Excerpt from Good Housekeeping's Book on the Business of Housekeeping: A Manual of Method For a successful executive in the downtown business world. She must be able to handle people - I know Of no employees more difficult than the green maid Of all work, the temperamental couple, or the casual by-the-day worker. She must be able to buy wisely - and her purchases total an aggregate in most families of. From 50 to 7570 of the total income enjoyed. Finally, she must know the actual processes involved in her business of housekeeping much as her husband knows fac tory methods lying back Of the product he must market. Heretofore this housekeeping lore was handed down from mother to daughter, but today such an equipment for her new business is not enough for the young housewife. Methods and appliances have improved so tremendously that the new housekeeping bears little relation to the old task. Both mechanical and chemical assistants are replac ing much Of the Old hard hand drudgery. For some sixteen years Good Housekeeping Institute has been testing out new appliances and new housekeeping methods, This volume represents the results of some of this research work. It has had the further proof of actual Operation in the home of the writer - an average home with all of the every day problems that the average American home must meet. I feel confident that in ofiering you this manual of method Good Housekeeping is filling a long felt want on the library shelf of progressive housekeepers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.