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A story that teaches home economics and management for girls from days gone past.


"One Saturday Margaret studied about the breakfast-table, and during the next week she practiced the lesson over every day; the next week she took the luncheon-table and laid that and waited on it, and the third and fourth weeks she learned all about the dinner-table, and that... More

A story that teaches home economics and management for girls from days gone past.


"One Saturday Margaret studied about the breakfast-table, and during the next week she practiced the lesson over every day; the next week she took the luncheon-table and laid that and waited on it, and the third and fourth weeks she learned all about the dinner-table, and that was hardest of all. But, as her mother said, if she learned in one single month to be a perfect waitress she was an unusually bright maid!"


CHAPTER I. Margaret's Christmas Tree


CHAPTER II. The Kitchen Fire


CHAPTER III. The Dining-room Table


CHAPTER IV. Washing Dishes


CHAPTER V. The Care of the Bedrooms


CHAPTER VI. Sweeping and Dusting


CHAPTER VII. The Bathroom; Brasses, Grates, Oilcloths, and Vestibule


CHAPTER VIII. Housecleaning; Cellar and Attic


CHAPTER IX. Laundry Work


CHAPTER X. The Linen Closet; Pantries; Polishing Silver; the Care of the Refrigerator; Cleaning the Lamps


CHAPTER XI. Marketing and Keeping Accounts


CHAPTER XII. The Day's Work


This primer from Caroline French Benton offers plenty of inspiration and practical guidelines.

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