Cato's Farm Management 



should respect you. Require that she 

 be not given to wasteful habits ; that 

 she does not gossip with the neigh- 

 bors and other women. She should 

 not receive visitors either in the 

 kitchen or in her own quarters. She 

 should not go out to parties, nor 

 should she gad about.^ She should 

 not practise religious observances, 

 nor should she ask others to do so for 

 her without the permission of the 

 master or the mistress. Remember 

 that the master practises religion for 

 the entire household. She should be 

 neat in appearance and should keep 

 the house swept and garnished. 

 Every night before she goes to bed 

 she should see that the hearth is 

 swept and clean. On the Kalends, 

 the Ides, the Nones, and on all feast 

 days, she should hang a garland over 

 the hearth. On those days also she 



1 It is evident that Cato's housekeeper would 

 have welcomed a visit from Mr. Roosevelt's Rural 

 Uplift Commission. 



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