The Washington times., 1895-04-28
FOR SUMMER HOUSEKEEPING.
New Rcfrigerators. Frcezcrs and Safes
Minor Novelties for Hot Weather,


Minor Novelties for Hot Weather.
Wherever aluminium can be employed in
the composition OF household utensils dur
ing hot weather, there one finds the manu-
MISUNDERSTANDING it.
at neither blackcns. corrodes nor melts. 4"
so the salesmen announce, and those who
have given it a fair trial admit these ad-
vantages.
The material is more expensive than or
dlnary wares, raising the price OF a small
tin pan from 3 10 30 cents when lined with
aluminium. But it's wearing quality is un-
eNcelled, and exceptionally good for pre-
pairing infants food. Women going into
the country should see that their drinking
dppers are lined With IL, for it makes the
water pleasantly tasteful and is so easily
kept clean. lion,
Each season manufacturers OF kitchen
and pantry utensils dsyise and patent i'm
PEoveRcDts for tightening household
drndgery in summer. aud at the same time
making il easy to Keep things clean.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Refrigerators show marked advancement
in the above lines. Vegetables ana meats
are no longer hcaped awkwardly, one on
top of another, so thatdt neccssitates empty
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article.
The new ones are Double ard triple
deckers Shelves in the lower compsrt-
ment are sufficiently commodious to hold
any reasonable amount or vegetables. The
upper part has place for the ice in the
center, With water and wine cooler on either
side. The wine compartment is noticeably
new. Air chambers arc placed tolead from
top TO bottom, a convenience dfsrecarsicCfin
old-fashioned chests. A cold dry CiTcufa-
toin is caused thereby, which deposits
moisture on the ice as the air passes through
the ice chamber. A buyer should test tie
absolute dryness 6f her refrigerator bv
seeing that a match left on the shelves viii
readily ignite when taken out.
Wrought iron racks are put in to avoid
the old complaint of injury 10 the sides
from ice picks and slate shelves are used for
cleanliness and durability as superior TO the
old iron and zinc racks. Charcoal has been
entirely eliminated. When it became damp,
which it wa sure to do, il caused rapid
decay in both outside and inside cases.
Then, too, if the zinc is rot perfectly Sc
cured against the woodwork, there is a
constant blast OF charcoal dust inside the
refrigerator every time a door or cover is
opened or closed.
REFRIGERATOR RULES.
AS refrigerators play so important part
in the summer domestic menage it may be
interesting to repeat the following rules
given by woman of long experience in
hou Sc wifery:
Warm food should never be placed in the
ice box, a heat generates moisture.
The lining should be wiped perfectly drv
after washing, and the straincr kept con
stantly over the water outlet inside the
box toprevent the scaape of coldairthrough
the waste pipe.
New rcfrigerators should stand for
twenty-four hours filled with ice before
being u sed to preserve food.
In safes, the hanging ones are newest
They have four shelves with wire loops to
fasten To the wall. This places them out
of the way III the kitchen or pantry and
holds all the meat or vegetables for imne-
diate use. The price is $3.50
Preparing for summer housekeeping in
cludesa thought for ices and glaces. When
one remembers the ''demnition grind of
the one maid on the oldfashioned freezer
before dinner party in the country, it is
delightful to know that the new instru-
ment frappe any coneoction in from six to
ten minutes. The pail is narrower and re-
quifes no more salt than formerly.
KITCHEN CONNENIENcES.
While in the kitchen one may glance at
smaller utensils whose invention lightens
the cooks burden. An ironing board of
wood costing 81, forms a comfortable bench
when the board is turned back against the
wall. This saves space in the room when
the ironing day is over, and gives extra
seats for three. An extension clamp wash
board provides for the fitting of any board
on any tub by means of this eXtension-a
greater relief to the laundress than the un-
initiated know. There comes in q new
coffee canister and mill combined which
saves time, a knife cleaner made like
wheel whose compressed leather edges fed
by emery poured into the center give a
polish that is to be, desired. These are
valued at 81.
For the country houses where ice is diff
cult to obtain large covered pals are made
lined with charcoal, ), which when placed in
a cellar keep water as cool as a spring.
Then to place under these or the Tefrigera-
tors or bath tubs, instead of oil cloth, come
great galvanized iron tfays for "A cents.
New covered roasting pans Of Russian iron
for 81 so keep the flavor in the roast better
than the cook has ever before accom-
plished.
For the nursery there is wonderful baby
refrigerator. 1t is of tin, holds ten or
twenty pounds of ice, has tiny water
cooler and also place for milk. 1t sells
for $3.50, but it is far more valuable than
that to the woman, who as mother or nurse,
knows what it means to cool the milk while
the baby cries or get ice water in the depth
Of night H. HALLMARK.
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