Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-21
A Poor Economy.
There seems to be current opinion
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as to make up the "loss. Now, L
think it would be just as reasonable to
saw that if she used -four in her house
keeping, she ought to sit up nights and
do sewing work to pay for it. The
"help" in household where there is
baby to care for ought to be set down
as one OF the regular expenses as much
as the family -four. And it can be even
on a very small income. know this
from twenty years experience. During
the war. on as small an income as pro-
fessional man often gets, kept nurse
and kitchen girl, and paid them, too.
1t takes self-denial in other things, but
if that cannot be comprised in any
other way, it becomes q moral duty to
make those self-denials for the sake OF
securing the help. A young mothers
health both of body and mind which
latter is so little thought of, is worth
more than fine clothing, or rich table
fare or more acres, or more stock or
high. priced farm implements. I would
ring it in the ears OF every young house
holder, with family OF little ones
growing up about him, keep help if
You would keep your young wife from
turning into broken.dow snarllng
old woman in her early prime, or save
her from the stony walls of a retreat for
the insane" Mans inhumanity in this
line calls loudly for another Mr.. Bergh.
Sometimes it is womsn's fault. She
can't "put up" with such help as she
can get, and would rather slave along
alone. Dear, working sister, it is a
poor, short-sighted policy. Save your
self, now, while your children are small,
n train them to be helpful. and by and by
you can enjoy the luxury OF doing your
own work in your own way, and having
your whole house to yourself, with no
cross Bridget to mar its harmony. [
have put up" with help for twenty
years. and have enjoyed for one year
the luxury of doing without, when 1
found that it could be done with the
children, and felt little like "a man
and brother" might after the Eman-
cipation Proclamation went into effect.
The children, too, felt as if they had
moved into new quarters. now that they
had the freedom of the kitchen. a lux
ury the older ones had never known.
Don't ever keep girl again." is the
universal sentiment, though Horatlo y
still looks upon it as an experiment.
Keep help of some sort when your
health or labor require it, even if you
can get only hired boy to clean your
steps and draw the baby out in his
wagon. Whenever you economic do
not save out of your life blood, or that
saving will in the end gnaw like viper
at your heart.-Ruth, M Rural Ne,c
Yorker.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Boil tender two
nice chickens, mince we'll the meat, re-
moving every scrap of fat, gristle and
skin take the best part of a small cab
bage, discarding all the pith and green
leaves, chop fine-there should be less
than quart when chopped-chop half
as much celery as cabbage and mix we'll
with the chickens then boil four eggs
4. very hard, work the yolks to paste with
q wooden spoon half gill of good
sweet olive oil or one gill of melted
butter mix by Titles with the egg nm
til all is mixed; add one tablespoon of
finely. ground best black pepper. two
tablespoons of mixed mustard stirred
thoroughly into the paste, and add one
teacup of vinegar and one tablespoon
of salt mix ali together half an hour
before using. If you like add half a
cup of grated horse.radish.
To CoLoR BUTTER.-Get the annato at
drugstore-the hard is the best, put
it in little sack just as you do indigo.
When you want to color your butter,
put small quantity of warm water in
a teacup, rub out the annato in this
until it looks dark color, take the salt
that you need, lay it on dish, pour
this solution over it and rub it through
pretty freely. The salt should look a
light, grayish orange, put it on the but
ter and work it thoroughly, then set it
away and work again the next day. If
you have any prying friends about and
do not wish to humor them, just dis
solve the annato and pour it in the
cream the day before it is churned.
Stir it we'll.
To WHIrEN OLD FLANNEL. Make
a suds of hard soap and soft water !;
dissolve tablespoonful Of borax and
put in the suds; put the flannel in the
suds and let it lie few minutes, then
wash and rinse have ready some
cloths dipped in melted birthstone, and
wound on sticks : two will be sufficient ;
put them in a candlestick, or anything
to hold them in an upright position ;
hang the flannel in barrel, SO that the
smoke can come up through the mid
die and around it light the birthstone
candles and set them in the bottom of
4 the barrel and cover closely. If care
A&lly done, they will come out nearly
as nice as new.
PUDDING FOR LUNcH.-Three pints
milk, boiling hot six eggs four even
tablespoonfuls corn-starch one-half
cup sugar; pinch of salt. Beat the
starch, yolks aud sugar we'll together,
and add to the boiling milk. Let them
boil up, stirring all the time, in o YES
sci set in boiling water. When it thick
ems, pour into dish and cover with tho
whites of the eggs, beaten to stiff
froth, and mixed with o teacupful of
powdered sugar. Brown in the oven ;
flavor with lemon or anything you
choose. To be eaten cold.
APPLE Sage PUDDING One teacup
of sage, six apples, pared and cored.
leaving them whole. one quart of wa