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THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1022. if What Kind ' Housewife Are You? ARE YOU A "PUTTERER" ? First of a Series of Articles Describing Five Different .Types of Housewives By Mrs. Christine Frederick, Household Effioisncy Exports Author "Household Engineering." Copyright, 1822 (New Tork Kfiilnt World) by Treaa l"ul!h!nr Co, "Lo, the poor putteier, Whose untchedulcd mind Makes her work eiidle.it And no rest can find." FRETTER' 2 The 'NIBBLER' 3 The 4 The 'SLACKER' 5 The 'SCOURER' A liT HOUGH popular opinion WednesdAv. 541m ttlknM nMi rlnv am would have It that all house n comes without nny plan or purpose, wives present Identical char acteristics, yet to the mind of the analyst they, like ancient Gaul, aie divided into and then la surprised thut "she never sets through" and bitterly blames housekeeping for being so never-ending and laborious. sev eral parts or dis tinct types. There are rive main And liow does being a "putterer" lionsewlfe affect her husband? Does he not frequently coma homo only to find her exhausted and alt too tlrod to species of house- have dressed up or to aocompany him wife, with habits to some place of amusement? Becauso and traits so fixed f ,,cr vrl"tlng love for malting and traits so fixed mountalna ,.., hm. nollsok , and peculiar to moioh,lg deplete, ,)P1. vitality and each that It la as has nothing left to give to her children easy to dlstln- or her husband. gulsh one from the other a. it 'al "h,a" W" a,C,,lbo " t,1 trUB cause of the housekeeper's being a Is to tell a daisy putterer? Is It not to bo found In tho from a dandelion, met that women let their work mas Some -Women ter them Instead of their mastering inoir worn Housekeeping, like any other human activity, reaulres clnonr. trained thinking and an effloient attitude of mind to make it a suc cess. It la mind as well as mus cle that wins in cooking and cleaning as much as, lei ua say, in playing a good set of tennis or n making a fine piece of furniture. Tho housewife muat coma to eon. fllimUi.- .. .1 J.ni. . .nto theaoapeclavlslons. Probably roUem asT Of all types the "putterer" housewife paring a dinner, otherwise the various la the most common and garden dlshes will not be simultaneously variety. ready to serve and the meal finished UiL.l I. - a., .. , .. "v " IIUUI, ,v,,ai , m puuorvri u is ino wlvei (a very are "born" house small minority Indeed); others acquire housekeeping; but by far the great majority have housekeeping thrust upon them! And It la Just because It Is ao often an "acquired characteristic" not transfer able from mother to daughter In each generation that we find women fall woman who prolongs, elaborates and repeats her household tasks; who finds andless details to occu py her dayt who works without plan or schedule and who magni fies petty duties to the exclusion of every other interest. The "putterer" constantly com- The "putterer" dreams and dawdles and elaborates unneces sary details because her mind is not co-ordinating with her mus cles. If she only had a plan, an object, a purpose, she could get the same task done in far less time and with a great deal lest fatigue, Tho 100 per cent, efficient house wife Is one who makes hr mlnri plains: "I never get through with my direct her work, who makes definite work," or "I never have any time for Dlans lot each day and task and who myself." She regards housework as ,0ara ner occupation as seriously , , - . . . . 88 any business man doos his office a kind of ogre from which she can- one of the first great steps , toward not escape; as a perpetual escalator good management of tho homo is to of fate on which she Is forced to keep substitute an efficient attitude of moving without making any con- '"hii towr? housework for. the ... dawdling, aimless regard in which .clou, headway. the "putterer" holds lT She houM To the "putterer" every day Is an apply her best Intelligence and cul- almleos, timeless, planless day. She ture ,to her Problems and be con- has no goal, no schedule to serve as compass and chart on the rough housekeeping seas. Whither Is she bound? The "putterer" does not know. Why try to reach a definite, port or housekeeping objective when It Is so much eaMer to drift, to Idle, to work haphazard as the spirit moves? How the "putterer" does love to be gin a second Job before finishing the vlncod that the details of hnmAjmal Ing are fascinating and stimulating. Can You Beat It ! . By Maurice Kcttcn i I.MUST I PUT THEM S NOT l I THE LAbV E THlKGfS OH THE THIS WHO ISWN V Si?) V J fVou AKie ) )VHAT?? II iv-n ' what ?) NOT much V3 wc) V r M I rf ; MA SAli NOT ) WHAT ) I I AIA ALWA5 N 50NNi ) A To PUTOM THE ( 0F IT ?