It has taken the present generation
to recognize the running of a home as
a profession, and .not as something
that required little skill. Formerly a
woman, who ran a home well, was
just "a competent housewife." Today’
she is recognized as this and more.
She is considered skilled in the science
of home management. One of the
pleasant aspects of this recognition is
that it comes from men as well as
from other women.
The woman who does her own work
has to learn secrets of success in
home-making. She knows that the es
sentials must be accomplished, and
that this means the diminishing, of
things of lesser importance. This
makes her an expert in elimination,
not of things alone which may re
quire more time than they are worth
to care for, but elimination of tasks.
Also she has to judge which .are the
essentials to be done at the time, and
which can be let go until another day.
Doing the right thing at the wrong
time may upset the running of a
house as much as any other bit of
mismanagement. To stop to finish a
frock which will not be needed im
mediately, and let the canning go that
day and the fruit meanwhile lose its
freshness is not good business man
agement. It may be a great satisfac
tion to feel that the sewing is accom
plished, but it does not pay to do it
at the cost of the other. The sewing
SONNYSAYINGS
BY FANNY Y. COBY
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