Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
HOUSEKEEPING.

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housekeeping should be conducted on
.,cm, No business is well conducted
,,bont systematic rules which are strict
,1bered to. Housekeeping is as much
1%,.incss as bookkeeping, though but
I,v bonsekcepers ever look at it in that
rht. There should be a place for every
inc, to begin with. A great deal of
oy,tion, of loss of time and extra labor
s.,,lts from not having things where
|ny belong. If you are in a hurry to
[nd any thing, it generally happens that
@n't be found; or, if found. it has to
,bunted for. This can all be avoided
/, forming the habit of putting each ar
File in its proper place and keeping it
Isrc when not in use. 1t is an easy
natter to do this when once the habit is
nr,med. Do not allow yourself to s.lay
nv thing down" wherever sit comes
andy to do So" If your kitchen has
~, conveniences of the kind required,
nake them or get them made. Insist
n having Il set of small drawers in
rbjch to keep spices, ETC., near your
ming table. Have these drawers la
s]cd plainly. Have a place by itself
or such vessels as you use for baking
md other cooking. Never let these
@essels get into any other department.
his concentrates your labor; there will
Q no necessity for running here and
,ere for what is wanted. When you
E,rt ANYTHING you know where it is.
Let the idea of a place for every thing
nd every thing in its place be carried
hi in all departments of the house.
old. To reduce housekeeping to a
,stcm, you must arrange your work
k,er a plan, and let this plan be adj
cred to. Take it up in an orderly way
not. as so many others do, in a jun
he, doing a little of this now,
nd then q little of that, or try
NJ to do half a dozen things at
he same time. Get one thing out
t the way before you begin another.
hink your work over and decide the
rider in which it a be done to the
est advantage, and, having asccrtaincd
rom experiment. what that order is,
make it the daily programme. In o
hort time you will see household mat
Ers moving like clockwork. There
iHl be no clash, no confusion. In do
br housework, it should be the aim of
b. housekceper to save time and labor
far as possible. Where one step will
nSwer never take two. BY having
linss in their proper place, and
moving just what is to be done, at a
(articular time, you u economic
Eme and labor to a great extent.
komr ONE make half a dozen trips to
he cellar where one would be sufficient
they worked as well with their heads
they do with their hands. They do
ot take the trouble to think, before 60
no 10 the cellar or Soreroom for ono
him. that several other things will be
equired from that place. All might
c brought ut the same time, and thus
nnch time saved and many steps. 1t
av> to think these things out
Tie kitchen should be roomy. No
Fomm a do homework well in small
Futtered-up rooms. Let it be arranged
conveniently as possible. Have a
lace for the accommodation of dity
othcs, and teach the children to put
their soilcd garments there when
hey are exchanged for clean ones. This
i'll remove the necessity of making a
P TO every on wash-day. Insist
n having the occupants of each room
"Trip the clothing from the beds and
an before the window to air, on aris-
Fg. If this be done, by the time the
horning work is out of the way in the
ftchen, the chamber work can be at
Fnded to. By making it the rule to
ave everything in its proper place,
tilcr members of the family than the
onSekceper can find needed articles
fadily and without throwing every
hlng into confusion. Let the bill Of
IRE be varied from day to day. When
on get hold of a good recipe put it in a
erap-book, which should be kept in
very kitchen. In q short time you will
ave a large number of recipes which
gu can rely on, and reference to this
ll suggest variations in the daily food.
ever admit anything but a tested and
fi'able recipe. Every kitchen should
avca set of measures and scales for
se IN making cakes and other articles
inch must be compounded carefully
Pa accurately as regards proportions.
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