Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-25
WOMAN AND HOME.
SOME EXPERIENCE WITH AN ILL.,
TRAINED MAID-OF-ALL-WOR
Bad Cooking and BAD MOraIs-The wifeIy
Sp-CtacIes-To Make Things Last-Man-
aging the Baby-A Piano in Hot
Weather-Sntes and Items.

II seems an old Snhiect to write about, but
why not discuss ones back door. or ones
ncighhorS, on pnUrr - well aS to think about
it and talk about it To- empty air. | am sure
do not mean - take back anything have
t. say on This natter, and perhaps il has pUZ-
zll SOM" Nuuu- hpU>"kcrIcrs. as it once did
me Ia keep III" back door regions deccntlv
clean. with an il-traIucl maid -Of-all- work
AMI no city >Nill wagon to come each
morning t. my relief The poultry yard was
quite little distance from the kitchen porch
In NV western home, and my remarkable
"hClp.' Ida l.ILv by nam', insisted upon fill
iny the pals trimming full before taking
them away TO empty for COW or chickens and
then started off IN Nlatt"rnly Ovcr-burdcncd
limp, leaving greasy pools tn mark her trail
the whole length Of my neat plank walks.
OF cour>,' the grgiSS was killed Nherever the
pail, were accustomed TO stand, | had a
triangle If broken Stone rallied in like n
flower bed. and having had new sod planted
CluSr about il. with bright bed of common
flowers Iof which lda Lily was fond on the
other sid uf tn" walk. watched the result
Il took alout ten days To fill the stony triangle
With drihhlm.r> II potato skins mop shrelS and
umtIly overflow Of every kind. and the new
pals were unacceptable from the sediment
left Cliugiu- To- them On tn" other hand two
Of the plants had h,ru killed by having hot
dish water thrown out on them. and despair
filed my soul.
Moving thu waste water vat for wash and
dish water 50 far into the limits that Ida Lily
could not throw water on the grass without
passing it stopped that Il 0utle. and novel
scheme born of my distraction finally tri-
umphed over the nuiSan'e Of greasy pals
ruined grass plots aml the torment Of flies
which sun and swill together seem 10 call
about the back door il armies First asked
my good naturcd r"l rrd man to get me IA
box about a foot drcJ two feet wide and four
feet long. With a tile Use of saw and AK
this was done, and, hrimG reversed over the
spot that | consider most convenient for my
structure it was settled firmly in its place
To each corner hal strong lath nailed, the
back ones being lowered about two inches
On their up,sr ends myself tackled the other
laths, aS 'Dolph was tnn clumsy about it.
making a good framework for strong cords.
which I proceeded 10 string back and forth
and UP and down the sides Then | went 10
work tranSplantinG morning glory roots,
wild CucumherS and California pinkS, all of
which are rank growing vines, requiring no
care, excerpt 10 protect other plants from their
PnCrnaChmNut To keep them i'll bounds, a
narrow border, not more than four inches
wide, was boarded in all about the founda-
tion. and clos. to this the sol was planted,
brought from stray corners Of the lawn
The next move was to get some pals that
could be easily SECURED and would not hold
the smells of the whul" years refuse \
dealer in hardware helped me out here who
contributed two blasting powder cans. These
were given n pair Of halls and a wooden
handle at the timers for fifteen cents
apiece. and the remains of some green blind
paint made them lock TStheticaily cool. A
coat of green also covered my curious back
door structure and then | waited for the
vines to grow, without regard to various
comments from the family on the "slOp
arbor" as it was dcriSivrly dubbed. The
luNuriant habit Of the vines transplanted was
at once responsive to the rich soil in which
they were set and by June nv "slop arbOr"
was the envy Of all my neighhOrs. The
large green leaves shaded it all day long and
completely the contents, except
from the front while the novelty and the
pretty sprays Of Haunting blossoms all over
the framework really shamed or inspired
Ida LiZv to keep the pals rinSed when
emptied and the platform scrubbed with a
broom when she did her back steps and porch
each morning. The dread of having to
attack it with a scruhbing brush also made
her careful not to ill too full. and the two
tall. sheet iron pals, with straight sides, held
more than She could find to fill them. 1t was
such a relief to the eve after previous ex-
pcricnCes Of my own and my neighbOrs' back
doors in the country that | hope some one
else will try it.-Trcbor Oil in Good House
keeping.