Project Gutenberg
2020-09-11
Public domain in the USA.
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Prince, Jane
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Letters to a Young Housekeeper
Economy in the household -- The budget -- Servants -- Maid of all work -- Weekly cleaning -- Family meals -- Duties of servants -- Behind the scenes at a dinner.
E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
"Letters to a Young Housekeeper" by Jane Prince is a practical guidebook written in the early 20th century. The book presents a series of letters filled with advice on household management aimed at assisting newly married women in the often challenging role of housekeeper. It covers various topics including budgeting, meal planning, serving etiquette, and effective management of household staff. At the start of the work, the author addresses a young housekeeper, Penelope, who is struggling with managing household expenses. Jane shares her own initial hardships with budgeting, illustrating how she learned through experience to effectively manage her household funds while providing nutritious meals. The opening emphasizes the importance of planned economies, highlighting the need for careful tracking of expenses and thoughtful meal preparation. Jane encourages Penelope to see household management not as drudgery but as an engaging challenge to optimize the family's resources. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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Home economics
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Category: Parenthood & Family Relations
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