The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
In the Kitchen.

In the Kitchen.
A good h~ousekeepcr NAV for \ mo-
ment shrink from rOliing up her sleeves,
~puiting on a real work apron. and TAX
ing hold of the kitchen work IN earnest.
But not for long. Putting IN 5 hands
to the work reveals such gross neglect,
and the absolute necessity that there
would soon haze been for 4 change, FAR
better thaH any supervision can do.
Passing round among the work, step
ping into closets or storerooms while
doinr 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
to tine work, il BY any rcbuke for care
l~essness 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 stiffened and sore from handling
irOnwarc, the scrub-brush. or washing
dishes in hot suds. But this will not
annoy her long. Soon she sees the
piled labor can make in paDiries, dish
closets, and particularly in the dishes
themselves, and then she begins 10 find
solid pleasure in her work.
The perfectly washed dish, polished
with n spotlessly clean and dry towel,
is a ioy to look upon The silver takes
on new luster. the glass is rs 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 fr%eshening up and renovat-
ing everything over the house is the
work of her W 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 a
claim on her time and strength, and. as
q matter of duty, she must look for
help. How firmly she resolves that in
superintending her servants hereafter
she will be sure that nothing shall es-
cape her notice. She will never allow
herself to form her judgment OF the Elf
cheney or faithfulness of those in her
employ by trusting simply to her eyes.
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her that her eye will never so readily
or truly detect neglect or deceit as her
hands.
..Ihcse dishes look well. Yes. But
let me take them in my hand. | shall
easily know If thcy have been well
washed and perfectly polished with a
dry towel, The top may be clean. Is
the bottom of the plate equally so? or.
shall 1 find it sticky, because wiped with
a damp-nO ovcrclean-cloth?"
Kettles and tins may look clean. and
may have been well dried on the side of
the range or in the sun before putting
away. All! Take them uD; 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. if 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
will soOn give an unpleasant rancid taste
to any food cooked therein, however
clean the inside NAV he.
In no one article is this 50 apparent
rs in the pans used to bake bread or
cake IN. If not care 'uliy washed and
as faithfully dried, SD that no scmblance
or OdOr of grease can be discovered
about the rim. or inside or out. the
dercrust and sides of bread or cake can
not fail to have an impure, unpleasant
taste and smell. In shect-iron pans it
is more noticeable than in tin.
All this 4 housekeepcr who has had
the pleasure of working without any So
called help for a week or two, until
every utensil and arrangement about
the house is in perfect order. will bear
in mind when, at last, she finds other
duties must compel her once more to
resort to these membranes, and she
will most resOlutely determine that the
work henccfOrth shall be so faithfully
watched that never again will she be
obliged to have so much to clean up
after any girl. Happy the woman who
does not find outside calls en"roSs her
time so thoroughly, the moment she
turns the kitchen work over to another,
that many small things, here and there,
will have escaped her notice. To what
proportions will those small items have
grown when next she is left alone?-
AIRS. II. ". Becchcr, an Christian Union.