Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20
.ashing How a
Avoid Making Her.
M q Household Drudge.
1,reakfast, Luncheon and Dinner Bills of
Fare for Every Day--A vari.
ETY. of viands.
Dish.washing.

be In danger OF taking place among the
lost arts. There II still small proportion
of housekeepers who assume the entire
charge of their china, silver and glass,
and larger number who make a point OF
conscience Of "dolng the breakfast
things" But the task is very seldom
performed con amore Whenever IL Is
practicable the business Is turned over to
the "hired girl ~ with results that are usu.
ally not strlkingly successful
Standponts of ambition have shifted
remarkably during the last quarter centu.
ry. To the child who tested her knowl-
edge OF her lessons by recitng them to her
mother before starting for school, while
the latter wiped the shining dishes drawn
from the scalding water, 1t seemed as
though the future could hold nothing Ia
store for her more "grown-upn and
houscwiicly than 10 wash her own silver
and china. Even then she felt hOnOrcd
by being occasionally permitted to polish
her own fork and spoon on Bit OF
chamois skin, giving 70 the duty an
amount Of energy OF muscle and inten-
sty Of earncstnuss as seemed in yigur.
Gus rubbing aud puckered mouth aud
eyebrows sufficient TO supply the
average dining-room maid for dozen
cleaning days.
But times have changed The little
girl of that day--the young lady of the
present "periectlY hates to wash
dishes,n aud manfests an embaruss-
ment and lack of dizziness when called
upon IN aH emergency TO assume the
duty that would never have been pre-.
dictcd of the apt child.
II Is odd that with the increase OF
labor-saying inventions Of one kind and
another the amount OF hired work
people has increased This Is true
In the household department alone. In
other branches of industry exactly the re-
verse has been the case The farmer,
with his rcapmg machine, cuts a hcld Of
grain in less time than would a score of
men. In our factories, operations that
were once faithfully performed by long
series OF worSmcn before the introduction
OF machinery are now whirled through in
one-twenticth OF the time, with one
twentieth OF the number formerly en-
pl0Ycd and with result 20 per cent bet
ter In the h me matters wear Il differ
ent aspect The thoughts need not turn
back rs 10 our much oycrratcd "sturdy
TandmOther7, ~ whose wonderful achieve
InCuts were for so long the dasualIiug AIDE
mirati0n OF their descendants, aud 10
whose reckless disregard OF the laws OF
health IN their pas-ion of diligence those
same descendants may attribute o. guunr-
Gus share OF the blame for their own less
robust nerves. and reduced physical
strength. lut Che mothers OF this rcucr-
alton accomplished more AGAINST
dla3ultcs thau 60 many OF this
day with ali the ails furnished
10y Yankee Ingenuity aad perfected
household appu0ucrs, When stationary
Nash-tuus were unknown, when ever,
al t.I /
or ciatrrn, whvn spices must be- pounded,
sugar crushed and egg. nul crcam
whipped by hand The active huusehprurr.
who, even with q large family, kent more
thar one maid was phcu0mcnally rare.
Now with hot and cold wattr-ppes, set
Tubs, bowls aud sinks, dumb-Naitcrs, car
pet-sWecpcrS aud Lover c%g-helturs, the
dcmanu for help has Increased Not only
the heavier work OF cooking washing and
ironing must bc taken IN charge by the
Tcutonic or llibernun importation, but
the more delicate culinary operations aud
the datntlcr parts oi house. Work, the care
OF duing-room, bedrooms and pgrlorore
too frequently delivered over to her care
query How much has been gained by the
change5 No woman VINO can avoid il
should make herself "a mere household
drudge But is there not Just medium
between her deyutng herself so entirely
to minor duties that she has neither time
nor INCLINATION for anything else and her
yielding up these same cares so com.
pletely that she loses much OF the delight
OF homc-making both Tor herself and her
family
That there are numbers who take this
middle path cannot be denied many more,
probably since cOuking.school c0ursrs
have become the rage, than there were i've
years ago. Girls are realizing that prob /
cheney IN household art stiuds as hlgh
as facility In music aud language,
ana the ranks are rapidly growing thin
ner Ol those who have no hesitation in de-
elarlng themselves utterly ignorant OF
homework.
~ IS hard TO maze DISTINGUISHING poct.
cal. Hope Levine did it, but Mrs. Whit. !
ney expressly states that she did every
thing as no one else did anything. Suil.
even ordinary mortals, by dint OF givlng
the same amount OF ordinary thought 10
TINS that they would TO some more hlu5ly
esteemed occupations, can convert II
lhto somesalRg totally different
from the unsayory bunlness into
whlch 1t Gegenetatcs when left to
lhe hands OF careless or ill-Weined sery-
ants u would seem almost gratuitous
'''N''N'fAi lANiAAN VI ithiNN HOS WAFER
an essential for the proper purifying of
utensils We're " not thar one Is too FREE
quently convinced from cloudy class.
streaky china or dull silver, that their
latest bath had been OF extremely mod
crate temperature, with water inst of
the boil, good soap ard an abundance of
towels there Is NC reason why alonewaro
ana pressed glas8shluld not 200 as at.
tractlye 10 thelr dainty cleanliness ms
French china and ext crystal
Nearly every household has sosac Ia, or.
ite preparation fer Frightening Sllyar and
DraSse5 Among those which acgOmplJth
thls without injnrlngy3c articles Go which
tney are applied muY be mentioned: Ear
Hiieri lndeNical silver soap and electro.
siicon, the latter put up bYa arm who's,
neauqRSrters are at ~ dGhn street, New
YORK. For brasses noth.ug can be better
than the reddish pasta German com.
pound~-eearlng the label eInlyersal Met
~ fntk EQhnde" on the neat tia boxes ia
Wlich tits sold. The dinpy article to be
frightened must first be sligAtly warmed
ana then eosted with the paste; thisrubbed
OF and &C energetic polishing be.
slowed by piece OF chamois skin. The
result Is thoroughly satisfactory. put2
pohlaue VIII bot serve, however, for
cieahlng vases " trays OF Benares or 9th. |
81 Inely engraved brass. Nor shogld thew
DC touched by. brush, The delicate I
taoha,ns E too easily deiaced or ciegged