The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-02
HOUSEKEEPING WORK.


V nay ne Roooexoo Ensy by Proper FRO
Visions.
Whether or not housekeeping il hard
work depends a great deal on how il
IL done. 1t certainly is not play; indeed,
there is nothing in the world ia the way
of duties that most Of the intelligent
people who live in IL are willing TO call
other than hard work If they ere Obliged
to busy themselves at it day after day,
week after week and year after ysar.
1t is not always that housekeeping
Is such hard work, even under unfsvor-
able circumstances, it il monotoaous.
Up-to-iate housekeeping need not ba
very hard work If one is well and ar
ranges matters with any system. In
the frxt place, the house must be prop
erly built. The dini1g-room and
kitchen must not be far removed from
each other, and pantries, closets and
store rooms arc to be as near at hand
as possible There must be g laundry,
with hot and cold water ard arrasae-
ments for boiling clothes and heating
irons. IL this is provided, the kitchen
floor should be covered with a mating.
III carpets are considered necessary
to the comfort of ths household, they
may be arranged rug fashion. with
border of inlaid wood, or If the floors
are not good, of fine mating. This
makes sweeping comparatively easy,
rs q brush clears the margins. and the
carpet-sweeper puts the middle of the
room in proper condition. The stairs
should have plates in the corners. so
that there is no tedious and troublesome
digging out of acute angles. There
should be screens 70 keep out fles in the
summer. and weather-gtrips 10 keep out
the dust all the year around. A furnace
with the most improved dust-Guss is
q necessity, aad the kitchen range must
have a good draft, AID be OF an up-fo-
date pattern. The rooms should not be
overloaded with i,ric-e-bTac and fsrui-'
ture. but may be tss,efully and SaiHtily
furnished w. 80
lot OF cus.. e-rouse fSiaaS tlqtsre 1T
te- ont O. si-h- ,h-r -
"A liberal supply al .5tchen utensils
should De provided. and there should be
a sufficient elsset space. so that when
one IS required. q d@zsn need not he
displaced in order 20 g., st IT,
Closets and paatrirs should have
snugly-atte doors, with wsather-sfrip.
10 keep out the dust. The hourekeepsr
who has never tried weather-stTips on
her pantry doors has li,tle idea Of their
advantages. As for the daily food, IL
people are content 20 live simply. sDd
this is very much better than elaborate
ns.s and fos much attention 70 ~hs.
one ests,ths meals may be prepared ;
without great labor. In W. morning.
may DC made ready for tls
dinner. and much ef TIRE details % ths
meals Of the lay attended %. Scu1s ,
housekeepers think it next coeE 20
disgraoe 20 Pat away the dlshes frcu
one days neal and wash with those
Of the newt moving, sat tAis method /
hss points Of grace. a. ca be atteKtee
by soune who have tried IL
The food should bs PIT away. and the
dsskes ssthsrsd and esFsfuIly placed /
e. snug skepe. 81 a ls-ss dishFz1- oTsi /
these piacs thick cloth. n Keep thea 4
from getting tso Cry. Tie table raay 4
remain spread from meal 20 zesi. il 4
fhe diBing-roozs IL Used for 10 otksI
purDos--
By looking zhesd 3 littis. ard work 4
ing with brains as well a. bands. ID,
duties of THE hssseho,S are. % = grs@i
extent. sf-p!iSsS. sys.ezs;ized and -
tucea 70 sasy Ezs Manageable TrePs-.
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