By George MacManus
YEAH-1'D LIKE TO COME HOME-KATE-
BUT THEY ARE TREATING ME SO NICE THAT I AM ASHAMED TO TELL THEM I WANT TO
GO HOME-
A PAGE FOR WOMEN Are You A "Good"
House-Wife?
} aby not going to ask you if you are "hundred per cent CAN cient What would SHEVORIT trererna / funda, ds of valoak of
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Ignominious Failures
If most women had to pass an efficiency test before they were allowed to take over the charge of a home, at least seventy-five per cent would be gaminious
Failures.
I know that the popular con- ception of what an efficient horte- Wife should be stops at the ability, Something
a gluster,
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very far cent. executive ability: down the list of qualifications for per cent, seientific knowledge of dini
food values; 5 per cent, cook- cry knowledge; ....5 per cent.
forup round with
place the sette at
the drawing-room that the servants :harp at 30 pm, and so un.
details These are the
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home-maker,
Hundred Per Cent
Efficient
The hundred per cent, efficient housewife, of course, must knowi
5 per cent
.5 per
Let me suggest a list of essen- housewifery: hals. Call them fundamentals of mechanical knowledge; you wish. But whatever they cent. window dressing. may be the efficient housewife | You will note that co-ordina- should congratulate herself
she possesses all or even three- quarters of them.
20 per cent.
Games That The Party
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tion ranks high in my list.
This means simply the ability to carry more than one idea 111 co-ordination; your head, and be able to do more than one thing at the same time,
In a home there can be n measured routine, Little odd job: spring up all the time. And each one must be taken in one's stride, or else the strict programme bound to be upset.
Make
Go
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Let's Have Tea
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You must know the woman who says "Let's have tea."
Impromptu parties are a great audience that she will touch improvement
She sets the table. Then she elaborate certain object and that the mugi- gatherings of other days. A gaycian will be able to name it. As the kettle and stands over it, informal evening at home is a de- When all are satisfied, the magi- waiting patiently for it boil.
young and cian re-enters the room, and her Next she recollects she must lightful memory for old alike.
assistant, with her back to the get the tea. And that reminds Parties must never lag, nor must magician,
goes round
touching her she must get the tea-pol,
And their spirit of fun be impaired in various things in the room until Then it must be heated. any way. Often it is impossible to finally she touches the correct ob- even yet she has not searched out get everyone in dancing mood, jeet, at which the magician eries the cups and saucers. and half the fun goes when you | "Yes." have to separate young and old Solution. Before the magician into 'card-players' and 'dancers.' left the room she and her assis- If on the other hand, her mind Some good round games in tant decided upon some colour was co-ordinated the kettle would which all can join put the whole sequence, say black, red, white, have been got boiling while every- company in gay mood, and those and in the first performance the thing was being made ready in shy guests feel at case at once assistant refrained from touching few minutes. So that the whole when they can take part in the any black coloured object, save job would take only as long as it
the correct one. Immediately she takes the kettle to boll. game.
touches that one the magician is given a clue.
A good start is the secret of most successful parties. So pick out the best games to get your guests into good humour early in the evening. Here is a collection of "warmers-up" that will do the trick.
Lost Dogs
*
Pin separate slips of paper round the room, on which are
cues 10 written
the following missing dogs. 1. Dog that is a rhyme (Dog-gerel). 2 A poor popular American dog. (Hot Dog)
An obstinate dog. (Dogged). 4. A dog that is a principle. (Dogma), and any others you can find in the dictionary.
Guests are given a short time to walk round and find the miss- ing does. then the hostess reads out a list of the stray dogs, and the guest who has captured the most wins a prize.
Black Magic
An assistant is required for this game. The magician leaves the Foom and the assistant tells the
‹ A Guesser
The tea is cold by the time she serves it out to her guests.
er.
Use Resource
Resource is another home-mak¬ The unexpected-guest who
The creative mind is no less im- portant. This makes it possible for One player is sent out of the
a woman to get a meal prepared room and each of those remain-from almost next to nothing, with ing writes down a short sentence ja judicious use of left-overs, on a piece of paper and folds it up. The slips are then put into
hat and each person in turn must be received well and treated draws one and reads the sen-
even better, who arrives on your tence aloud. The banished player is then recalled and in turn con- doorstep just as you are about to order the dinner to be served. verses with each member of the
What can a woman do in such a party who must endeavour situation. bring his sentence into the con-
Without resourc thet versation.
After, three minutes. the guessertion is bound to be must write down what he thinks and a triffe fat, is the sentence in such a form time there are that it will be identified.
to
He then passes on to the nex parson and so on until he has completed the party. He must then read out what he thinks cact sentence was.
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A good cheerfully's get extra delicucles and secret grall husband, has resou of it,
It is better to choose a sentence Such a Woman would neve which is fairly difficult to bring show the guest that his visit is into the conversation, otherwise rather ill-timed op that someorie the guesser will not have much would have to go on short rations chance.
because of his unexpected arrival.
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