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Mrs. Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement 13. Carpetsocks.

A revolutionary improvement in the disposition of the appurtenances in this household has occurred by the most fortuitous and accidental occurrences of a simultaneity in nature that was not only unlooked for but appeared, initially, to be disadvantageous. I can … Continue reading

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Mrs. Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement 12.

Cleaning the servants. Any lady of quality would earnestly wish, insomuch as such matters are spoken of, to be known as a person possessed of clean servants.  One refers not merely to their uniforms, which should be spotless at all … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement. 11.

Breeding one’s own servants. Upon occasion one can find oneself excessively vexed in the matter of a sufficiency of servants.  If a person in one’s employ should commit some crime such as the theft of dust or failing adequately to … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot: Spring bedding.

One of the purposes of our great ignoramus, Mrs Beetroot, in putting pen to paper, was to inform those of greater dimness about all that was necessary to keep the Victorian household up and running.  Seasonal considerations in those long … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot mismanages more.

Once more we wend our way through the pages of cut-price Victorian domestic gittess Mrs Beetroot, who may be conducting a liaison with her publisher to get into print, or whose publisher is perhaps himself desperately cashing in on a … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement 8

Come with me to yesteryear, let us float there on a river of laundry.  Past the ancient twin tub, round the bend with the removable agitator paddle, over the poss stick falls to arrive at last in the calm and … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement 7

It is heartening to note that after a mere six episodes, email correspondents are starting to refer to Mrs Beetroot as ‘that woman.’ One should not really laugh at such domestic tragedy.  Nevertheless………. ++==++==++==++==++==++==++==++==++==++==++==++==++==                     Bed making with the maid … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement 6

Once again we visit the Victorian household of our would-be domestic goddess, Mrs Beetroot.  We find her suspicious of the servants and struggling to maintain her place at the head of the household.  It must have been quite challenging, when … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement 5

Innovations in social customs cause consternation at all times in history.  This week we find our Victorian domestic muse, Mrs Beetroot, struggling to embrace the newest Johnny-come-lately, the finger bowl.  Not only does she have to get her head round … Continue reading

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Mrs Beetroot’s book of household mismanagement 4

Once again we time travel to an earlier age, before products had been invented for people to buy.  Here, courtesy of the redoubtable Mrs Beetroot and her infinitesimal knowledge of how to do almost anything, we confront the awful possibilities … Continue reading

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