( HTHEK PuT -Uf ( PlWrPD v.i A OH WHEW SsHP 1 1 p. , HAS SWELL - RUil , I rt " I , ST. JO . I 1 " OO MAXIMS OO Of a Modern Maid By Marguerite Mooera Marshall. . CopTtlsM, lttl (Nw York Btanisfl World) by Prirt PubtlfMag Oo. A girl who wants to impress a man tries to prove what a brilliant and beautiful being she Is. A woman is wiser-she implies that most of . the brilliancy and beauty is on the other side. WHEN a man comes homo and flnda hU wit grieving aWtntiy, that Is tha tlrao for exceptionally. Judicious Bllenca ad bis part. Because how does he know whether what sho hod heard about la the little rame or tho little girl 7 TP- Jrarriage la a craft which often weather the atormi of Ufa only, to founder and sink on tha roefs underlying tha dead sea of monotony. Nobody; has ever catalogued among labor laving In ventions a pair of large, brown, sympathetic) eyes. ,Ttt, If you con turn them on a man's tale of woe you needn't grieve for him, you needn't listen to htm, you needn't even THINK about him until the pause comes and you murmur, "I'm SO sorry 1" If any young woman who has read modern novels, attonded modern plays, seen modern movies, succeeds In prevailing on her flanca to tell her "the story of his past" aha Is In for a period of acuta boredom. una auvaniaga 01 ucins transparent u mv mmo you can 1 1011 a iitmiu i get away with Itwhen you toll the Incredible truth neither your boss nor your wtfo suspects you of lying. Children are the consolation prizes of matrimony; thoy aro most appre ciated by the man and tho woman who real I re they have drawn no first prize In each other. A. woman frequently has been known to forglvo a man for breaking her heart, but never for crushing her vanity. When faith Is lost, when honor dies" the MARRIAOB Is dead. "MARGIE" By Caroline Crawford .i-J Ooprrlllit, 102 J (Niw Tork Kvtnlns World), br l'rm fubllihlng Co. Maritry Mlndan, nineteen, blips U opport hr widowed mother by working at tho (enttenien'o luv counter In Urge Kcw Vork drpsrtmoal otoro. Dor moot tatlmatt "chum" lo MaUto Vn, a fellow le(lrl. UaUlo'o "oteadj" lo CUrenoo Wlmpto, a fltmrwalktr. Mnrglo feeio her real Trlnce CharnilncV will eomo along and Uto Dp to her Idealo. Ueiln this ofbrj to-day and oee how Marglo's dreams work out. BACK TO THE G.LOVE COUNTER, cows and the chickens, that's all." FOR two whole weeks Margie "Oh. It Isn't so bad," declared Mar worked on the farm and enjoyed Rle w 1 hoed up a long angle worm ' life. MUly proved un admlrablo and tosed It to a chicken. "There's n companion In the fields and taught Rlrl named Malsle Lee who Is at the her how to hoe and plant and farm same counter with me and during dull generally. She learned how to milk moments wer talk and have a good deal and make buttor, and aillly'a 01 iuu. i iikb 11 oui nero qui 1 rami mother took her Into the big, roomy kitchen and taught her how to make pies and doughnuts. The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell MEMORIAL DAY H' the rhen Copyrifijt, 1MJ (Nw York Kveninw wahm w iiiUts are some flowem fnr in a.MAM i v., you. aald Mr. Jarr on his had come too late. Some of them flume rnin nv nnd v. 1 9 . . . . . . . ... w ' - e t.-n-j au oeeu sent to ttie nospnaia, ana i tT. -1.- j .a nanaea the one woman in th- wfii v. u ...... '...t. housework train to become derailed sweet seas h f varl-co,ord "hlch the bride had been a member, ,. .ni.i-.-t i--... v....i-i Mm, A should sell the rest and devote the at the slightest interrupting obstacle! w sweet tUey are!" cried proceeds to the charity In question." She-might be in the midst of giving ?rr B"t still, you shouldn't "Oh. you got very confidential with rooms a much-needed cleaning 1 " , nowers for me, we need this girl, I dare say!" said Mrs. Jarr, .