The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-26
KITCHEN CLOTHS.
How to Manage and How to Choose
Them.

How to Manage and How to Choose
Them.
The woman of this last decade of the
10Th century is nothing IL she IS not dam
tY. She must not be merely neat but
fastfdiously delicate and dainty in all
her tastes and habits. This. too, must
be exhibited, not only trlssher toilet. her
boudoir and dining room, but it must
be emphasized in her kitchen.
1t is admitted by all housekeepers and
home makers tanat the kitchen and IT'S
merits and the care of all these is the
unerring test of the accomplished house
wife
The best cooks and kitchen maids must
have guidance from the lady of the do
main. whether it be a palace or a cot
tage; or a mansion or a modest apart
ment. She must know how the cleaning
and clearing up Of the cuisine IS to be
proper time, which is, of course, soon
after each meal is served This is a more
or less troublesome and eXatious duty
and certainly g more dfSagreeaole and far
less interesting one rnan the preparation
OF the meals. But when all the kettles.
bake and stew pans. gridfronS and toast
erS, potato stTaIneri5, chopping bowls and
knives and forks nave been scrubbed and
cleaned and Duf away, as only a first
class cook and kitchen maid can perform
these functions, aided by sapol1o and
peArlHle anu DOT9X soup, wire brush ana
linked cham soourer-when the whole feat
is apparently accomplished the range
polished. the ash and garbage cams
covered and put outside, the fresh roller
towel hung and the kitchen cloths
washed and scalded and rinsed. then and
there those uneightly. wet c.1othS stare
the maid and mistress out of couTtenanee
with the question as plainly understood
as if spoken loudly, What are you going
TO do with uS?'
Hang them where you will, they stare
at you-yes, and swear at you, in their
unt.dy, revolving homelines6.
No. you cannot hang them out of the
window or under the sink. or behind the
door, or in a curtadned corner. In one or
of place. When hidden they will not dry
and Will harbor insects. When put in the
air they mar the order and picturesque
beauty of your lovely kitchen.
Why [ did not patent an idea which
came into my top story when [ was
keeping house in an ideal little apart
1nent not very long ago. do not know.
rnet1itated Ions and painfully on the
and l hope some one viii be wiser in a
material sense than | was and profit by
the above suggestion and the following
description of my proposed solution of
my problem Here it is L give it freely,
pro bono Dublfco:
From the center of a pedestal of strong
iron wire, the wire about as large as a
mans little finger. draw ~ a conferred
shaft Of the same with hooks along the
sides of the shaft. These hooks are in
tended to hang the kitchen Flothes upon.
The size of the pedestal, the hight of the
shaft and the number of hooks must be
determined by the number of your clothes.
I think [ would need a shaft at least IS
inches high with eight OF nine hooks for
the number of cloths would use. Around
this shaft and attached to it at the top
and on one side of the pedestal place a
cover of perforated tin in the shape of an
old-fashioned tin lantern Two doors ar
one swung on hinges and opening all the
way to the top of the cover will permit
the hanging of the cloths on the wire
When the cloths have been thoroughly
cleansed. scaided and passed through a