The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-01-22
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HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.

esms Practical Bvsrydsy suggestions.
II Tie Laa;es vAs rssd TIE JOURNAL:
We can interest each other talking
over household sffairs - cooking, the
oars' Of children, to. Can we not
make THr Journal more Interesting
to each other BY. discussing these mat
tsrs through It's columns2
The most of M have cool. book
that WAS compiled BY. some one 10 40
eastern Stste, from which We may re,
many set rules, but none of the ex.
eept1ons that our individual surfousd.
inRs make necessary if We adopt them.
We have Ill learned some thiogs BY ex.
perienoe 10 household economy that are
too valuable to be kept within the CIR.
ole of our tea.psrty audiences. It will
b much harder and more tedious to
write these than to TAX them at the YEA.
ssble !; but the audience will be much
lsrgsr, snd thers will be 20 m.uy
more to give their experience in returu,
that we can each be repaid for her own
efforts.
Many Of ~ are 70 situated TIA. We
1osot ears eur spending money, bu.
.ons are exsusabls for not putsing ior,h
sss'y effort to save what il earned 10,
Aen. According to some wise. sore ore. Of
Old, - penny saved is two psnee
earned" This puts At least ono half
within our power. Let a. try assist.
Ing each other in such matters ~ We
aIs each Interested au1 self.instructed
n. And, perhaps, Mr.. Editor will be
hind enough to set apart . column or
10 Of TEE JOURNAL ~ "H,useholo
Department." for our exclusive uso.*
I win begin with the building Of tho
kitchen fire this cold moving. l. Re.
gszd the Ere 81 good or bad according
- the amount Of heat it gives out whore
lean ne it 70, ~ soon .. it lie fairly
started; s1'sss that the damper is turoed
Up; this stops the roar and tho ascent
Of the beat up the chimney. By -
doing I have the bs.t 10 tho kitchen
- work BY, end cook anything re-
4siring % intense heat in fifteen min
stss. l have never kept help that did
not have to be taught this by msio
force Of p.rssvsrsnce on my part.-
Every time they =: II pat ia w.~d
they turs the danpsr back, val. j.
moment to hssr the roar, sod leave the
dsmper 80, sstisdsd that the required
heat will follow. 80 it will follow
the rosr and smoke up the
chimney ;s'vbils tho servants ore loft
- complain Of the lack of heat suf6.
slsat 70 enable them TO- work in com.
se't, and get bre.kfs.t y OF .o1 other.
nssl In hurry. This simple m.tter
not only saves time, but enough wood
in s~ssk u sbring smiling thanss from
him who has to boy, snd perhaps cu'
and splis Il. While this Ia being
learned, force Of habit may cause too
much sood q bspst IN, when the oven
viii get too hot. Then al know that
BY turning back the adsnper tho sur
plus heat will escape up Tie chimney
But why lst i escape, WHOM It can be
savsd for half an hour till needed =
host cooking stoves uow hsve > re9u.
la'ing dampsr, to be opened whom me
draft is closed, that viii ebeck and ssves
the heat and oil box stoves have :
place uuders tho hearth for scrap.
Ing ont SCOT that being opened does
y we'll % tho regulating dampsr.-
Now, while tho kitchen il 20 comforts.
bly, warmed, it would be . pleasure to,
cook and serve breakfast for you ill
u broilsd steak, buokwhsat cakes and
os'aat safse, but the lsngth Or oth-
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