The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-17
HlNTS ON HOUSEKEEPING.
BY AUNT CHLOE,

By AUNT CHLOE.
The duties Of the house keeper thouUh
they may be made comparatively a eless
ure, are as many and varied as are the
families under the sun; therefore can do
nomoEe than give general ideAs, leaving
each one to vary then as suits her part: Gu
lar casa, with the aid of that common sense.
of which modern writer gives our sex
SO large share.
am writing this rot FOR those unfor-
tunate ones, who are expected to do more
work than can be we'll performed by two
women and who drudge along, wear after
year, with the idea of behind hand con-
stantly staring them in the face. I know
our boosted land of freedosa can show
many such instances; especially it is true
among farmers, who, partly from a deslre
to save, but more generally from utter in
difference, allow no time or money for
obtaining help in the house, SO long 80
tthe wife, or house-keeper, as the case may
be, can possibly struggle through And
here slow me to suggsst, that the gen
eral housekeeping for family of feur or
five at most, is all thas should be expected
Of any ordinary American women at the
present day al @e|AAE.l.. t&
| am aware that healthy, strong wo-
man may, oftentimos, do more thaa tris,
and perform her labor we'll; but 1t leaves
very time for recreation, or mon al culture,
| both of which every intelligeDt house.
keeper needs; other wise she soon becomes,
truly "a household drudge" #a
Allowing thsn test you have moder-
ate family to care for. OF the fair reader
follow me patiently, while try tn point
out few things, which may help to
make even house koeping,a pleasant sue
cess.
But frst let us sec if we cannot make
an importance of economy in time. I'D
By this mean, let "vcry week and ev-
cry day have its appeinted labor, previ
ously planned. [ know the housc-keep-
er's round is often broken in upon, and at
first it would seem of littls use TO plan;
but if oRe rises early ia the morning, rot
knowing what she is to get for breakfast
and with no definite plans for the days
labor, she will most surely fail of coming
to time, and "ere high noon is gained"
will find her work sadly dragfing behind.
Ii she be the wife of a farner, very much
depends upon an early breakfast. Then
too, the early morning. hours arc just the
time, especially In summer weather, when
the milk and butter must be cared for
The thoughtful rhoase-keeper, will have
her potatoes prepared, her coffee ground,
and all similar preparations made the
evening previous, that breakfast may be
the table with all possible dispatch
But says one, 4 am not a farmers wife
nor do ever expect to be, so why need |
lay plans beforehand" Allow me TO say
that after more than twenty years, expe-
rience, at the head of household, vary
Ing from four to six in number, have
come to the conclusion that the secret of
success, Is this, as In nearly every depart,
ment OF business, depends more on y well
defined system than upon any one thing |
could mention. Said lady friend to me
once as winter approached, when sneak
ing Of her plAns, II have set the first of
February to commence making carpet"
And this vas to be dope, after family of
six had been cared for, sewing and knit
ing and so forth dors up for the winter.
Start not, my fair reader, at this, for the
friend in question has soma systsm bro't
into her household arrangements, and by
this means secures good deal of time for
reading, besides fair amount for recrea
ton. Very few could come I'D to this
point without long experience. but similar
rules, if carefully followed, will be quite
sure to be followed by similar success; and
though as have said before, the house.
keeper't round is so broken in upon that
rules can not always be carried out, an
effort to bring well defined system of
.lapor into her dyily work, will assist the
burdened one very much more than she
would at first imagine. To SO arrange the
multiplicity of duties, connected with
good sized household as 20 make it both
pleasant and profitable, is really worth, it
seems to nae, more careful thought than
the majority eff US are willing to give 1t.