Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-11


quietly at the beginning of the day and
take careful survey of the domestic field.
Decide what must be done, and what, in
case of lack of time or intervention of
other duties or unexpected interruptions,
may be put of, and then set to work with
out undue haste to perform the necessary
tasks. Learn to work quietly, without
noise. Be careful to take no useless steps.
There is vast amount of strength and
nervous energy wasted in this way.
know a young housekeeper who ac-
complishes more in one day than do the
majority of women in two. She never
seems to be in hurry, never gets in a
sstew," but she works steadily and as
noiselessly as the sunlight. What she has
to do she accomplishes without any indis-
cretion. She has no cross purposes to
contend with. She aims right at
the mark with every movement of
the hand and with every footstep.
If she has house-cleaning to attend to she
does not commence by tearing up every
room in the house, and putting the entire
household in chaos of confusion. But
she takes one room at time and has 1t
cleaned and purified before there is any
further upheaval. The usual spring clean
ing comes and goes in that family without
producing any discomfort or any great
amount of inconvenience. l was once a
guest in family where confusion was the
law Of dai y experience. The poor little
housekeeper never seemed to know what
should be done first, and there was always
such an array of things to be accomplished
that she was never serene, but went about
like young cyclone, stirring up every
thing with which she came in contact,
leaving things Gall in heap" as she fit
ted off in the direction of whatever oc-
house was
NEVER IN ORDER,
And she was never at rest. She wanted
to do everything at once, SO nothing was
ever accomplished. She charged all along
the line, but never carried the works at
any one point. She was always routed,
and domestic affairs were uniformly in a
state of insurrection. AS rule, she was
always "fussing." System is as essential in
the government of the household as in that
of the State. Order, promptness, punctu-
ality, industry and good judgment are the
necessary and efficient forces in the home.
To these add cheerfulness, patience and a
thoughtful care for the general comfort
and happiness of its members, and you
will avoid all unpleasant friction, and
make the home what it should be, the
center of all that is best and dearest to the
human heart.
DON'T FORGET THE CELLAR
During house-cleaning days. Though the
parlor, and sittipg-room, and dining room,
and pantry, and kitchen may be as "clean
as whistle" and as "neat as wax" if the
cellar be not thoroughly swept and gar
nished all else will 60 for naught, as far as
being well-guarded against the insidious
approach of disease is concerned So long
as the cellar is left dark, damp and dirty,
it harbors smothered pestilence.
Open wide the cellar doors and windows
and let in the sun and light, and let
every out-of-the-way corner be searched
and sampled. Let the air circulate freely,
and II you can coax a ray or two of SUM-
shine to look into the lower regions of
your house, by all means do SO. And
then, how much neater the appearance
and sweeter the odor where whitewash is
plentifully applied, to say nothing about
the sanitary effect of free use of the
whitewash brush. At all events look we'll
to your cellars.
DoN'TS.
Don't stand when you can sit just as
well.
Don't put off the mending from week to
week. a
Don't you know that vinegar will clean
the isinglass in stove doors?
Don't you know your oilcloth can be
washed in buttermilk or kerosene?
Don't fail to be clean and tidy in every
look and corner, but don't be slave to
shining stove or carpet.
Don't do unnecessary work because your
grandmother did. There was not half so
much to be done in her day.
DON'T cherish the idea tha. you will
each cold if you feel bit of fresh air, or
know there is an outlet for heated impure
air.
Don't throw away old suspender rings,
but sew them to the corners of kitchen
holders, serving better purpose than loops
to hang them by.
Don't fiirt dirt from pieces of furniture
to another and call it busting, but take it
to the window and shade it out.
NELLIE B. WARD.