Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-18

Relation of Color to Complexion-Cses
of Paper-Care Of the Hands-Secret
of Being Well Dressed-Correct Speech
In Chiidren-yarious Items.
Housekeeping should he conducted on sys-
tenn No business Is well conducted without
systematic rules which are strictly adhered
to. Housekeeping is a much q business as
bookkeeping, though but few housekeepers
ever look g. It in that light. There should
be place for everything, to begin with
A great deal OF vexation, Of loss Of time
and extra labor results from not having
things where they belong. IL you are in a
hurry to find anything it generally happens
that it can't be found; or, il 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 matter to do this
when once the habit Is formed Do not al
low yourself to "lay anything down wher-
ever it becomes handy to do So II your
kitchen has not conveniences of the kind re-
quired, make them or get them made. In
sist on having q set of small drawers in
which to keep spices, etc, near your mixing
table Have these drawers labelled plainly.
Have place by itself for such vessels as
You nse for baking and other cooking.
Never let these vessels get into any other
department This concentrates your labor;
there will be no necessity for running here
and there for what is wanted When yon
want anything you know where it Is.
Let the idea of a place for everything and
everything in it, place be carried out In all
departments of the household. To reduce
housekeeping TO system, you must arrange
your worl, after plan, and let this plan be
adhered to. Take 1t up in All orderly way
not. as 50 many others do. In jumbo. doing
little of this now, and then little Of that,
or trying to do half n dozen things at the
same time Get one thing ont Of the way be-
fore you begin another. Think your work
over and decide the order in which it can bs
done 10 the best advantage and, having as
certained from experiment what that order
IS make it the daily programme. In a short
time YOU will see household matters moving
Ike cloci-work There will be no clash. no
confusion. In doing housework, It should be
the aim OF the housekeeper to save time and
labor cs far rs possible When one step viii
answer never take two. BY having things in
their proper place, and knowing Just what Is
to he done at particular time, you can
economic time and labor to great extent
Some women make half-dozen trips to the
cellar where ore would 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 he required from that place All
might be brought at the same time, and thus
much time saved and many steps II pays
to think these things out
The kitchen should be roomy No woman
can do homework well in small, cluttered
mp rooms Let It be arranged rs conven-
iently ms possible Have a place for the &c
connodation OF dirty clothes, and teach the
children TO put all their soiled garments
there when they are exchanged for clean
ones This viii remove tho necessity OF
making a trip 20 every room on wash-day.
Insist on having the occupants OF each room
strip the clothing from tho beds and hang
before the window TO air on arising. II
this be done, by the time the morning work
is out of tina way in kitchen, tho chamber
work can b. attended to. BY making il the
rule to have everything in its proper place,
other members OF the family than the
housekeeper can find needed articles readily
and without throwing everything into con-
fusion. Let the bill OF fare be varied from
day to day. When you get hold Of good
recipe put II in a scrap-book. which should
be kept in every kitchen. In a short time
you will have a largo humber OF recipes
which You can rely on, and reference to
this viii suggest variations In the daily
food. Never admit anything but tested
and reliable recipe. Every kitchen should
have set OF measures and scales for use
in making cakes and other articles which
must be compounded carefully and accu-
rately as regards proportions Boston Bud.