Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-22
In the Kitchen.

ing hGlu oil the kilchtn Work IN carncSt-
But not for long. Putting ones ha7stLs
TO the work reveals such gross neglect,
and the absolute necessity that there
would soon have been for a change. far
better than any supervision can do.
Passing round among the work, step
ping into closets OF storerooms while
doing some light work for cake or
desserts, cannot enable the mistress to
estimate the true way in which her
work is done. One who has not done
any rough manual labor for months.
perhaps years. may not willingly bend
10 the work. II BY any rebuke for care
lessness her servants leave her. For a
day or two, when she first finds herself
alone, all must seem strange and the
work hard. She will make many mis-
takes and feel half discouraged. Her
hands, long exempt from the rough toll,
will be sti;fencd and sore from handling
ironware, the scrub brush, or washing
dishes in hot suds, But this will not
annoy her long. Soon she sees the
great change a few hours of well-ap-
piled labor can make in pantries. dish
closets. and particularly in the dishes
themselves, and then she begins. o find
solid pleasure in her work.
The perfectly washed dish. polished
with spotIessly clean and dry towel,
is JOY to look upon. The silver takes
on new ulster. the glass is as brilliant
as crystal. and holding il up to see if
any mote or speck or lint remains, if
the lady sees only the clear. transpar-
ent glass. shining like crystal, no won
der her face lights up with a real and
far more satisfying pleasure than she
has ever felt in the finest work of art.
because this freshening up and removal
ing everything over the house is the
work of her own hands, well and faith
fully done.
When at last, from attic to cellar,
order and scrupulous neatness reign,
how much more a good housewife
shrinks from bringing in "help" than
she ever did from losing them! Such
loss she has found her exceeding gain.
But she knows other duties have 3
claim on her time and strength, and. As
a matter Of duty. she must look for
help. How firmly she resolves that in
experimenting her servants hereafter
she will be sure that nothing shall es-
cape her notice. She will never allow
herself 10 form her judgment of the eff
cheney or faithfulness of those in her
employ by trusting simply TO her eyes.
This last experience has clearly shown
her that her eye will never so readily
ortruly detect neglect or deceit as her
hands.
These dishes look well. Yes. But
let me take them in my hand. | shall
easily know If they have been well
washed and perfectly polished with \
dry towel, The top may be clean. Is
the bottom OF the plate equally so? or.
shall lind it sticky, because wiped with
damp-not overclean-cloth?
Kettles and tins may look clean. and
the range or in the sun before putting
away. All! Take them up; pass the
finger round the rim. or binding, or
where the handle or bail is attached to
the kettle. How greasy! The inside
seems clean. why should the outside be
so important? Because in a day or
two. il neglected, there will be found a
constant accumulation of greasy par
ticles where ashes from the CRATE will
lodge. and an ugly crust of this deposit
viii! soon give an unpleasant rancid taste
TO any food cooked therein, however
clean this inside may be.
In no one article is this SO apparent
as in the pans used 10 bake bread or
cake in. Ii not carefully washed and
n faithfully dried. SO that no semblance
Or odor of grease can be discovered
about the rim. or inside or out, the I'M
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