The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-03-31
Two Methods of Dish-W ashing

We shall use for our illustration the
14er service.
First Mrs. BIS method Mrs b. is a
-l econOmist-in water. When she
E4S food from kettles, saucepans, spi-
.''-, etc, she never puts water in them
7ould be a sad waste of a very valua-
article So the food dries on, and re-
les much additional hard scraping to
nove but then, the water is saved
She never puts W extra water to heat be-
Ir dinner II there is a sutticiencY for
-al requirements left in the tea kettle.
-'T well. otherwise she will wait for it
Tearing off the table she economies
.Shes- II there is a fragment of meat
He platter, slice of cake on the plate,
frce OF pie, or a bit Of cheese, or a lit
sauce left in the dish, everything is
i a"ay without change. Mrs. b. be
''r9 IN gathering up the fragments
1ri own basis. 1t is a great saving of
me in dish washing.
MIS- b. never scrapes the bits Of food
from the plates before putting them in
Tue tSh-tub; water cleanseS them much
4'" quickly. She piles them up promis-
lo->ly ly-greasy plates with cups and
larrs and silver. Then she pOurs the
ft.rr over the heap so skilltully that
-'i OF the dirt IS removed by the pro-
'N-' and with SWash or two of the dish
".-, She wipes them ont at once. The
tair water does service for the cake-pans
i kettles. One cloth does service for
then the sink is washed, the cloth
lng out and hung up in a heap to dry
When first torn from the old sheet
vas decently white and clean, but now
alas, The towels do service a week,
tll are then consigned to the wash
'iiS b. is a great economist.
second Method: Mrs. c. thinks more
VI h'cety than economy in this depart
-'ht. She always has an abundance of
'ater IN readiness. Whenever she re-
moves food from the cooking utensils.
water is put into them, SO that the soft
ied Particles can be easily removed be-
'e the dish is brought to the washing.
i''el dinner, all of the broken fragments
~t objected, and what can be utilized in
,'t' forms are put by themselves.
'"eeS OF bread or cake are placed in their
eSpectlye jars; bits of butter put with
'i'l tClllllS lllc ltllldl1lS VI meat
aAeh from the greasy platter vegetables
= -nto other dishes, so that the nappies
may be washed and apudding dish with
small bit of pudding remaining in it, or
plate with solitary piece of pie, never
9oeS INTO Mrs. C's store-room. She has
~ such untidy ways True, her method
rakes many dishes to wash, but she
peers to have this additional labor
te'Aer than the untidiness of putting
slgn te away in their soiled condition.
A'teF the table is cleared of the freshly
"Iahged food, she takes the dishes that
VIZ 10 be washed, and removes, as far as
Ht5actlcabIe, all particles of food, and
sae saen, preparing a small quantity of hot,
f5,"py water in some dish, she washes off
n r'o most soiled of the dishes before plac-
b9ss Ihem in her dish-pan or tub. She
Nus Nus ah abundance of water softened with
anS uG nard iad soap, and washes first the glass
car, ,u Shyer-ware, then the cups and sau-
tbo !, her method Of partially washing
hooo h1o olrtlest dishes, saves the water from
~''llhg thick with grease and bits of