Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 249, 29 August 1914 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, ERfflOW, AUGUST 38, 1914 The e Edited by Mrs. A . D. Cobb

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system helps WOMEN KEEP HOUSES CLEAN

Proper Equipment and Good Management Enable the Housewife to Lighten the Work in Home.

Why is It necessary to clean? Why must women spend much of Uieir time each day with the mop, the broom and the dust cJoth? There is a woman on record that boasted that she was never Vlthout a di:st cloth in her ftpron pocket and that every spare moment, wherever she was she dusted, dusted, dusted. She became a lave to her house and though it was always in npple-pie order, it. was too stiff, too "just so" to suggest comfort. That kind of housekeeping is not necessary; not that she cleaned too much, for that is impossible, but that she made lfe a burden for her family and herself by her foolish pride. It has been said that too much cleaning Is not enough. That is true as regards the house itself but has many disadvantages to the woman and the rest of the "household. The man of the house can never understand why his wife must be perpetually tearing things up just to put them straight again but she knows that it is only by continual vigilance that sha can keep up with the dust Fnd dirt and that when they once get the upper hand it means much harder work to catch up again. Women clean because it makes the house more sanitary and for the aesthetic reason that it makes the home more attractive. Needs to Use System. Things that will help to make cleaning less of a bug-bear are proper equipment, system and the co-operation of the other members of the family. The family's help is perhaps the most important as the housekeeper may do her best and if the other members of the household are not in sympathy, her efforts are wasted. Every person in the family should take care of his or her own personal belongings. He should remember that someone must pick tip what he has carelessly misplaced. Even the small children can be taught to put their playthings in a certain place when they are through with them for that day and as they get older there are many small tasks they can help with. Too muen stress cannot be laid on the value of system about the cleaning but so much is being said and written every day on this phase of the subject that it seems rather superfluous to dwell long on it. There should be a rtuily cleaning of the most used parts of the house and a weekly cleaning of the entire house. Then the occasional cleaning will not be a d;cadrd ordeal and man a complete revolution while it lasis. A system that is inflexible and allows no adjustin r; to circumstances is as bad as boins: without system altogether.

Over Systemalization. To miss a social gathering or to fail to rn.joy it because it fails on the day for cleaning the west bedroom is not a 'vise use of system. But to have the daily routine systematized saves thought and steps. For instance, having the occupant of aeh bed see that the hedclothing is thrown back to ajr will save the housekeeper a trip upstairs and the beds will be ready to make when she is ready to make them. Have a day a week in which to look over the clothes and remove the stains. Turn the mattress at least once a week but better yet, every day. Alternating from right to left and the next day from top to bottom. Regular ?tps in cleaning become habitual and are worth forming. First air the room and if there is not too much wind do all the cleaning with the room open. Take out the rugs and if thpre is a fireplace attend to it next. Straighten the drawers and cupboards and put away every article that has a place. Dust and remove any bric-a-brac, chairs and small tables. Now clean the walls, the floor, the woodwork and windows. After allowing the dust to settle, dust the room with a slightly damp dustcloth and replace th3 dusted articles. Good Equipment Essential. Proper equipment will make the work much easier, of course. A heavy broom for carpet and a lighter one for matting; dustless mop for bare floors and a weighted one for hard wood; a carpet sweeper; a vacuum cleaner; a long handled wall brush and dust pan; sheets for covering the stationary furniture; chamois skin for glass and any amount of dust clothes and window cloths these are just a few of th labor silvers in cleaning. The life of a broom is lengthened by soaking in sonpy water over night when it is new being careful to not let the water reach above the stitching to rot it. A broom bag in which the broom can be suspended instead of resting on the floor to become crooked is another help. The refrigerator requires constant attention as it is a splendid place for bacteria if not kept perfectly clean. It should be daily inspected that no decaying food be left any time and should be washed ouce a week with hot soapy water or soda water. No odorous food should be placed in the refrigerator without a tight cover. The cellar is another place that requires attention. Experiments have proven that one half the air in the cellar gets to the first and one sixth to the second floor. A foul-smelling and damp cellar is a menace to the health of the family.

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THEIR MARRIED LIFE By Mabel Herbert Urner

"Who?" Helen repeated it sharply. "V. s Wilson, ma'am," the hallooy's voice blurred through the "phone. "Oil. Miss WILSON!" with a pleased note of recognition. "Send her risi'nt tip." A rpfimont lntfr Nora ushered in a

young woman in a plain blue serge suit that just escaped being shabby. ""Why, Laura, what's happened?" "You're not very cordial," cynically. "I'm making an afternoon call. It's Saturday, you know. Even a fifteendollar stenographer can make an occasional call on Saturday." Helen made her comfortable on the couch with a chair beside her and waited for the confidence that site knew would come. For a moment I. aura leaned back with closed eyes as though it was stood just to relax. Then she threw out her arms with a nervous, desperate gesture "Oh, it isn't fair! It isn't FAIR! There isn't anything fair about it!" "Is it about your work?" gently. Laura nodded. "Oh, I've been such a fool such a consummate fool! 1 had a chance to leave, to get more money and less work and I didn't do it! 1 let Mr. Richards persuade me into staying." "But aren't they going to give you more? You said you thought they wold this Spring." , HER PROMISE. "Not a cent. Ho won't even get a girl to help me. I've been doing all my own work and Miss Lang's too, since she left. I'm killing myself there," desperately, "and yet. I've promised to stay!" "Rut whv, if you had another offer'"' "Why' I don't KNOW why!" excitedly, "i must have been insane. I went into his private office this morning to say that I was going to leave, but when I came out I'd promised to go on without a cent increase. Oh. it

