Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-08-11

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Woft There are club I0rinod Ia
study iIlA question and troatisss
|wfittep II throw light 81 The pro-
lhIen, and magazines have depart.
meuta chat are filed with letters
asking what can / do 10 make my
houe pleasant enough Tor my ser.
rant
l3pt no ono seems to BE- worrying
very much about sho Kitchen moth
q works II. and d some busy
hoIlsabo'ds anN0f lives s There
M eMnlt|ng 'lAcps4l'sns as ID
slSA lhAt slsnAbn eslIg ba made beaa.
titul lor her. no convocasion Of 70
men pulling their brains lest there
be some stone unturned that would
make her kitchen hours more inter
esting and more artistic.
No. Il Mother kitchen IL pref.
~ u u usually because she has
shaved few additional honrs and
made II 50 herself; but as rule IL
ism / pretty. and II she has a few
hours, sho spends them making the
parlor pretsier Or ombroidering pill
low sbams (which one ii appalled, 10
hear are coming In fashion AGAIN. or
doing something Tor somebody who
ought 10 be doing for her.
And YET, Ifa woman is her own
home maker. II she must do all or
nearly all, 81 the family work, as
So many clover iatelllgent Asneri.
can women must do, with all this
trouble about servants. which Is
never settled In cIabo then surely
she Is entitled to . pretty kitchen.
Not merely . Kitchen with good air
and sunshine these two things are
too necessary 10 mention but the
kitchen should have an airof bright
ness. attractiyeness and Of real com
fort
First 81 al Il should be made so
that Il will keep clean easily and
second 50 that every possible step
can b saved. Aud then there
should be pretty color aud flowers
Of ferns Or i basket Of luxurianl
ylaea The sink aud table should
Be . high stool so that mother can.
slt a har table or arouing board.
And al the tables and shelves
and window lcdges should DO
clyercd with white Or blue and
white table olLrloth, W that there i
40 scrubblug and securing. And
the foor should be- a deep blue and.
white linoloum, which Ii moi expen.
slye and can b. wiped up III ton
minutes. Aud lhe windows should
have short curtains 81 blue and
white japanese print. which II also
cheap ard washable. Paint the
wills ivory white or put on blue.
and white paper and then vanish.
With q kitchen IN those clean,
cheerful tones aud with red geran-
jun IN tho window and yard fern
which viii grow any where, and
needs no care but q cup Of water a
day, and then coy rocker near
tho window and d book and work
basket with the everlasting mend.
ing, kitchen work can gel 10 be
something besides utter heart.sick
drudgery
This all sounds, known like
work and expense 10 begin with,
and Il does moan little of both.
But pretty linoleum does not cost
q biz more in three years than the
renewal d ugly cheap oII.cloth each
year And Japanese prints will
wear years whore cheaper lawn Is
gone In season. And the saving
81 tlme when Il comes TO the weekly
or daily cleaning 81 this kitchen is
lncalculable
Old,lashion housewares disliked
putting much oxpense into Kitchen
things which required lotofscrub
bling and scouting that soon took
out the color and ruined the texture.
But the very up.to-date housewife
has learned that she does not have
10 spend one third of her life to keep
The other two thirds clean, She
has found that D little pure borax
will save lot Of muscular activity
and much wear and tear.
Her window custain she soaks in
cold borax water. two teaspoonsuIs
10 4 pail Of water, for holf an hour,
then she rubs them lightly through
hot suds Of the samesoIution, rInses
them ia clear cold water and let's
dry In the shade. WheEnearly dry
she irons on the wrong side and IN.
vnriabIy they look like new.
AZ for har linnlaum fahla ali.