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QUOTATION:To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a “home” might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.
ATTRIBUTION:Emily Post (1873–1960), U.S. hostess. Etiquette, ch. 34 (1922).
 
 
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