The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-12
HOW TO KEEP HOUSE.
HOW A YOUNG COUPLE STbiTED TO
KEEP HOUSE IN TEXAS. -
Some Good Advice to Those Just Starting
Out In Life.

young couple some years ago went
to housekeeping in Texas, Their kitchen
was dry goods box turned on it's side.
their bed room wes tent, their dinner
was cooked in akettle hung from three
forked stick; years after, when thew
were living in what is termC d luxury, the
wife was heard to say, "I think, dear,
the happiest time in our life was when
we kept house in that dry goods box"
The advice which follows is not to
those who can go to the house furnish
ing stores and select what they wish and
all they wish, and pay for it, but to the
great majority who, if they begin house
keeping at all, must begin with little.
10 these VIC most earnestly say: Do not
run in debt for even conveniences, but
go without and save until You can pay
Tor what You have, and do not let what
other people can afford be any guide for
YOU The happiness of home depends
very largely upon owning it, and the
feeling of independence which that feel
ing of absolute and mmortgaged owner.
ship brings with it.
The first room, to be furnished is the
kitchen, and the most necessary article
of furniture there is the stove or range.
with Its accompanying pots, pans and
N.'''". "A Sluh III Olle corner OF tQO
kitchen, with n waste pipe from il, n
pump at ono end, and slnnting shelf ut
the other is indispensable. Iron sinks
may be bought Mt reasonable rates, ond
will last indefinitely. A worll-table
should be provided with drawer in il.
A drosSc III the kitchen is as necessary
almost as n stove. Any carpenter can
put one up 1t should be large enough
for two wide closets below, for cooking
utensils and small stores, andAhrce above
for kitchen china, daily supplies and
such articles as are used in laundry work..
The tins may be hung III one of these
closets. Then there should be chairs
and window shades, and rugs to spread
before the sink, the table and the stove.
and clock to regulate the movements
OF the household. The floor should be
stained and oiled, or covered with wood
cnrpcting, which is as cheap as oilclrth
and far more durable. The furnishing
of the closets depends on the claborate-
ness of the cookery, and the length Of
the purse that opens 20 pay the bills. 1t
is very convenient to have n room al
joining the kitchen large enough TO hold
a closet or safe, the refrigerator, tho
clothes bars, and other articles that
would cumber the kitchen. In the cellar
may be kept the washer and wringcr,
the tubs and bench used on washing
days, unless there should be, as there
rarely are in country houses, stationary
tubs in the kitchen. 70 these cnumcr.
atcd articles others may be added ~
need suggests.
II" necessary furniture of the dining
room is an cXtcnSion-tahlc. chairs, n
china closet or sidc-hoard, filled with the
furnishings of table use, IL clock, and
after these pretty carpet, window
shades, Il lounge, easy chairs, picturcs
and whatever will add TO the comfort Of
those who gather there.
The young housckccpcr soon finds out
what she needs to her equipment for
greater ease and convenience in manage
ing her household, and ns this knowledge
comes she can select and procure such
furnishings as are in accordance with her
taste, her means, and what she has III.
ready gathered together. Any uphol-
stcrcr or furniture dealer will tell her
what is used by the best people Of the
the richest folk, but her guide must bo
her own Judgment rs to what she can
afford and what will minister to the har-
monies aud comforts of the home Of
which she is the centre.