Did Matrimony

Overtake You?

Although females are sup posed to have some sort of divine instinct for house keeping, you may be one of the many who having gone from school to job, now find that Nemesis in the way of matri mony has overtaken you.

If so, you might find Phyllis Marker's The Beginner House wife an ever-present help in time of trouble. Phyllis has a word to say about everything the brand new housewife is likely to encounter from darning husband’s sox to counting calories and cooking. She takes in such formidable subjects as turning out a room or having friends to dinner and although it is based on the English notion that only eccentrics own refrigerators and washing machines, it is still worth the antipodean girl-wife’s six bob.

Probably the soundest piece of advice is contained in the beginning of her suggested pro gramme for the day: 6.50 a.m,: Go to kitchen in dressing-gown and put kettle on low heat. Wash, dress, brush hair and apply any necessary make-up. . . . 7.10 a.m.: Bathroom free for husband to go in. Prepare breakfast.

Any girl who grasps the essential fact that bathrooms should not be cluttered up when husbands are work-bound, has probably made the first step towards creating a happy home atmosphere.

(The Beginner Housewife A

Cedar Book, published by World’s Work Ltd. 6/-.)