Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-07-20

By MARY AENABLR FANToN.
''If il weren't for work / Iwouldn't Z
mind warm weather q Bit" How
many times during warm days do
we hear this pathetic plant.
IL is the exercise indoors. the
STOPPING over for scrubbing, the
strength that goes into securing
tables. the polishing Of windows,
that all 90 10 increase the circulation
and raise the temperature.
Simple home work, the mere
freshening up of q house and the
getting Of cool wholesome sumner
meals no housewifs minds win
pleasant hours intsrspersed for rest
ing on her porch or q drive or some
effective embroidery by cool win
dows.
So that really to make a summer
comfortable work must be rendered
less arduous.
The first wise step in this direc-
tion should have taken place in the
packing away OF curtains, carpets,
and rugs in the Spring; with bare
hardwood floors. with open door
spaces, with un-upholstered furni-
ture and windows unadorned, and
free for every summer breeze; work
is lessened one-third.
Then. il one can only get in the
way of eating cold dishes, and
salads Of all sorts Of vegetables,
fruits for deserts, and meats cold at
least part Of the time, the exhaus-
tion of heated kitchen is cut in
two. And this sort of eating is not
only cheaper in summer, but much
healthier. Among the rosy checked
Holland DANES, vegetable salad is "a
daily summer dish, and they use
every sort Of vegetable for the warm
weather salads-peas, bean, string
beans, endive, lettuce, asparagus,
potatoes, artichockes. The soft de-
licate leafy vegetables are served
with oil and vinegar dressing favor
ed with nasturtium seeds, and the
harder beans, peas. ETC., with mayon-
naise.
Fruit salads are more used In
France, of pears, apples, nuts,
peaches, every solid fruit that will
not discolor too quickly. Pineap-
pie makes delicious salad, especi-
ally combined with celery or lettuce
hearts. Usually the fruit salads
are served with fine mayonnaise
made OF lemon juice instead OF vine-
gar.
Pressed meats are inexpensive
and delicious cold. II soup is ser.
we'd, it may be made Of vegetables,
cream OF tomato. or a puree Of peas,
beans or potatoes, these are all
nourishing and economical and do
not heat the blood.
Having made the house pleasant
TO live in and easy TO take care OF,
and furnished the table with food
simple TO prepare, inexpensive and
satisfying, it is still necessary 70
reduce what work is actually essen
tial TO its lowest common denomina.
tor"
Brush the bare floors with a soft
full brush and wipe with a mop wet
with borax water, warm. Ina buck
OF OF warm water put tablespoon
full of pure borax powder, this will
not only thoroughly clean hard wood,
but will do it without marring the
tone of the wood or dulling the
polish.
After the floors are clean-a and
once a week is often enough-if the
rooms are dusty wipe the wood work,
walls and furniture with a cloth
dampened in borax water. Ii will
remove all soil, even grease, kill all
germs and never iniure fibre or
tint.
The use Of borax water renders
the scrubbing brush as out OF date
as the spinning wheel; and yet
while it makes work lighter it is
making the house cleaner.
Many American home-makers
have delved in science, and they
wan. their houses antiseptically
clean. Shining brass and glowing
wood is not sufficient. They must
destroy the microbe family, root and
branch. And to clean with warm
borax water is 70 sign the germ