Project Gutenberg 2020-09-11 Public domain in the USA. 126 Prince, Jane 17004601 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. en Home economics Household employees TX Text Category: How To ... Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 181305 2025-07-25T06:47:34.047454 text/html 158085 2024-10-18T05:59:50 text/html 346028 2025-07-25T06:47:38.670416 application/epub+zip 344517 2025-07-25T06:47:35.299449 application/epub+zip 174990 2025-07-25T06:47:34.711456 application/epub+zip 414905 2025-07-25T06:47:41.264418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390165 2025-07-25T06:47:38.077435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221041 2022-09-28T13:30:25.653852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156261 2025-07-25T06:47:33.528446 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136313 2024-10-18T05:59:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16022 2025-07-25T06:47:41.408391 application/rdf+xml 24514 2025-07-25T06:47:34.853442 image/jpeg 3384 2025-07-25T06:47:34.781459 image/jpeg 329474 2025-07-25T06:47:34.068455 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog