DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 27 July 1912, Page 4

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

Is the present day wife sufficiently fikiifw.l in domestic economy? Th<o Auckla-nd Herajd vsays the proceedings in the Magistrate's Court almost every Friday in tutting seem to prove that tomothing is fitodly lacking in tlie &ducatiol;i of mauy .modern girls—'that something move is required in the way of Aching I become milsbresis&t! of 'lronies. Last iweek there were iseyeraW stories of dohnestie Uiiihappmeey tbM iw court. It 'is 'true ithut drink lias something to, 'do with every ca.se, but tlie women, bearding to Mr Kettle, S.M., -are not 'altogether blameless. On© husband, •a defendant in the .usual type of mainiteawncc case, once tried {lie experiment 'of [giving bis wife the money -to riur t the borne with, but she got in•to yucli a muddle over it tfliat he d*red n<Jt try lit again,. What seemed to 'be urgently 'required— and the .magistrates are expressing the view all over the country— is that if a girl is to marry at a fa.ii!sy early age, she must have a good insight into the Imost economical way of carrying on a home, and must bo trained to look AlftW a baiby, cook, and .see to. the r'oiitin© work" of toe home, all at the same tC.nip. The fault that the .magistrate most often finds with married couples is that the husband and wife Qiave ho .system «'f managing a home on a certain sum per week.