- .. ,.. . moneJ' tor BO many other things." Yet tosalntr her head. "But I think It wa. a ",,011 nuuucuij to n u nihil a u sne wail mi 1 1 n innn..,i . . , V . "a" qulla "P'oased and gave him a verv bold thine- for her to do. hir. -urge" to bake cookies. Straightway an i extra kiss thermore, it 1. my belief that the girl he drops broom and duster and ln"7 aidnt cost very much," said woa an Impostor.' The Idea of going rushes Into a hectic upheaval of , rr;,",and 'd83 I ani only around among business men and talk cooking, making the flour fly. the egg m1o' T, uflUl"UClLthIn,r ,A ln condescendingly about charitable t. 4 .i . ... , . . le'i0'! wl buy flowers and candy for objects! Evidently I am supposed to beater whl and whirl and turning a girl he's simply frlenda with, but be a charitable object, then, as I get .the whole kitchen upelde down In her after he's married he neglects those the flowers, or at least some of ardor. Later, when quite exhausted llaenons for the wife he loves." them!" from the effects of this culinary to itZr0 "Wh' n,0'" Mr',arr "LpUedJ "the .... . , ... ,. , ' 'Wed Mrs. Jarr, busied proceeds from selling the flowers spree, she Is faced not only with the with putting the flowers In a fat or- wont to charity, and I thought you debris of this unusual housekeeping namental bowl on the piano. "Where would like to havo the flowers. De debauch but with the fact that she d'd.yJJ et tnen?" And she Inhaled sides, the girl soiling them was very v.. .11. r,r.rr. nmthinr .i, tnelr ance appreciatively. demure and had a nlco elderly lady has failed to prepare something sub- A Klr, cam8 ,nt0 the offlce BeJ1)nr aj a cnaperon stantlat for the evening dinner and them for the Sick Babies Fund or "Hut! They always go In pairs, that she haa no time to make herself some other charity of that kind. She that sort of people, and put on those presentable before the return of her w" 'neaon' too," sanctimonious nlrsl" retorted Mrs. . It n a pity so many young women Jarr. "The things are fnded, anyway, ml,y' make charity a cloak for flirtatious and I suppose you paid whatever wan Or searching for a small article n visits to business places," said Mrs. asked for them," nnd she turned the bureau drawer will suddenly con- Jarr coldly. "If they want to do some away as though she did not care, to Tince the "putterer" that she should ,eal work for the poor, why don't they, look at tho (lowers. . . ... ,. . ,.,. , K BO and minister to the poor?" "That's what a man gets for trying at once clean all the closets In the r don,t ,now ventured Mr. Jarr to please everybody, Just abuse!" house. The fact that she has left feebly. "The girl said they were of a cried the exasperated Mr. Jarr. the breakfast dishes unwashed or the large lot of flowers that had been sent "Well, I don't think it's very nice for you to boast aoout a Doia gin coming to your office and flirting with By Sophie Irene Loeb Your Wedding Anniversary The Third-f-The "Feather Wedding" beds unmade escapes her mind, and nothing short of an earthquake will dater her from this untimely purpose. And again she finds, late In the after noon, that she has neglected all the Essential house duties for the sake of a special task full of details, which should only have been attempted with due preparation. She neglects to prepare the laundry bundle for the driver who Invariably calls Monday morning, and must stop tn the midst of other work to collect and make the list. She falls to make a note of th fact that sugar or butter la getting low, and so at lunch Is faced with an unexpected deficit In the family larder and must either run out herself for this trivial supply or else claim little Willie's noon hour to mn to the store for her. The "put terer" refuses to do the same task at the fame time on any two days. If she makes beds directly after break fast on Tuesday she Is almost sure to leave iham undone till noontime on GOING DOWN! DEAR WONDERER: Have you taken stook of 'your- ' self? Do you know that success is the realization of your ambition? Not all successful men are wealthy. Tha reason you are in a rut Is because you DOUBT. Tftat is a bad word and you should fight doubt ss you would s foreign Invasion. Often this DOUBT comes to us as a habit of childhood and then runs Into fear. Childhood will not advanee without qutstloning, but quettlonlnp is not doubting. Doubt, hesitation and fear MUST get out before HAPPI NESS oan eomo In, Get the happy habit and keep it. Sincerely, ALFALFA 8MITH. you and getting you to pay her ridiculous prlco for a bunch of wilted flowers swindling under the name of charity. I call It!" said Mrs. Jarr. "And I also don't think It Is very nice of you to bring them home to your wife. I ought to throw them out." "All right, throw them out!" snapped Mr. Jarr. "I don't care. I only thought you would appreciate me buying the flowers to help the sick babies and to bring the flowers home to you. Next time I won't tell you everything." "Bspeclaly If It Is anything you should be ashamed of!" averred Mrs. Jarr. "Yet to think I didn't suspect a thing when you brought me flowers. Something you've never done In years!" "By gosh!" cried the exasperated Mr. Jarr. "I am the