Household Organization

"Household Organization" by Florence Caddy is a handbook offering advice on how middle-class families can better run their homes and keep everything in order. Mrs. Caddy writes about making home life both comfortable and nice-looking while also making sure people can take care of themselves. Her words are especially directed toward the problems families had at the time, like finding good servants and dealing with changes in how things were done. She believes families need to be more involved in taking care of their homes and not depend so much on servants, as she points out previous habits of laziness and too much stuff, suggesting it's better to live in simpler ways. In the beginning, she makes the case that doing housework can be enjoyable and useful, which sets the tone and themes that are later elaborated on.