The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
A HOUSEWIVES DUTIES.
SOME THINGS THAT EVERY YOUNG
WOMAN SHOULD THINK or.

A Talk Thab rs oT1IhSh u
Household Suggestions-Things which,
if Neglected, Make Big Difference in
the Yearly Expenses.
A young housekeeper will'never do any
better than to begin her oversight ana care
at the very foundation Of her house ana
bome-with the cellar. the kitchen and the
pantry. In fact she may even begln OUT
side the kitchen proper wlth-the las
tidious reader forgive us-the sWll pan,
and at a glance see for herself II thcre Is
ANYTHING there that should have been
saved for making over into breakfast or
side dishes, or that could better have haen
put with the soap grease; and she caAiS9o
further still and see that the soap greaA'e
il saved. and that it is her own perqulsIde
and not the maids.
She will 20 into her cellar, and II things
are kept there in quantity she VIII 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 VIII
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 II
the parsnips are under sand. if the onions
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-
BILE: she must see that there is some light
and a 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 AND KITCHEN
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meal among other things, and have it
stirred now and then to let in the air and
keen it from heating. and have a large cool
stone in IL for the same purpose; she VIII
have her lard and her suet kept in tin YES
sells instead of in stone or earthen jars; she
will look at her bread boxes and judge if
they are aired and sweet, or capable Of Civ
ing musty flavor to the bread, and il 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 as 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 cold water and
brought TO the boil with a handful Of
bran thrown in TO tougher the glazing and
prevent it from injury by acids She will
have the lamp cloths Of she does not use
gas) washed and dried, and not thrown
down together in that oily condition in
which they spontaneously generate fire.
She viii see that her new knives are not
plunged into hot water that will loosen
and discolor the handles, and will instruct
her maid that when discolored brisk rub
bling with sand paper will do great deal
toward restoring the original appearance
of these knife handles; and she will have
those that are to be put away wrapped in
paper and not in wooden cloths. She will see
that the wooden ware is clean and scalded
pften; that there is bountiful supply of
holders, rollers and dish towels; that there
hhall be three brooms, the carpet broom
never to be used on the bare floor, the
kitchen broom never to be used on the
bteps and outdoor walks, nor the yard
broom TO be brought into the house; that
the clothes line as taken down when the
wash is brought in, and the clothes pins
gathered and counted at the same time.
OTHER PARTS or THE HOUSE.
IN other parts Of the house she will look
mt her rugs and carpets; she will remember
that OK gall, procured of her butcher, il
she will give him vial for it, and used
in the proportion Of a tablespoonful TO a
gallon of warm water 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;
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swept with the large broom as little as pos
sible, as the broom is a great destroyer of
the fiber and fabric.
Here she viii examine her pillows, and
II any of them have disagreeable odor she
viii have them emptied and the feathers
treated TO a bath of hot soapsuds and
then spread in a sunny place, after
which they wall return to their original
lightness and freshness. If she has inner
tied old mattresses, or if such have been
given 80 her. she win have them taken out
on the piazza or into some vacant roo1c,
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
SRd passing by host of other affairs,
she viii 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
VIII remember that there are still some
others She should not leave uudone.-
Harper's Bazaar.
The Pangs of Hunger.
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