Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19

After the CONSTRUCTION OF the kitcnen'
which should always be With reference
to facility OF labor, the question
of cooking utensils. In selecting these,
E@ economy suggests that tho best arc
generally the cheapest. Il h better 70
buy q stove that costs fifty dollars anu
will last ten years than 10 buy one at
half the price that does lis work half as
well, lasts half as long and consumes
more wood. II is better 10 buy an ash
pan and coal hod than 10 ruin a good
carpet BY using an old pan and shovel.
IL is cheaper to have every variety OF
culinary vessels than TO be daily spoil-
ing food by cooking il IN unsuitable
vessels. IL is cheaper to- have two
frying-pans than 10 obligo your cook to
wash and bother with one 10 is
cheaper TO buy wood that Is dry than to
buy green wood that costs half the
price and furnishes only two-thirds the
ms heat, when the extratime is counted.
In arranging the work. economy
suggests that q regular course be fol-
lowed, There should be regular days
for all things; baking aud ironing
Should be done the same day, IL econ
omy in fuel is considered. In buy ing,
economy suggests that no article should
be purchased merely because it is
fn cheap, Many y garnet and cellar are
filed with articles bought because they
are cheap. The object Of all food is to
q furnish nutrition and to give muscle
and energy TO the consumes, that the
food consumed may be converted into
productive labor. IL is cheaper, there
fore, to buy beefsteak ut a shilling a
~ pound than to buy pork at half the
Ifrice If the latter cannot be eaten by
the laborer. il would be foolish to
burn coal in an engine intended for
wood, so It is equally foolish 70 force
food upon the lahorer without consult
ing his tastes and wishes.
Again, whenpurcEased, the consump-
ton should be as perfect as possible.
In cooking, the object should be 10 so
prepare food that the most will be con.
sumed, preserving in the meantime its
nutritious qualities. An engine cannot
run il deprived of wood and water, nor
if furnished with that which is WOOD in
name only, Many q farmer has won
edered why his help accomplish SO little,
let him examine the fuel which drives
the machinery on and his wonder will
% hi cease. slt
Economy suggests that food and
clothing should not be thrown away
until their utility has been exhausted.
The swill barrel and the rag bag have
been made the ~recepticle of many a
fortune. In Du5ing, as the articles used
are subject 10 destruction, only so much
should generally be purchased ut a time,
as is reasonably necessary, for the Iex-
cess is generally an entire loss.
'A&sA The laws of hygiene require that all
food and nourishment should be taken
ut regular hours The object of the
kitchen, then, being to preserve the
heath, it follows tina this law should be
strictly observed. Its observance lies
with the husband as well us with the
wife; for the laws Of the domestic part
nership require mutual obligations.
The kitchen has work that must be per-
formed as we'll as the farm. Punctuali-
" should then be the first law of every
domestic firm; for all that is gained
by one partner by a delayed meal
is invariably lost by the ether. Ten
minutes thus lost at each meal is one
half hour per day, twelve hours per
month. and twelve days per year,
There are many subjects which we
might consider, but enough has been
said to show to all thatthe Kitchen plays
no less important a part in the financial
struggles of life than does the farm, the
factory or the commercial world. And
though fortunes may be annually made,
yet the kitchen and its surroundings
must say how much of IL shall be laid
aside for the rainy days of the fu.
ture.p /
Let every parent, therefore, who may
peruse these lines remember that his
object in life should not merely be to
lay in the mind Of his boy the foundaI
lions of knowledge for wrestling n for
tune from an avaricious world. The
girls, TOO, have a part to play in life s
great conflict. 1t is not u minor part;
il is one which, if neglected, will result
in financial ruin. TO play it well, les
y sons ems must be Taught and experiments i'm mt
nsastelmine whom this should be, and the
folly OF teaching girls the use OF parlor
frnitufe aiune, we have only 10 re-
member that many q honeymoon has
been completely obsoured by the con-
tinuous longings for the meals OF boy
hoods days. Coz, Western Rnyal.