The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-31
DIsHwAsHING AS a SCIENCE.
Fourteen Simple Rules Tint House.
keepers should Heed.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
The following simple rules, as taught in
the cooking schools. hung in the kitchen
and followed may prove of value to the
young housekeeper. or the new girl"
]. Collect knives, forks and spoons by
themselves.
?. Put away any food that has been left
on small. clean dishes, never leaving frag-
ments on dishes in which they were
served.
3. Scrape all fragments sticking to dishes
or pans into refuse pail or in the back
of the ashpan underneath the firebox,
where they may dry out and then be
burned Hs
4. Arrange all dishes conveniently on
the table, putting glass nearest the dish
pan, then silver, next the fine china, be-
ginning with cups saucers and pitchers,
and lastly the greasy dishes.
5. Rinse out milk bottles. pitchers and
egg cups with cold water. Empty and
rinse cups. Put any dishes used in bals-
ing to soak in cold water. Fill kettles and
spiders full of cold water, and set away
from the stove to soak If left on the
stove the heat hardens whatever has ad-
hered to the sides in cooking, and rem
ders IL hard to remove.
6. Have one pan filled with hot, soapy
water For this purpose keep the SOAP
In a shaker made for this object or i'm
provise one by putting few holes through
the bottom of a small pail. Never leave
the soap in the dishpan to waste and stick
to the dishes. Have second ready fun
Of hot water for rinsing before draining.
7. Wash glasses first, slipping them one
at a time sideways into the hot water, so
that, the hot water touching them outside
and inside at the same time may not OBJ
viate the danger of breakage from I'M
equal expansion Dry Immediately on
clean glass towel on squares of old
cotton cloth hemmed and kept for this
purpose.
g. Wash the silver, and wipe at once
from the soapy water. rubbing any piece
with silver polish that seems at all dis
colored. f'it
o. Wash the china standing the plates
and saucers en- edge in the rinsing pan,
and setting the cups right side up that
they may be thoroughly rinsed. Scald the
milk pitchers.
10. Wash steel knives and forks in
warm, not hot water, securing the blade,
if necessary. Never leave the handles In
water, as st tends to loosen them.
II. Rub boilers inside and out, using
sapolio If discolored, and paying especial
attention to the seams of the double
boilers. Set on back of range to dry.
II. Wash ironware inside and out with
hot, soapy water, rinse thoroughly in
clear water and dry. Dripping pans and
kettles that have been used with grease
may be wiped off first with a soft paper
to remove as much of it as possible. then
washed in the suds, with a tablespoonful
of soda added to the water Granite
dishes Drowned by neglect may be cleaned
by boiling half hour in soda water,
then rubbing vigorously. DO this several
times f necessary.
49, Coffee pots should never be washed
inside with suds, but in clear water. Dry
thoroughly on back of stove, wip;ng out
with a clean cloth, when dry, to remove
the brownish sediment that is apt to
cling to the pot.
H. Wash dishtowels in lukewarm. soapy
water, rinse thoroughly and dry after
every meal. and they will keep soft and
clean.