one guy In the world who can 'Say It With Flowers' and It will be considered an lnsultl" Copyright, 1933 (New Tork Bvonlns World) br Proti Publishing Oo. IT was early morning In the City of the Dead. Three black robed figures wended their way. Then reached a mound bedecked with flowers and addod mora. Figures not bent, or gray, but full of youth. With saddened, bowed heads they paid their tribute On this ona day of days And spread beautiful blossoms About tha white stone Inscribed "Mother." And one said, "Most wonderful woman." And another, "The dearest thing that aver lived." And still a third kissed a flower An she laid It gently at the feet of hor Who had been sorely tried but ne'er found wanting. Did she hear them? Did she understand? Did she know their pain at parting and her loss? And out of the depth of Mother Karth a sweet voice spoke: "Ah, met dear hearts; yes, I do know. "Yet, horken ye to me, your mother, "That youtnay teach your ohlldren "That whloh you did not know, or knowing, paid niiiall hoed. "Through the vnlley of the shadow of death "I went to bring you here, "And then fearfully watched your every milestone "That It might find you In the way you should go. "Oh, tho weight of those momentB when your lives hung by a thread; "And I thought my heart would stop before the tender years paued. "Oh." tho nights of weary waiting for your homecoming. "And then your hurried 'Good night' without a thought of my an guish. "But needless to go on; you know, you know. "Yet, look ye, "had you then come to me with but a single blossom, "Or a word of tenderness, "At such times when I needed It most, "Or even heard from you these loving words that now ou cry out for me, "What a world of woe I would havo been saved, "And what Joys would have been mine. " 'TIs well that you have not forgotten "And have eomo to me this Momorial Day. "Hut hotter still you can remember me "By telling your children to give their buds of love by nord and deed "Kvcry day, rather than wait for the one day of decoration. "Too ready are we to eprfad flowers on graves "Whon the self-samo blosaoms might havo kept the spirit and soul "From starvation of love the greatest misery of mankind." For the Housewife's Scrap Book Copyright, 1WJ (Now Tork Droning World) by rron Tubllohlag Co. THE third anniversary Is scheduled tha faahor Idea. Excellent Imitations as the feather wedding by one of peacock feathers may be produced authority, while anotlx . lists It with crepe paper. Instructions for as the leather, so take youi choice. making these are given free where Decorations for the feather wedding these supplies are sold, may be extremely artistic Peacock The quill pens make suitable favors, feathers lend thomselves especially geleot the long, bright colored ones well to this purpose, and a collection for the ladles, aha for tha man there of barnyard plumage ma'y be used to ara short practical looking turkey advantage, quill penholders. Baskets or boxes of For the table centrepiece conatruot crepe paper with one of the tiny birds u rectangular receptacle with the hen- perohed on top make good bonbon- nery quills, and fill It with peacock feathers or make a low tripod of the fcathora Into which set a bowl shaped receptacle to hold the peacock plumes. , Tripods (to represent the three years of happiness) may be made of luper-covered wire overlaid with quills to serve as candle holders for the three candles on the table or the mantel. For tho candles make trl- holders, Feather novelties are shown among the Inexpensive favors dis played In the shops. Tha usual head ornaments that form a Jolly part of every party ahonld toe of feathers. For the women have a band of rtbbon or crepe paper covered with tiny feathers, and at the side bare two quills at an artistic alant- TTVi i- 4i man Vi v. aMna a nngular (suggcstlvo of three) panel , . " . colored mat stock with upstanding frames of mat stock In any desired color, and either paint a feather de sign on each panM or npply tiny pea cock feathers with library pasta. A three-armed candelabra would make nn effective centroplece, especially if It tested on a wide dlso of radiating pea- quills and one of two (paper clips to adjust the proper slia for tha Indian headdress. The crepe paper In vary ing colors will do nlcly for these quill feathers. Among suitable gifts for this oo- If you want to remove paint with vinegar and sandpaper the task will l accom- u,ln pllshed more speedily If you dampen yap. It with benzine. let them dry before' This will prevent a When you close up the house