The Penn's Grove record., 1892-01-22
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Tbi. is the time when the majority
nnpntrv housekeepers and many
81 ;Fty ones IN town put q supply OF
thtlt.y NJ and other edibles in their
Vege.ayf Gov " inter- use. With the for
cellAls Is no alternative IT she would
mel inca ra,iety Of food, especially of
nave regetables for her taLle. But
green n'o 1veIler in towns it is a ques-
WIN L;ob each must settle for herself,
llru It !. more economical than
Nn secLssins IN .Iall quantities as they
are yLitper a damp nor very warm cellar
ii nrasrrve vegetables or fruit fresh
WI length OF time. and where these
l'i a.! ,ns are unavoidable it surely is
letter 10 purchase as required
Oe ft ,hSra is a furnace IN the cellar and
rair, closely partitioned off for it,
~. IT, ertire cellar will be warn and 1t is
'm,osGsiu to keep 1t otherwise.
uampness can sometimes be removed
nv a th rough and constant ventila-
ton, and by keeping open vessels con-
tanning unslacked lime standing about.
The floor should also be sprInkled
with a solution of sulphate of lro and
and if these remedies are unavalling
and the house is a rented one, NO time
should be lost in securing one with a
dry cellar even though 1t ia inferior In
some other respects.
The most thorough sanitary regula-
t1ous otherwise cannot make a house
healthful that has a damp foul cellar
for the air constantly rises and perme-
ates the entire house
Every good housekeeper has the eel
lar thoroughly cleaned during the
Snring renovation, and in the country
where they are used during the sum-
mer more than in town houses where
food Is usually kept IN q refrigerator,
this state of cleanliness is usually main
tanned. But in cities they are often
virtually closed after being cleaned, or
used only for the storage of washing
utensils and the like and their care left
entirely with servants. During thirty
wears experience | have had a few SER
wants who appreciated the Importance
of absolute cleanliness here, but they
are the exception and should have a
gold medal, or what is better yet, the
appreciation of their mistress and
compensation commensurate with their
value. Knowing this 1 was not as as
tonished as | should once have been
when | went into ours after q five
months illness and found everything in
a confused tumble though L had been
repeatedly assured by the servant and
laundress 'that it was all right"
1t was not in the least dangerous be-
cause the five windows and outer door
we're open, indeed / doubt il they
have been closed during the entire
summer, though of course it was owing
to Carlessness, not care.)
But there we're four baskets with a
few potatoes in each, standing beside
the bin, two of apples, a butter tub
that had not been washed after the
contents we're used out and things in
general after the m careless fashion.
Now if the winters supply OF vege-
tables, ETC., had been stored in it with
out the thorough cl aiming my super
vision brought about, a mysterious
visitation OF typhoid fever, diphtheria
or spring fever might have resulted
And because | am confident that my
help is no more careless than the
majority, | say to housekeepers: look
we'll to the conditions of your cellar
before laying in winter supplies or
closing them up at the approach Of
cold weather.