The Housekeeper's Handy Book

The Housekeeper's Handy Book A Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Useful Information & Domestic Science "Best Way of Doing Things. A Manual of Household Economy. Over 2200 Subjects Indexed." Homemaker's manual and cook book of 1915 gives a glimpse into the "old days". Books such as this one were popular at the turn of the 20th century, especially as more and more young people were leaving the farms of the great Midwest and coming to the cities to look for work. Immigrants coming to the Americas were unfamiliar with the requirements of housekeeping for a typical middle-class home, but as many of them were being hired as housekeepers, maids, and cleaning women, these books enabled their employers to direct the work and instruct the novices. Read more at Suite101: The Housekeeper's Handy Book: A Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Useful Information & Domestic Science http://homemanagement.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_housekeepers_handy_book#ixzz0cFpBwAQR