Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-17
BE KIND TO YOURSELF.

Economy of the Home.
Apropos of the housekeeper "who
resolved that her kitchen sink should
it." Mrs. Sarah de w. GamweH rise$
to remark in Good Housekeeping.
The query arises, ''Who wishes to eat
In a kitchen sink, or when, even in the
best arranged house, was a kitchen
sink intended for such a purpose ~ Il
Granted that drains and wires are
provided to keep a kitchen sink whole
some-and that means deodorfzing and
free egress and includes protection
from pests-anything more is a waste
Of time and thought. AS regards san
itatfon, the kitchen with it's accessories
is the pivotal spoke in the home wheel.
: 1t does not follow that the kitchen
floor should be as Immaculate as a
trencher for bread cutting or a plank
for shad broiling. The domain of the
houSekeepeg- is SO wide and her duties
so onerous that she cannot afford to
dissipate her energy upon trivialities
! unless she neglects the weightier mat
tiers and makes herself drudge and
own life, but the lives of all under her
roof.
heard Of a woman who entered her
kitchen every morning before break
fast armed with an immaculate linen
handkerchief. what did she do with
| it?'' She ran it across the edge of her
kitchen range, and woe to the cook If
| 1t even soiled. This is not a freak Of
the Imagination; it is a fact. Another
| fact stands forth as it's parallel: -Kitch-
en- ranges were not the only self i'm
posed misery of this de1uded house
keeper. To obtain servants became an
| fmpossibilfty, and the strange thing
| about it is she could never understand
the reason why. Neither could she TN
derstand why her husband spent SO
little time at home. It is to be hoped
that as regards children there were
| none.
my advice to you is, don't make
| yourself a slave to your kitchen floor"
This, from an experienced housekeeper
to young wife, did not mean that the
kitchen floor should not be clean; only
| that it's place was subordinate. You
have sunny dining room, a snug par
| lor, a little library and a coy corner.
Keep these bright and enticing for your
| husbands sake and for your own.
Learn the larger uses of things as re-
CARDS the economy of your home, the
| best ingredients for food, the most
tempting arrangement of your table;
believe that an ounce of commentator
will go further with your maid than a
pound of criticism. If you don't be-
Heve it try it, and remember that the
life after all is more than meat and
the body more than raiment.
Be kind to yourself Give yourself
time to rest, to read, to cultivate your
self and your friends, and if you are
not already sin" join a club.
| Pointers From the Cooks.
The only way to beat eggs for a cake
| is with fork.
Firm ripe tomatoes with salt and
pepper make a good picnic Wand.
| Sour cream, with salt, pepper and a
little lemon juice beaten into it, makes
a fine salad dressing.
| A dessert spoonful Of good cider vim
egar to each cup of juice will make
good jelly from peaches and pears.
In making graham bread spread a
little cream over the top just before
putting into the oven, and the crust
will not harden, but stay moist till
| nearly done.
If you would be a follower of the
| movement now in action against i'm
| proper food, substitute the nutritious
and palatabEe olive for pickles when
| ever possible.
Rubring wrong at your
house? saw the doctor going in to-
| day.
I Everard Upp-Yes, and he'll have to
| come again.
Rubring That SO? What was the
matter?
Everard Upp-I didn't have the mon
ey for his last years bin -Philadel-
! xphia Ledger.