makes me WILD to think about it! "Did you tell him about the other offer?" "Yes, but he said I'd never be happy in n big office. I wouldn't have the independence. I'd have more people over me, and he knew I'd regret changing." "Then, if he's so anxious to keep yon. why doesn't he give you more? "He says they can't afford it," bitterly; "that business is bad, that the war's upsetting everything. But if I'll stay on until things are better" with a skeptical shrug. "What will he pay you then?" "He didn't say. He didn't commit, himself in any way. I'm just, to go on and leave it to his generosity to do whatever he pleases. Oh, he simply wound me around his finger!" "When did all this happen -today?" ".Inst before we closed at. 1 o'clock I went in to give him a week's notice; to say that unless he could pay me more I was going with Briggs & Carter. Oh. I don't know HOW he did it, but he somehow made me feel that I'd better stay where 1 was. I'd left the office before I realized how weakly yielding I'd been. Then I began to think of the thing I'd meant to say. I'd made up a little speech before 1 went in, but some how I didn't say it."

"One never does," nodded Helen un-dcrstandingly.

i "Oh, it s all so unfair: I ney ve nev- : er appreciated my work. I've stayed after hours, I've gone without luncheon, : I've brought work home and they've 1 taken it all for granted. They'll never ; get any one else to do the work in that office for the salary they're payins me. Before I got home I was i wild with myself lor having promised i to stay. And then" she leaned back !with a satrical smile "just what do : von think I did then? A SUDDEN IMPULSE, i "Something impulsive and foolish of course." "I stepped in a drug store and call- ' ed him up! I said 1 hoped he wouldn't ! think me whimsical, but that after all

i 1 felt I COULDN'T go on that, the work was loo hard, that oh, I was excited, I don't remember just how I put ' it." "Well?" Helen leaned forward ten- ' sely. ! "Oh," with a hysterical laugh, I ought, to be in an institution for the feeble-minded." "You don't mean you let him perIstiade you again." "Somehow he made me feel so small that I ended by almost reassuring him ' I'd be glad to stay. Oh. I know vou can't understand how anyone COULD

be sucu an idiot. "Yes. T can," mused Helen; "that's the woman of it the fear of displeasing the man. I don't care what man

jit is, if he's all forcible he can always ; dominate a woman just by making her j feel that she mustn't displease him." "That's it," Laura caught at the j phrase, "that's just what I felt that 'I mustn't displease him! And before I ' hung up the phone I was almost ab- ; ject for having disturbed him again." i She clinched her hands, "Oh. WHY am I always so weak? Why do I always ! back down?" j "Don't, dear, don't get all worked up. j It won't help." ' "Oh. but I'm consumed with rage at j myself. T had a chance to tell him , about all the extra work I've been do- ! ing and I didn't. While he was talking he almost made me feel that my j work was easy, that I was being well paid for it, and that he was surprised jthat T was dissatisfied!" j MAN. POOR MAN! "That's a man's privilege to make ja woman always feel that she's in the wrong-." ! "Anybody can put me in the wrong. 1 1 can never argue I can never tell my i side of the thing well. If I had solid

gold bars to sell, any one who's clever could make me feel they weren't worth much, and that I'd better let them go for the price of brass. Oh, It isn't fair, it isn't FAIR!" "Dear, you'll only make yourself sick. Try not to dwell on it. You can't afford to waste your energy this way. Wait, let me get you a 'glass of sherry." When Helen returned with the sherry, Laura was leaning back with closed eyes, her utter weariness showing in every line of her face. "I'm worn out I know I am. Last night going home I thought I'd faint on the subway. I've worked till half past six almost every day this week they don't APPRECIATE it! No matter how much extra work I do they take it all for granted!" She rose and put down the empty glass with a gesture of despair. "Oh, I didn't know it was so late it's almost six. Well," bitterly, "I suppose I'll go home now and brood over it all night and all day tomorrow. How I dread Sunday!" Again her hands clinched, as her mind went back to its grievance. "I put so much of myself into my work that's why it hurts so when they don't appreciate it. Oh, it isn't" "Now, don't begin that again," pleaded Helen. "And you're not going home to brood over a lonely restaurant dinner," as Laura started to draw on her gloves. "You're going to stay right here and have dinner with us." "Oh, I'd love to, but Mr. Curtis, you know, I always feel" "That's foolish. Warren would like to have you. Wait, there he is now," as they heard the hall door open and close. Helen ran out into the hall and greeted Warren with an eager whispered : "Dear, Laura Wilson's here! She's fearfully blue and discouraged about her work. I'm going to make her stay for dinner, and don't you want to take us to the theatre or somewhere afterward? If she goes home now she'll just brood herself sick." "Sure," cheerfully. "Wouldn't mind seeing a good show myself ton'ght." "Oh, you DEAR! You're always so generous." Helen drew him back into the shadow of the hall, where she kissed him purringly. "Dear, we have so much and she has so little let's give

ner a very wonderful evening." I "Fine! We'll cheer her up." Then breaking away from her, he strode into the front room, where he greeted Laura cordially. "Oh. no, no," she protested feeblv. I'm too disagreeable and morose to afflict myself on any one this evening. You'd better let me go home and brood it out alone." "Nonsense, you come right along with us," insisted Warren heartily. "Well take in a good show .nn of

.those sobby problem plays, but a corkjing pood comedy. That'll set you up." j Boys. Look Out fop Green Apples. i Lester Wolroth had a very severe attack of cholera morbus brought on j by eating green apples. His mother, ; Mrs. Pearl Wolroth, Herkimer, N. Y.,

says, I was advised to give him Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I did, and the relief from the first was very great. After taking three doses he was all

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