The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-26
HOME SUGGESTIONS.
How the Hardest Work Can Be Made
Comparatively Easy.

Comparatively Easy.
The care of house with all the
modern oenveniences is not as hard
work as the care of one lacking these,
yet very many women occupying
houses without the above accomplish
more than those possessing them.
Some women have faculty of always
finding out the easiest way of doing a
thing, while others are always COM
planning of household drudgery.
There are few household drudges but
have to thank only themselves for
their position in the home; for no
housekeeper has any right to allow
herself to sink to the level of a drudge.
To be sure, a delicate woman will find
almost any part of the heavy work
kind of drudgery, but healthy wom-
an has few excuses for being a drudge.
1t is strange that mothers of large
families seldom or never make this
complaint about their work, yet these
are the ones that usually have the
hardest work to do.
If women would use their minds
more and bodies less while discharging
their household duties, great deal of
the hardest work could be made COM
paratively easy. 1t is too often the
case that woman is almost slave to
the homework, but a good housewife
never allows this to be the case in her
home, but is always mistress there.
She never neglects an opportunity to
make her work subservient to her, and
not Uice UerSG, and this result is only
attained by good management. Every
day in the week has its allotted task,
and the work is so evenly divided that
it is seldom, indeed, that the work of
two days is crowded into one. To be
sure, a stormy day my put off the
washing, but by substituting another
days work for this one, it seldom
makes any difference in the general
routine.
To have things as convenient as pos
sible goes a good way toward tighten
ing the house work. The knives. forks,
spoons and many of the smaller articles
used in cooking are much more con-
venient if kept near the stove than in
a closet or drawer, where frequently
the room has to be crossed to get them.
A pocket of enameled cloth is just the
thing to hold these articles. 1t may be
made any length Or width required,
and as many pockets as liked be at
tached to it. Bind pockets and around
the patterns with stout braid, and tack
the whole firmly to the wall near the
stove.
When any of the articles named
above are wanted they will be found
right at hand and save many step.
Small wooden salt boxes, which come
made especially to hang on the wall,
should be hung over every kitchen
table for use when cooking. A small
wooden dish tub is much better than
a pan, and those of cedar wood are
very good for this purpose. Glass
ware is not so easily broken, and
silver so easily scratched, when using
one of these. A tub of this kind can
be kept clean and sweet without any
securing, and will last great deal
longer than tin. When cooking, as
each article of food is removed from
the vessel in which it was cooked,
wash the vessel as soon as possible
after, wipe and put aside. If it needs
G11 o16i,oor faHT
drops of ammonia, and let remain a
short while, say five minutes, then
scrape, wash, wipe and place away.
By doing each pot, pan, saucepan,
etc, as soon as emptied, the most of
then may be finished ere the meal is
begun. Some may say they have not
time for this, and many may not have
the time; but it requires very little
it may be done while waiting for some
thing to finish cooking, as few house
wives have every thing done at once.
BY cleaning one at time they do not
accumulate, and one-half of the after
dinner work will be accomplished.
Have plenty of holders with which to
lift from the fire kettle or pots. They
are best made of two thicknesses of
cloth, such as is used in mems clothes,
and bound with dress braid.
On every landing have dust pan and
brush, so there will be no running up
or down stairs when a room needs a
slight brushing. A buster should oc-
cupy place in the closet or in bag
in some part of each room. Have a
scrap bag or basket in each room there
is likely to be any litter in, and it will
save many steps and keep the room in
good order. Two bags never to be dis
pensed With are used for scraps OF
cloth from the garments used in the
family. One bag should contain scraps
of the clothes in present use, and the
other scraps of all kinds. As each gar
ment is worn out the pieces like ii
should be placed in the all-sorts bag.
When any garment needs mending the
pieces for this purpose may be easily
found in the first bag. These two bags
will be found to be great help to the
busy housewife. Boston Budget.
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