The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-09-13
A HOUSEWIVES DUTIES.
COME THINGS THAT EVERY YOUNG
WOMAN SHOULD THINK OF.

0Om6 I0iIN00 IHAI EVCn1 tSOTN0
WOMAN SHOULD THINK OF.
A Talk That Is Brimful Of Useful
Household suggestions-Things Which,
IL Neglected, Make . Big Difference in
the Yearly Expenses.
A young housekeeper will never do any
better than to begin her oversight and care
at the very foundation of her house and
hometwith the cellar. the kitchen and the
pantry. In fact she may even begin out
side the kitchen proper with-the fas-
tidious reader forgive us-the swill pail,
and at a glance see for herself if there is
anything there that should have been
saved for making over into breakfast or
side dishes, or that could better have been
put with the soap grease; and she a go
further still and see that the soap grease
Is saved, and that it is her own perquisite
and not the maids.
She will go into her cellar, and If things
are kept there in quantity she will make
sure they are kept In the right way; that
there is, for instance, a weight On top Of
the pork barrel, if she has pork, that will
make its contents stay under the brine;
she will see If the apples are decaying
there, and if so, have them picked over
and the bad ones cast out; she will see IL
the parsnips are under sand, if the onions
are in the dryest corner, if the squash are
where it is dry and just removed from
freezing, and if any of the vegetables are
sprouting, in which case they must be put
in a darker spot and used as soon as posi-
h1o. che v~,,of n %ho< %Earo 30 ooroa J;~hk
and q sufficient circulation of air, and that
the swinging shelf is well out of the way
of the rats and free from dust and mold.
PANTRY AM KITCHEN.
In her pantry she must look to the Indian
meal, among other things, and have 1t
stirred now and then to let in the air and
keep it from heating, and have a large cool
stone in it for the same purpose; she will
have her lard and her suet kept in tin YES
sells instead of in stone or earthen jars; she
will look ut her bread boxes and judge If
they are aired and sweet, or capable of Civ
ing a musty flavor to the bread, and If the
fragments and crusts are saved for the
various uses to which they can be put; and
she will see that all the articles in the
place are kept in tight buckets and boxes,
and not in the papers in which they came
from the grocery.
In the kitchen perhaps she will be so
fortunate rs to be able to begin with the
beginning, and have her range or cooking
stove gradually heated, instead of being
warped and cracked by a sudden extreme
of temperature. And she will have had all
her earthen vessels put into c I'D water and
brought to the boil, with II handful of
bran thrown in to tougher the glazing and
prevent it from injury by acids. She will
have the lamp cloths (f she does not use
gas) washed md dried, and not thrown
down together in that oily condition in
which they spontaneously generate fire.
She will see that her new knives are not
plunged into hot water that will loosen
md discolor the handles, and will instruct
her maid that when discolored brisk rub
bling with sand paper will do a great deal
toward restoring the original appearance
Of these knife handles; and she will have
those that are to be put away wrapped in
paperand not in wooden cloths. She will see
that the wooden ware is clean and scalded
often; that there is a bountiful supply of
holders, rollers and dish towels; that there
shall be three brooms, the carpet broom
never to be used on the bare floor, the
kitchen broom never to be used on the
steps and outdoor walks, nor the yard
broom to be brought into the house; that
the clothes line is taken down when the
wash is brought in, and the clothes pins
gathered and counted at the same time.
OTHER PARTS OF THE HOUSE.
In other parts of the house she will look
at her rugs and carpets; she will remember
that OK gall, procured of her butcher, if
she will give him a vial for it, and used
in the proportion of a tablespoonful to a
gallon of warm water. a coarse sponge
wrung out Of it and passed over the car
pets surface after sweeping, will set the
colors and keep them bright and fresh
much longer than any other treatment;
and that, moreover, her carpets should be
swept with the large broom as little as pos
sible, as the broom is q great destroyer of
the fiber and fabric.
Here she will examine her pillows, and
II any of them have q disagreeable odor she
will have them emptied and the feathers
treated to a bath of hot s%oapsuds, and
then spread in a sunny place, after
which they will return to their original
lightness and freshness. If she has inner
tied old mattresses, or If such have been
given to her, she will have them taken out
on the piazza or into some vacant room,
and have all the hair picked over and
pulled apart, and the cover washed, the
hair laid on in regular layers and partly
tufted into place with a long upholstery
needle before closing all the seams of the
ticking.
She will, in this oversight from the be-
ginning, never allow any marble in her
house to be washed with soapsuds, which
takes away the gloss, but will run an oiled
rag over it, and then rub it smooth and
dry and clean with soft cloth or chamois.
And, passing by q host of other affairs,
she will keep her medicine closet stocked
with the few articles necessary for any
sudden emergency of cuts, burns. breaks,
wounds or bruises, together with ginger,
castor oil, ammonia, camphor and alcohol.
And when all these things are done she
will remember that there are still some
others she should not leave undone.-
Harper's Bazaar.
Where Ignorance II Helpful.
One of the most successful women in 90
ciety is the who absolutely knows
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