Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-17
HOUSEKEEPING IN SANTIAGO DE- CUBA.-
The Nurses Hemo-rras and Trumpho In the Culinary
partmen'-LuNurlatins Army Ratlons-Pleesuros Of
Marketing with Pootoos at Six Cents Apiece. Eggs Two
Dollars tho Dozen. and ohor Things Away Sight

ter-fb brave and beautiful front.
dwlndling to unparalleled poverty and
meanncas behind the outward showing.
Like other palaces OF the Old regime,
ours was extremely dirty. Infested with
vurmn and void ~ every convenience.
Soap. water ana eternal vigilance have
somewhat modified the frat-mcntiou-
cd evils ana necessity mothers many
mike-ahifts In the latter time. The
hired furniture. Tor which alone we pay
SO per month, Uhu rent uf the empty
house Il ATTY dollars. American gold
consists In a hundred chairs, marble
topped stand and cane couch In The
pnrlur, flckety aidr-hlnrd and dining
table. two useless kerosene lamps. ana
In each sleeping apartment a ward
ruhc. dresser ana bare iron bed-ftead.
without mattresses or covering. Fifty
United States dollars bought a very
limited supply ~ pots, pans and dishes
and most OF those articles are lacking
which are considered Indispensable IN
every northern kitchen. Hence "the
mother Of Invention" turns every emp
tied tin can into service. Us edges
neatly hammered with q stone; every
crate, box ana moal.saok Is eagerly
nclrrd upon ana devoted 10 some lm-
p1rtant uas. and lard-pall IL regarded
aa little fAort o. a boon from heaven.
Have We occasion Tor bread board
ma rolllng-pln-ihe clean bottom OF
dish-uan serves tho former purp1se.
while glass bottle does excellent
duty In the latter capacity. Every
trunk inaccuracies as couch or table;
ward-rIls On pantry, cupboard ana
locker; the sheets OF an army cot an
awDr flr inhie-cl1ih. and q cambrlc
patiicont has been converted Into nap
kln7, To be sure, We niight dispense
Nlih such luyurles ~ the two last
namel--hut when The woarled nurses
Taturn 40 nirht, aching IN every nbre
from q long days ton, their refuge
should boar tho nearest possible resem-
hlance 20 q real home. n the reader
imaglnos that under these conditions
the house mothers task n an easy one.
Net him. or hrr, como and Try n awhile.
We are suhalsiinw upon army rliinna.
okcd out by Rcd Cross supplles-auch
aa beans bacon, hanback,, cormcal.
tinnfd beef and cOffae-uinntiful and
good IN quality The daily menu
bacon. fried mush and coffee for break
fasti timed beef beans and bareback
for dinnfr-wlll sustain lif1 indefinitely
and serves oNrnllrnily well even every
dny Tor wook. nut eternal sunshine
q.1wH mnnninnouH IN tins. and the
heat things pail when too often re-
poatedf our Kitchen X a fnlr sample
0f Castllian character IN architecture.
Reyond the vast. marble hnnred H1la
dor leads past open enurt-yhrds and
rows Of bedrooms % the rear Of the
casa, where some holes In the thick
adobe waila--windowiesA doorlnss, dark
and destitute Of every convaniance
constitute tho culinary department
There II neither table, chair sholf, nor
up.h1ard The dishes nre washed on q
m6nd ~ adobe, ont In the open patrlo
where-lf cuban customs were strict
ly followed. they would be loft I'm
wanted. to dry themselves al leisure In
no sun. the so-called range II ar
adobe altar breast hlgh and faced
Win broken tiles with three holes In II.
the slge Of amall plnnt-poi In each hole
vou build a separate charcoal FIRE,
bottnm.slde up, so TO say--that Ia. with
Inc kndling ON top. u smokes, OF
course. IKE "ali possessed" whiieiyou
fan n vigorously with anything al
hand. and hy tha time he blaze gets
Well going" the charcoal has burned
AMI ana you must begin egaln. over
these tiny Ares all the cooking X done
there being no oven,no gas,no other al.