I think these tortured rhymes “For Housewives” were a Dalhousie student’s attempt at social commentary on women’s roles in the first quarter of the twentieth century–at least I hope they were!
1“For Housewives.,” The Dalhousie Gazette XLIX, no. 10 (December 3, 1917): 8.
2Images of advertisements for Bon Ami cleanser retrieved from http://www.MagazineArt.org.
This Is Us 
And they all looked so happy in their hot kitchens. Not a hair out of place.
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A short, but witty post – and I loved the poem. We can learn such a lot from ephemera as it reflects what life was like at the time, whether it is advertisements, shop receipts, theatre posters etc. I wish I had more in my family collection.
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I agree wholeheartedly! I’ve been surprised at just how much of it my grandmother kept. I’m very happy to have it, preserve it, and share it.
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Haha cute!
I like reading books from the 1800s on being a housewife and rearing children, there are many on Internet Archive.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’m a huge fan of Internet Archive. It’s an absolute goldmine of primary sources.
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