The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-02
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A KITCHEN CASE

A case OF plain drawers saves my wife
more time and steps than any other one thing
aboutthe kitchen, says Mr.. Brown In the
New York Tribune, giving the following
description Of the convenience:
IL Is made movable, and occupies a space
just three feet wide. five feet high and one
foot deep from front to rear. 1t is all made
Of inch lumber, except the drawers, the front
Of which are Of inch, and the sides, back and
bottom oil half-inch. There are fifteen
drawers of uniform size. eleven Inches square.
inside measure. and six inches deep, which
makes them hold about twelve quarts each.
These drawers are all plainly labelled, and
are used for those things wanted In every
kitchen, and which too frequently have no
special place, and cause loss OF time and
worry when the h0usekeeper Is most hurried.
Some Of the labels on these drawers are rs
follows: Towels, matches, starch, coffee,
soap, spices, rice, etc. One drawer, labelled
tools. contains brads, taeks, pincers, tack
such other small tools and appliances as have
way OF hiding when needed. In another
Is kept Irvine and waste paper, taken from
packages bought at the store. The backing
and brushes occupy another. while cookbooks
and recipes occupy one and can always be
found when wanted,
The bottom of the lower drawer Is two feet
from the floor but foot lower is shelf on
bushels Of meal. This tray Is about fourteen
inches wide at dottom. so as to &c the shelf
but 1t slopes to eighteen inches wide at top
so that 1t projects far enough TO enable us TO
fill 1t conveniently and dip out easily. A lid
six inches wide covers this projection. The
tray Is divided by a partition, so that two
kinds OF meal can be kept In IL. IL is not
expensive to make such a case, but as II Is
some years since mine was made, / do not
recollect the cost. Two boards, each five feet
long. for the sides; and five three feet long.
two perpendicular and three horizontal, each
one foot wide, in all twenty-five feet Of
lumber, makes the frame. About ten feet of
half-tnch lumber will make the back and
each drawer will take about four feet Of
lumber, SO that, including the tray, about one
hundred feet OF lumber will be. required.
Buy store boxes for all the short lumber, as
they are just as good as any, and can usually
be had cheap.
NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.
A wholesale coffee firm In New York Is
represented by lady drummer. She was
formerly employed in the store, but proved
sent her out on the road. She carries her
samples and takes orders the same as her
male competitors, and often succeeds In get.
ting orders where they have failed.
Mrs. Charles CharletOn Coffin has sent to
the War Department a new design for the
fOrty-two stars In the flag. 1t has thirteen
OF the stars made Into six-pointed star for
the center, to symbolic the thirteen original
States. The rest VI the stars are TO be
arranged about this In straight rows. The
device Is much admired by army officers who
have seen 1t.
Mrs. Rebecca Collins, a Quaker preacher,
now IS years old. has been speaking ever
since she was 70, and Is still active. travelling
and preaching all over the county. She
started in Philadelphia the home for dis
charged women prisoners. Is a vice president
of the w. Q. L. u, and Is active In every kind
Of philanthroplc work In her home In New
York. She Is especially Interested In found
ing coffee houses as branch OF temperance
work. AS young women she used TO take
her little girl with her in her prison visiting.
prisoned for life. She found that nothing so
interested and touched them as the sight Of q
child.
A West Seneca, NY, women has for the last
few years supported herself from the earn
income Is at times as much as two thousand
dollars year. She recommends Horticulture
as good business for women, and the wild
West as the best field to begin in.
Nine. Rudolf, Of New Orleans, whose
husband was wellknOwn chemist and ear
ried on lucrative business In drugs, became
his successor after his death, and Is now the
Secretary Of the State Pharmaceutical AS
ISOLATION.
Queen Olga, Of Greece, is particularly fond
Of American literature She. Is constant
reader Of the principal American magazines
and newspapers. Her favorite OF all authors
Is Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Ansonia, CT. boasts Of two young lady
hunters. who suitably dressed, with their
60 70 the woods and return win as good
bag of birds as do any Of the hunters Of the
opposite sex. Best Of all, they seem to enjoy
the sport and long walks which they some
times are compelled to take.
A New York women holds the position of
inspector for c0l0red, or what are called
fancy glass manufactures. Few men have
good eyes for color, or minute defects, and
they cannot be trusted with the details Of this
curious and delicate composition. This lady
makes very good living by training in the
use Of her eyes.
Who saves up for a month for a personal
treat and then shares 1t with the whole fam
lily? Women. Who turns deadly Ill at the
sight Of blood yet stands recklessly in It's rain
in time Of war or accident? Women. Who
eats scraps for lunch that noble 10 man may
have tidbits for dinner? Women She Is
heroine in danger, a coward when looking I'D
der the bed. Such Is the sage opinion OF the
San Francisco Report.
There are three thousand women doctors In
United States, each earning an Income OF
from four to ten thousand dollars year.
Miss Marian Edison, the sixteen-year old
four languages. Is fair musician, and uses
pencil like draughtsman.
Ringoal Is new English out-of-d0ors game
for ladies. 1t Is played with grace hoops
and sticks and two nets eight feet high and
and rule out tennis. II possible, as 1t exercises
both arms, both shoulders, both hands and
the whole body in the running and turning
necessary to catch the hoops before they
reach the goals or nets.
THE COUNTRY GIRL.
The most blessed being In the world, II she
will but grasp her opportunities. She is the
heiress Of all pleasantness in nature, all
beauty in the world about her, all the enjoy
ment to be gained by doing good to sur
rounding friends and everyday associates.
She is untrammeled by the stern, useless
rules and customs of society, and free to act
as her womanly Instinct may lead her. Oh,
1t Is grand to be a country girl! IL Is noble
to accept her privileges and use them for her
own and others advancement; and nobler
yet to be content with her life aad feel de-
termined to make the most Of it-let what
reverses will come, whatever disappoint-
ments will break into happy existence.
There is something radically wrong about
the farmers home when the daughter says
she will not marry farmer: Has her natural
taste for identifying everything about her
been crushed? Have you let her cultivate
that bed Of flowers she wanted? Have you
aided her In making kDick-knacks to hang
here and there in the house? Have you al
lowed the pleasure of the picnic or ride with
those of her own age? Have you allowed her
means to cultivate her natural taste for
music? Have you gratifed her Unborn taste
for good reading by supply Of first class
books and papersg II you have not do not
wonder she Is respondent and sees only the
dark side Of farm llfe-the side Of drudgery,
interminable toll and unremitted hardship.
II you have gratified all her little fancies, all
her aesthetic tastes, her voice will make per-
petual music and her face spread unlimited
sunshine In your home.
Country girls get an idea that city life
must be pleasant. They see the brilliant
costumes glistening under the glare OF the
| lights, they see the pleasant faces. the bright
| eyes, the engaging smiles, and IL Is not won
deriul that they long for the same privileges.
| They see the faces Of handsome men glow
| with admiration as they whisper some COM
| pliment 10 beauty. Is 1t wonderful that
| she wants lust such compliments? All, but
| could she look into the houses on the next
| dav see the dull eyes In aching heads, the
| naie features, the languid manner, the cross,
| Startling voice, she would not exchange her
| Iight. b9oyant step In the summer morning
| for all the glitter and show OF the city bell.
| Again, our country girls are the ones who
| are to be mothers Of tue men who are 10
| mould the destinies Of the world in the future
| Their sons, their daughters, are going out
| into the world endowed with dispositions "a
| dare and do, with pluck and ability to un.
| dartaka and cOnou0r Can one wish n morf