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Staying at Home . . . in the Lap of Luxury

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20000121
Author:Nancy Lorince

If you are a fan of author P.G. Wodehouse, or have seen the droll PBS adaptations of his stories, you will remember the feckless Bertie Wooster--whose inherited money permits him to live a life devoted solely to his own amusement--and his tireless, resourceful, and formidably clever butler, Jeeves.

Like most of the women (and one man) I know who currently are homemakers, I have always, when asked about my life, stressed its Jeeves side--the crises deftly handled, the appointments made and kept, the chauffeuring, the tutoring, the cooking, the cleaning, the volunteering at school, scouts, ...

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