SYSTEM IN THE HOME 

 Mrs, Della A. Jones 



Farmers' Institute Lecturer 



System in the home may be defined as the orderly attention to 

 all details that are essential for home-making. 



That whieli has made the great railroad corporations so valu- 

 able to their patrons for transportation purposes, is the system 

 they have developed. Their business is so managed that hundreds 

 of people and thousands of dollars' worth of goods are carried 

 to and fro across this country with comparatively small loss of 

 either life or property. 



Railroad companies have so systematized their business that 

 they know within a few minutes where every train or employee 

 can be located. T^pon the superintendent devolves the operation 

 of the system that makes these companies so useful and successful. 



Home-making is a business of more importance than that of 

 any company or corporation, since it has to do with the rearing of 

 the family, keeping its members healthy and happy, and making 

 the home attractive and comfortable. 



System is as necessary in honip-making as oil is to machinery. 

 It helps to make things run smoothly, it makes the housewife 

 more efficient, it helps her conserve her strength, time, energy and 

 monev. 



As in all business concerns or well-organized companies, a 

 superintendent or manager is necessary ; so in home-making there 

 must be a superintendent to obtain the best system. The house- 

 wife should act in this capacity and have general oversight of the 

 affairs in the home. 



All honor should be given to those women who successfully 

 rear happy, contented families in healthy, comfortable homes, 

 thus proving themselves to be not only housekeepers but home- 

 makers. 



The different sizes and locations of houses, kinds of equip- 

 ment, and numbers in the family, make it necessary for each 

 housewife to work out a system of her own. It is therefore im- 

 possible to lay down definite rules for working out a general 

 system. Since no two persons work alike any more than they look 



[1848] 



