook, chambermaid, laundress or waitress, while s housewife is mistress of the family and wife of a householder. Therf are many words in the English language loosely employed in every day conversation. After long usage, misapplied words are accepted In that way, our English constantly is undergoing changes Kver slang when commonly employed, enriches the language and become." 1 I a recognized part of our vocabulary. iH 1 LflLflfllH |