Daily camera., 1898-11-15
BAGS FOR VEGETABLES.
A Pattern HOusekeeper Finds Bur
laps to BE n Great Saving
and Convenience.

Il never realized what comfort and
convenience in keeping vegetables
could be- said pattern housekeeper,
until | took tie advice of "a neighbor
of mine and made some burlap bags.
1 got burlap of good quality, and dur
ing my leisure moments sewed half
a dozen bags, holding from peck
to a half lfbushel. They were overseamed
and sewed so that they would be dur
able as well as convenient, and pro-
vided with heavy hens at the top and
strong strings.
1--WE have quite a large family and
I buy many things in larger guam
titles than most of our neighbors. We
get lima beans by the peck, and find
it a most excellent plan. Potatoes.
when they first come, are bought by
the half bushel. onions in reasonable
quantities, and so on through the list,
Under the old system there was never
a time phen | could find an empty
basket or dish, especially in the busy
season. Some one would rush into
the house with an imperative demand
for a basket, crate or large pan, and
ii had to go, for waiting to look up
anything was out of the question.
| drew the line on my vegetable bags,
and, indeed, they were not as much in
demand as the baskets and boxes,
which was extremely good luck for
me. We made a great deal of ice cream
in the season, and as my kitchen space
is limited, | found it extremely in
convenient to have d barrel of salt,
and any of the boxes ordinarily used
for the purpose became empty on very
short notice, So | made salt bags as
well, each one holding half bushel.
These were suspended from strong
hooks in the ceiling of the storeroom,
save one, which was in regular use,
and was, therefore, kept within reach.
1t was great comfort to feel that
if | wanted to make dessert. it was
not necessary to go to the barn or
send to the warehouse in order to
fill my salt dishes; neither was bur-
dened with the bulk of this necessary
article standing around in great, un-
wieldy vessels. Indeed, l have found
bags my best friends. I have one for
the inner portion of my ice cream
freezer. This hangs from the cell
ing. We use but little graham -four.
\ cloth bag is prepared, and the pa
per bag as it came from the store is
slipped into it. This, too, is suspend
ed overhead. Dried fruit is put up in
paper bags, then in cloth ones, as the
nature OF the article may demand.
I asked the clerk at the dry goods
store where | buy most of my supplies
of that sort to put away for me any
odd lengths of heavy sheeting that
may come into his hands. These !
use for bags for food articles. They
are moth-proof, bug proof and weasel
proof, and have saved me many a dol
lar besides much annoyance. When
| get oatmeal, which | always buy in
bulk-the pinhead quality, which is,
in my opinion, the only sort worth US
ing-I fill small can for everyday
use. This is replenished from the large
lot, which is kept in q cloth bag out
side of the paper bag, and forms an
additional item in my ceiling decora-
ton.
This bag suggestion has so many
possibilities, and I find so many uses
for these inexpensive receptacles, that
strongly advise every housekeeper
to devote a little of her small change
to the purchase of materials for max
ing them. IN. Y. Ledger.