Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-29
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The Meat sasc. and What DIR. Rich.
ardsOn Writes GbOu9 II.

ards0n Writes Ebous IL.
DR.. Richardson, whose Health at Home
has been so favofably commented upon has In
Good Words added another chapter, directed
to the keeping Of food and drainage We are
not In the habit, as In English houses, OF keep
ing our food In the area. Differences of Gil
mate have suggeste1 to US other methods. In
summer we use the Ice chests. In winter, the
meat-safe. Just now, with the extreme cold,
ADVICE as to ice chests uld..hardly be prort.
able; but In res ard to the meat-safe great
deal may be said. and DR.. Richardson's sug-
eest!ons may tie found most useful A great and
radical mistake often arises In small houses as
to the placing Of the meat-safe. As often as
not IL Is put III lBe basement hall H. may
happen that there is no other place for IT, and
virtue m1sL be made o; necessity. II Lhl /,
Is the only convenient T1aca, beware Of having
II adjacent TO any OF the i1ues which lead II
from the furnace In the cellar. Even be quite
sure. by feeling the walls, that your nelgho,rs
fires do not increase the temperature. There
is, OF course, less trouble In CUR climate Ia
eeping Il cd In winter than In simmer. Per-
haps the test place for the meaI-safe is in
iLose spaie rooms adjacent TO the kite aen.
providing there Is yeltilati)n sum ner
Kitchen Is a good place for meat safe. Ii the
temperature be so low that free ling Is pos Il be
why then the meat safe during such cold
weaIhe should be moved TO warmer quarters.
not that frozen meat or food is unwholeso ne
but that 1t Is not palataDie. All modern m ea'-
safes are constructed with wire gauze win
COWS IhiS IS one or the neCeSSarie.j of ventt
lation. II this wire gauze ;s painted at the
time OF the purchase OF the safe some nnsi,
people viii never think OF Tepainting the safe
or the wire gauZe windows, no matter no y
long the safe has been In their possession A
meat-safe need not be painted all over every
year, but the wire gauze grating should be
painted every season. 1t rusts rapidly, and Is
prone to be a nursery for vegetable growth.
10 Keep the interior OF a sac clean is rot al
ways an easy thing. as scrubbing- brush can
not De readily worked inside OF 1t. A very good
q m h.lu nbnNy
shelves can be made TO stand on cleats A
good housekeeper that We know of has these
shelves double, and while one set is In SER
vice, another set is being scru bed and mad4
ready. II may happen that III the fall OF the
year, just In uncertain weather, that food may
spoil In the meat-saie. There is but one
remedy for the publication OF the safe when q
misfortune Of this kind occurs. 1t Is not only
10 scrub 1t most carefully, but after that to
burn sulphur In the safe, and then TO rewash
alterWard 1t Is especially dangerous to leave
any germs OF decomposition In the safe
Ii Is by no means to be considered that
safe is 10 DE used as the receptacle Of all the
food In use IN The house. Careful housekeepers
know perfectly we'll that food which has any
lmplegnate other things A cold turkey, with
It's stuffing, will taint butter, and milk viii ab-
sorb the smell OF cabbage. Anything of this
character should not be put Ia the safe but
nave place py Itself. Bread Is always better
and sWeeter when placed la a tin b. ITSELF aud
so Is butter. AS to milk, the modern method,
now so much in vogue, OF delivering milk IN
sealed glass jars. has this great advantage. II
means OF the closed vessel 1t keeps better. TIE
worst thing housekeeper can do is to place
anything hot In q safe. The vapor must con-
dense somewhere, and all the surroundi lg
food absorbs this moisture. The other day
the writer Of this went to the house of lady
ana heard her giving directions TO a new cook.
who was to sweep the kitchen and pantry, and
the lady said to her servant: above all. when
Won are SySPpGtflp Will the f..
With sheet, which you will find In the
Kitchen closet. People, the lady said, ''are
very careful to cover over their drawing room
furniture when servants are busting the room,
put never think OF keeping dust and lr0Dfrom
their food. Am quite willing to eat my peck
OF dirt. but object to kitchen impurities being
safe" On this very subject Dr. Rlchards)n
writes: How many householders in our great
centres ever trouble themselves for moment
to inquire into the condition In which their
preliminary selves, the food they are ABOUT to
Eat, Is lodged and cared for. When that food
has passed the vital portal OF their mouths
when 1t has been stributed all over their
bodies. when 1t becomes bone Of their bone
and flesh OF their flesh. then they may have to
take some trouble about It, more trouble per
haps than they ought to take in certain ways
But while it lies In the safe or lar1er Of the
back area. waiting for its vital transformation
Into man, 1t might too often be the dust In the
dust bin for the care that is taken Of 1t. Even
wives and mothers who should specially take
az Iuicitbt uHcedSlhS, IHOuSn less Negligent
tnan the Steiner master, are not always too
careful OF this great treasury of health or of
disease"
A good deal might be said as to the better
construction OF these meatsafes. Wooden In
teriors for receptacle for food always present
certain amount of bad qualities. We have
or'en wondered why tiles are not used, Or, II
the: e might make the safe too heavy, marble
LED iron plates could be employed as cover.
Ing on the wood. This would make an admir-
ao clean Safe. oy no means expensive, and
n which could be easily cltansed.