Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
HOW HOUSEKEEPING MAY BE CON-
DJCTED SYSTEMATICALLY.
A Few Health Hints-Novelties of FASH
ion-Something for Young Ladies'
to Do-The New Orleans Ex-
position - Brevities.

IEben E. Rexford in Western Plowman.l
Housekeeping should he conducted on sys
tenn. No business is we'll conducted without
systematic rules which are strictly adhered
70. Housekeeping is as much business as
bookkeeping though think but few house,
keepers ever look at it in that light
There should be place for everything. to
begin with. A great deal of v"Nation, Of
loss Of time. and extra labor, :, from
not having things where they long. II
you are in a hurry TO find anything it gen.
orally happens that it can't be found; or, if
found, it has to be hunted for. This can all
be avoided by forming the habit Of putting
each article in its proper place, and keeping
It there, when not in use. 1t is an easy mat
ter to DO this when once that habit is formed.
Do not allow yourself to "lay anything down"
wherever it comes handy to do So" II
your kitchen has not conveniences Of the
kind required, make them, or get them
made Insist on having a set of small
drawers in which to keep spices, etc, near
your mixing table. Have these drawers
labeled p.ainly. Have q place by itself for
such vessels as You use in baking and other
cooking Never let these vessels get into
any other department. Have a place near
the mixing table and the flour bin or barrel
for sugar, and salt, and raisins-in short for
everything use1 in cooking This concen-
trates your labor; there will be no necessity
for running here and there for what is
wanted. When you want anything, you
know where it is Let the idea of q place
for every thing and everything in its place
be carried out in all departments of the
household.
To reduce housekeeping to . system, you
must arrange your work after plan, and
let this plan he adhered to- Take it up in an
orderly way-not, as SO many do-in .
tumble. doing little Of this now, an then
. little of that, or trying to do half dozen
things at the same time. Get one thing out
of the way before You begin another. Think
your work over and decide the order in
which it can done to the best advantage,
and, having ascertainei from experiment.
what that order is make it the daily pro.
gramme. In a short time YOU will see house.
hold matters moving like clock-work. There
will be no clash, no confusion.
In doing housework it should be the aim OF
the housekeeper to save time and labor, as
fa- as possible. Where one step will answer
never take two By having things in their
proper place, and knowing just what is to
be done, at particular time, you can econ
omize time and labor to a great extent /
know of women who will make half q
dozen trips to the cellar where one wouli be
sufficient il they worked as well with their
heads as they do with their hands. They do
not take the trouble to think, before going
to the cellar or store-room for one thing,
that several other things will be required
from that place. All might be brought at
the same time, and thus much time saved
and many steps. 1t pays to think these
things out
The kitchen should be roomy. No woman
can do homework well in small, cluttered-
up rooms Let it be arranged as conven-
iently as possible. Have q pump
from the cistern and, if possible, the well,
also. Have a good stove, and one large
enough to do all the work required of it
without crowding. The wood-shed should
be convenient, and there should always be q
supply theR. Good wood, too. Every
housekeeper should insist on that II the
cellar i, not convenient, have as much as
possible of the articles which would naturally
be kept there, stored in a room ON the same
floor as the kitchen, if there is one that CO
be used for such purpose, to avoid climb
ing stairs Keep supplies of table linen,
towels, etc, in a chest or bureau where they
will always be at hand.
Have room for the accommod alton of
dirty clothes, and teach the children to put
al their soiled garments there when they
are exchanged for clean enes This will re-
move the necessity Of making trip to every
room on washing-day. Insist on having the
occupants of each room strip the bed cloth.
ing from the beds and hang before the win.
dow to air, on arising. II this is done, by
the time the tVnre ia ont nf ha
in the kitchen the chamber-work can be at
tended to. By making it the rule to have
verything in its proper place, other mem.
bers Of the family than the housekeeper can
find needed al ticles readily, and without
throwing everything into confusion
Let the bill of fare be varied from day to
day. When you get hold of good receipt.
put it in a scrap-book, which should be kept
In every kitchen In a short time you will
have large number Of receipts which you
can rely on, and reference to this will sug-
gest variations in the daily food Never ad.
NIT anything but a tested and reliable re-
ceipt Every kitchen should have a set Of
measures and scales for use in making cakes
and other articles which must be com.
pounded carefully and accurately as regard
proportions.
Have everything about the house as
@handy" as possible. If you can't get the
-men-folk," to help you in making thing.
Ghandy" and convenient, study out what
you want done, and when you have decided
jut what you want, set carpenter at work
for day. The head Of the family will
quite likely prefer to hire a man, rather
than potter" at the work himself, and il
will be much better for you to have him dc
50, for you can make tine carpenter carry
out your IDEAS and sometimes the men
folks" won't do that, thinking they knew
better what should lie done than YOU do.