for the summer Just wrap the silver In If you are burning lamps In ' the waxed paper and It will be ready for summer bungalow dip tha wicks in use whan you return In tha fall. l ; cock feathers arranged on the white caalon are the feather fans, combs centrepiece. nd b4r ornaments of fancy feathers, Birds are suggestive of feathers and slipper ornaments and handbags of may be advantageously med In tha ostrloh; a beautiful plume or one of decorative scheme. Among the crepe those feather hats might prove ac- papers there Is one with a large va- ceptable. rlety of birds that may be cut out and rested together with a bit of cotton between. Wire attached to the feet makes It possible to perch these birds wherever desired. Another crepe paper is composed of parrots that look very leal whui perched on a paper covered wlie fr-'vip suspended from the centre horn waU light or doorways. Quills for decorative purposes may be made by cutting elongated ovals 1 out of crepe paper on the bias, and using paper lovcred wire for thi centre. If festoons are desired the fringed variety, If tightly twisted, will give a feather)' appearanoe. Birds fastened at Intervals will furthor carry out New Inventions APPARATUS Invented by a Callfornlan Is claimed to teacb a person to dance by making it Impossible for him to make the wrong motions. Of Danish Invention Is appa ratus that bottles milk under pressure so that It keeps fresh two years or more. An opener for condensed milk cans has been Invented that also closes them by reversing Its motion. confess I'm getting sort of lonesome for the roar of the etty. I'm used to It, you know." t "Maybe you'll meet some nice fel low and then you won't have to work any more," suggested MUly who had "I wish you been hinting about Willis Cbanning never had to go ever since ho hunted Margie out and back to the city," called one evening as the two girls said Mllly one day. were sitting out on the veranda. Don't you hate to stand behind a "Maybe." said Margie, working glove counter day ufter day, Margie? oway, th great Interest. I can Imagine It might be very Inter- ..u that handsome young chap who eating for a few days, but when It cme out to see you one evening Be comes to week after week and maybe miy inclined?" Anally asked Mllly. year after year oh, dear, I love the Not ow "You don't mean you turned him down!" exclaimed the farmer's daughter. "Yes," laughed Margie, suddenly" dropping her hoe and sitting down on the ground. "Yes, I turned him down. Well, Mllly, he Isn't half as nice as he looks." "Well, you're so pretty I suppose you have some one else you Ilka bet ter," stoically summed up Mllly, and that last sentence warmed Margie'. heart. "I do," she confessed. "I am vary much interested in a man whom I have always called my Prince Charm ing. Ha is of a different social stand ing from roe, but I always Imagined he loved mi In fact we talked -n much about love and ideals that I know wa understand each other per fectly. But, Mllly, ha never proposed to me." "(Jive him time." "I was giving him time." smiled Margie. "I Intended to let things drift along for years If necessary, then Willis Charming come into my life and I wondered If a girt could have two Prince Charmlnge. I liked Willis, 7 really admired him, but I wanted to see if the roan I loved would mak good. Meanwhile' this chum of mine. Malsle Lee, knew I lored tha other man and wondered if ha lored ma. She thought ha ought to propose, called on him and told htm ha had no right to keep me gu easing." "What did ha say?" breathlessly demanded Mllly. "Ho was rather cynical, thanked Malsle, and I have never seen him since," said Margie, and the tears rolled down her cheeks. 8 he had come out Into the country to forget Willis Channlng and Frank Spafford. She wanted to think things out and wait for Spafford to hunt her out, but her mother's letters contained no news of blm. Her mother knew how anxious she was to hear some word, some message from thin but every letter contained th 'itence: "I have heard nothing I tpafford?" "Maybe he has gom nomewhere, to think things out," suld Mllly, try ing to comfort Margie. "I believe he will come back to you, Margie. Tou are not the type of girl men run away from." "I believe he will come back too," declared Margie, smiling through her tears. "I am going back to town to morrow, back to the little old glove counter, and I believe he will seek mi out. I wouldn't believe anything else for worlds." To-Morrow Concerning Prank SpaffaraL -1 . 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