The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-11
HOW TO KEEP HOUSE.
HOW A YoUNG COUPLE sTtRTED TO
KEEP HOUSE IN TEXAS.
Some Good Advice to Those just starting
Ont In Life.

A young couple some years ago went
TO housekeeping in Texas. Their kitchen
was dry goods box turned on its side,
thcir bed room Wes tent, their dinner
was cooked in akettle hung from three
forkcd stick; years after, when they
were living in what il termedluSury, the
wife was heard to say, IL thilfb, dear,
tho happicst 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.
inc stores and select what they wish and
ali they wish, and pay for it, but to the
GREAT minority who, ii they begin house
keeping at I'LL, must begin with little.
To these we most earnestly say: DO not
run in debt for even conycniences, but
20 without and save until you can pay
Tor what you have, aud do not let what
other people can afford be any guide Tor
Won. The happiness Of home depends
very largely upon owning 1t, and tho
feeling Of Independence which that feel
ing Of absolute and unmortgaSed 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
kettles. A sink III one corner OF the
kitchen, with waste pipe from II,
nump at one end, and II slantmg shelf Mt
The other is indispensable. Iron sinks
may be bought Mt reasonable rates, and
viii last indefinitely. \ workable
-, slnu,d Lc provided with drawer in 1t.
dresser in the kitchen il rs necessary
A almost os Il stove. Any carpenter can
, nut one mp. II should bc large enough
" for two wide closets below, for cooking
Il utensils and small stores, ar'IdHree ABOVE
p, for kitchen china, daily supplies ana
Il such articles as are used in laundry woIE'
p The fms may be hung in one OF these
" closets. Then there should he chairs
Nc and window shades, and rugs to spread
), before the sink, the table ana the stove,
y and a clock TO regulate the movements
Y of fine household. The floor should he
/ stained and oiled, or covered with wood
" corp,ing. which is MS cheap aS olIcIotli
a, onj far more durable. The furnishing
III of the closets depends on the elaborate,
,c ness of the cookery, and the itqg'h o,
ID fine purse that opens TO pay the bills II
II. is ycry convenient to have Il room aG.
" Joining the kitchen large enough to mold
IS. a closet or safe. the refrigerator, the
of clothes bars, and other articles thai
ed would cunber the kitchen. In the celia
in may hc kept the washer and wrlnger
,m the tubs and bench used on waShin
in DAYS. unless there should he, as ther
he rarely are in country houses, sia'lohar
the tubs IN the kitchen. To these enume
her nicd articles others may be added
OH need suggests. ~.
Dtal Tie necessary furniture of the dnin'
led, room is an cNtcnSion-tablc, chairs,
is china closet or side-hoard, filled with I'll
,rs, furnishings of table use, clock, an
ing after these pretty carpet, wndo
me shades. lounge, easy chairs, picture
OF and whatever will add to the comfort
ION, those who gather there.
0i,- The young housckccper soon fnds OF
lcsc what she needs to her equipment II
rsc, orentcr ease and convenience III mana
led. v,c her household, and us this knowlcdi
uln- comes she can select and procure SUE
erd furnishings ~ are in accordance with Ii
.IJ9 taste. her means, and what she has
ready gathered together. Any uph'
st,rcr or furniture dealer will tell /
what is used hy the hest people oil
the richest folk, but her guide must
her own Judgment as to what she
pder- Afford and what will minister to the
. \ monies and comforts OF the home
from which she is the centre.