The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26

and must supplement the lack of such
space by a hinged shelf over the one
table she has, is likely to be annoyed
and discouraged when she is told that
a marble. slab is requisite for the
manufacture of good pastry. It is
help, undoubtedly, but it is like good
many other things Of the sort.
II have been housekeeping for thir-
ty years." I heard a woman say the
other day. She had always been q
keeper, and her table was a synonym
for good living. Il flatter myself that
I am a tolerable cook, and that the
dishes which come on my table are
fairly attractive. I have never owned
a handicapped pastry table or
pastry bag or tube, or set of darl-
ole molds or a frying-kettle or half
a dozen other things that I am always
told are essential to good housekeep-
ing. They are all very nice. but |
| have managed to get along without
| them very comfortably
So have good many other women.
None the less, many of these things
| But if there is choice between these
and plenty of the palmer things. the
latter should be chosen. I have al
ready spoken of the necessity of
enough mixing bowls and cups. There
should be dishes or naples in which
TO put away lOOu, COOheu VI ullCoohou,
so that the dishes kept for the table
should not be used for this purpose.
There should also be a half-pint meas
uring. cup and a graduated quart meas
ure, two or three double boilers OF
different sizes, large sharp knives for
! meat. or fish OR bread, and smaller
and equally sharp knives for cutting
and peeIing vegetables and for remov-
ing the meat from the bones of a joint
or fowl. The boards for sliclng
meat and bread should not be lacking
and there should be spoons in album
dance, as we'll as a good supply OF
those articles to which have referred
as missing from certain kitchens 5of
There is not space here to go into
the minutiae Of kitchen plenishing and
this is not an expert guide to the young
housekeeper, who knows nothing Of
what constitutes the proper furnishing
of a kitchen. Rather it Is an accumu-
lation of hints for hOusekeepers OF
more or less experience who are on the
lookout for suggestions that may help
them. To many of them the thought
of kitchen oilcloth instead of paper on
the shelves is an old story, but there
may be those to whom it will come
as a new idea. This same kitchen OIL
cloth, spread on the set tubs or the
bare tops Of either, and more easily
kept clean. There are few pantries. /
fancy, in which the empty preserve
and jelly glasses are not made to serve
as holding places for dry groceries OF
all Sorts The tin cracker box has
)long been with us as a receptacle fO1
those articles that are too large to &C
into the jars. For those who CAN af-
, ford to pay for them there are CAMS.
tiers for almost everything that can be
, used in the kitchen, all neatly marked
, on the outside. To the fiat dwellei
. these come in the nature of an exas
= peration What she needs are no
, shelves on which to put the things sh,
has!
Again, I repeat, let her make
study Of what she can hang up. Unit
she has thought long she will no
guess how many articles can pc thu
Suspended. If she has a pantry witt
glass doors she is in luck. and ii no
She should shelter the contents of tn
shelves by a curtain. For this sh
may use some wash stuff that can b
taken down and done up when it ]
soiled. A kitchen in which every
thing is open to the view and every
thing shining clean is lovely sign
but it is not achieved without niue
hard work in the line Of daily busting
and weekly scourings. Even for tn
sake Of tidiness it is not worth Will
for the overworked housekeeper! to- as
sumo this burden. Where dust an
soil can be hindered or hidden by
curtain she should make use OF one
She has only so. many hours day
If she puts in too many or them I
make things spot!ess she viii nav
a more important even than brillian
cleanliness.