St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-03
WHERE NOTHING Is WASTED.
How They Keep ouse in Ger
many-Clean and Charming
kitchens-Peculia OF Bed
Rooms.

How They Keep r OUse in Ger
many-Clean and Charming
Kitchens-Peculia OF Bed
Rooms.
In many respects it is much easier to
keep house" in Germany than in
America, according to writer in Good
Housekeeping. German servants are
strong and willing and move along in
the same routine, never flying Off at a
tangent, as the best Irish girl is prone
to do at most incOnvenient seasons. The
houses are mostly all apartment houses,
with rooms all on one floor. No wash
ing is done in the house, not even the
diSh-tOwels. Well-regulated German
families have their washing done
once in three months only, but
the American residents, not having
such supply of linen, send out the
washing each week. The ''wasch frau
comes in from the country with her small
cart, drawn by dog, and with a huge
basket on her own back. The prices are
small, the family Washing for our family
of eight costing but about 50 a week.
None of the bread is made in the house.
There is bakeShOp on every corner
and the bread is brought to the door
every morning. The rolls are like the
French rolls and are delicious. The
"ZWeiback," or tWice-baked bread, is a
small slice Drowned on each side in the
oven, which makes it very crisp. The
black bread comes in long leaves, GER
tainly half a yard long. 1t is very nutri-
tiouS, and my children are very fond of
ii. 1t is the universal custom to give
each servant one pound of coffee and
| one pound of sugar month, and half a
pound of butter Il wee k; also certain
amount of black bread daily. This they
use for their own consumption.
The cook does the marketing and is
perfectly trustworthy. Everything is
| bought in small quantities, and there is
10 another. Nothing is wasted, and it is
| quite 4 study to see the various tempt
| ing ways in which remnants are worked
/ over" Pieces of chicken, ham and
beef are chopped together and all sorts
! Of meat cakes and cCOQOetteS4lre made.
| \ very nice pie is made by alternate
! layers of this chopped meat and sliced
/ potatoes, the top being covered with
| bread crumbs and the whole baked fOI
| half an hour,
The Kitchen is the prettieSt room in
the house, The white porcelain stove,
/ With its bright sauce pans, the dishes
/ CNNS<>W fN0llU lllS CNSOm IN UfSS>eSs lllS
! plants IN the windows, and, above all,
the cleanliness that prevails, combine
! To- make the r00lN a most pleasing pie
/ t0rC, \ servant never objects to s0iNS
! anything that Is asked, Backing tbs
boots is part OF the regular work Of thI
second girl, have several times seen
Il servant out on the sidewalks helping
To bring in the coal, Ii an eTrand is Il
be done the girl always goes ont bare
headed, even going To market viii
nothing whatever for head-gear.
The bedrooms have their pec0llaritieS
The beds are narrow and short, Beside
4 large feather pillow, there is hard
wedge-Shaped pillow underneath, whicl
causes you 10 sit up in bed. NOthin:
will persuade German girl TO leave
off. Nightly von remove it, nightly
rcappearS. The top sheet is tied on /
a sort of pillow, which is the sole cover
lid. 1t would be comfortable if it Wen
larger and not so fat, but it never vii
stay where it belongs. If you pull it a.
over your shoulders your feet stick out
if you cover your feet your shoulder
are cold, and if you turn in bed it slide
off altogether.