The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-10
HOUSEKEEPING
UP TO DATE
Women Who Don't Mind EX-
pense Saved Drudgery.
They Need Not 60 TO Market Nor
Labor Much in Arranging
The Home.

Have you ever moved in the strictly up
to-date fashion? We'll, it really would pay
you to try il once just for the novelty al
/ theeXperienoe. InsJead of being the bugbear
il used To be when women bad the most OF
/ the work and all the management, mod
era net hods have resolved it into a pleas
uTe.
A call upon the telephone or a postal to
any company that makes 1t a business viii
4 result ia call from one OF the men IN
their employ to estimate" fauitlessly
I dressed. perfect gentleman, he rather
! gives the impression OF fashionable morn
ing caller. Notebook IN hand, he makes
a tour OF your dwelling and takes your
! inst ructions : to where 20 uwish the things
placed in the new house. He advises you
to take tnp to the seashOre or to go to
a hot el aud rest day or 50, and when you
come lack you find your goods trans
ported 10 the new abode, and even the
beds MAJ he ready to sleep in.
They alter, clean, and lay carpets, hang
curtains and shades, hang pictures accord
ing TO the latest mode. artisically arrange
bric- a-brac, china. and glass and. in fact,
=
by a regular corps Of workers, each one
proficient in his own particular line Be
sides this they make themselves resIon-
sible for every article. large or small, and
If anything is broken OF lost in your house
they replace it. And for all this large sum
is not charged. Recently an entire house
hold OF fourteen rooms was moved into a
much smaller one of ten(Poessitat ting much
altering of carpets and shades) for $50.
How does this compare with olden times?
Then, again, there are the markets
What to have to eat is a burning ques-
ton t. all housekeepers, particularly in
winlertime. 1t used TO be that she
placed her main dependence upon canned
goods put up in tin, which were neither
SO Wholesome nor paa ia BILE as those now
put up in glass. At this season OF the year,
besides the usual winter -vegeta bles, parS-
nips, oyster plant, sweet potatoes, beetS,
potatoes, etc, which We're all that could
he obtained long ago: one can now procure
mushrooms, Cauliflower, peas, tomat toes,
string beans. pears and all manner of tropi-
alfTuits, corn on the ear. in glass Jars. The
last named when prepared for the table
80 nearly resembles the fresh vegetab BILE
that it is almost impossible IL detect the
difference.
Strawberries come early in February
and 50 on through the year summer
Vegetables in winter and winter fancie s
in summer, and in quality and quantity
horticulture and scientific farming pro-
duce foods that are much superior to
those OF former times.
So, too, in the matter OF table prepare
tions for any particular function. an af-
ternoon tea, a house warming, wed
ding or other celebration. The hostess
merely gives her order to the caterer,
who carries out her instructions, and at
a cost less than il could be done person
ally. The caterer does the mark eting
provides everything required, whether
simply sandwiches and coffee. or an eiab- |
crate course dinner. He also provides |
the floral decora tions and a host of wait |
Frs so that the housewife is able to en- |
terrain her guests with an easy con- |
science and the comforta BILE q assurance that |
everything is running smoothly.