Here are a few forgotten tidbits reminding mothers not to be slaves to their children. From 1913– Some women think their whole duty to their children consists in drudging for them. An eighteen-year-old girl boasts that she could work if she had to, but “my mother wants me to have a good time, she says …
A Quick Peek into My Amish Schoolhouse
While not homemaking related, this will be an item of interest for those who’ve enjoyed my book. Earlier this summer I realized that I was in the neighborhood of the Amish schoolhousewhere I taught during my second year of teaching. I asked my husband if he could pull into the driveway so I could take …
Always Finding Time to Read in Spare Moments
As a child it was my duty to bring the mail from the box about one-half mile from the house. I would run all the way there and read all the way back. Then I would often keep a book or magazine under my bed. Then when I was supposed to be making beds, I …
Gladys’ Most Profitable and Enjoyable Vacation, 1914
Miss Gladys Harpold of Assumption, Illinois, won first prize for her story on the subject, “My Most Profitable and Enjoyable Vacation.” She was about fifteen years old when she wrote her story and married the following year. Gladys became the mother to five children and died at the age of 90 while residing in California. …