Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1913 — Brains and Housework. [ARTICLE]

Brains and Housework.

“The business man who runs bis office as the average woman does her kitchen work soon finds himself not only left behind, but his mentality has become so Idealistic that when he finally does wake up to things, he finds it next to Impossible to adapt himself to the new order. "You wqmen must use your minds in your work. Use it to short-cut your steps; use it to Increase the quality and decrease the effort Above all, get away from that pernicious idea that ‘kitchen work is drudgery.’ So is ofIce work, if a man allows it to work on him, Instead of working It. “The more I see of that type of women who are so fond of posing as martyrs and calling themselves ’drudges* the more I am convinced that such women are 'too small for their job.’ In order to get the best of anything, you must not only fill your position but 'fill it and running over.’ Then It 1s that you can ’chase your work, instead of letting it chase you.* **