Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15
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Keep them In warm. dry place. After
washing up your dishes and cleaning the
oishpan. seald out the sink and sink brush.
Be careful not to throw anything but wa
ter down the sink lest you clog il I'M
Never have sticky. greasy plates and
ohshes The way to avoid this Is TO use
sap. no, water and clean. dry towels.
Change the water often. Perfectly clean
plates and dishes are one proof of the
cook being good servant
be particular in washing vegetables Lay
eauiihower and cabbage in salt and water
FOR an hour or more to get out the In
sects
If dinner party is In prospect, ask for
a bill OF fare and get ready all you can
the day fixed.
Take notice of all orders that require
time in the preparation of a dinner and
hurry nothing
Wear plain cotton dresses and large
aprons Be sure to keep your hair neat
and smooth. Be careful of fuel. 1t is
great recommendation to a cook TO use
only the necessary amount of coal.
Have an eye to your mistresses' interests.
not permitting waste of any kind; cook
who is just and honest and does as she
would be done by is worthy of the greatest
respect and may be sure of being success
full and happy.
When the mornings work is done, she
should carefully wash her hands and visit
the larder. Here she should look to every
thing. See IL the hanging meat or game
requires cooking. Wipe out and air the
bread box Clean and scrub the larder al
least twice a week. Receive her mistress
orders attentively, and if she cannot trust
her memory write them on a state. She
should examine the meat sent by the
butcher. and If 1t is not right refuse to
accept II. She should also weigh the meat
and ask the butcher for paper of weight.
An Enterprising-
English maid is one of several daughters.
each of whom earns her living in one way
or another. Living close to a mammoth
mansion containing some two hundred fats
it occurred TO her that here was a world
Of many needs. There must be a hundred
openings for a handy girl smart with her
needle. and of domestic tastes. So she had
her cards printed and distributed among
the fiat dwellers She did not forget the
wing devoted to bachelors whose button
less state was a chronic temptation, placed
by Providence among their under linen TO
lure them TO matrimony Their socks
yawned aloud for a member of a sex which
is skilled with the needle All the bach
elors' work is taken home. but her ordI-
nary work is done At clients houses: and
although she does not expect them sundrv
luncheons and teas invariably come her
way.
Hostesses in these flats, where all the
catering is provided, found previously that
the refreshments for evening parties from
the big kitchens of the caterers mounted
up TO big figures. Now they requisitioD the
interchangeable little maid to turn her help
ing hand TO sandwich cutting, trimming up.
and Sarnishing simple little home manu-
featured savories and sweets and oiling all
round the wheels of entertaining She IS
regarded by her clientele as the angel IN
the house.
When white furs grow grimy in smoke
laden London. she skillfulIy cleans them
with hot flour. makes shert work Of hem
ming the rev spring supply of fri led mu sim
blinds fashions charming little chairbacks
from odds and ends of silk, and proves a
real friend in need to householders whose
tastes are undomestic or whose time is
otherwise occupied She goes round and
pays the tradesmen's bills matches silks
and ribbons and undertakes the manifold
tasks which are by no means derogatory
TO lady of high degree, but are uncon-
genial to many women whose interests find
other outlets. Answering notes. supervis-
ing accounts, sorting out linen drawers and
washing valuable china are terrible tax to
some women whose instincts are not of the
hausfrau order. Thousands OF women In
the world of London and other cities who
devote themselves to society, art philan-
thropy or politics or professions hunger for
sorne one 10 perform the little duties they
have not time for and which do not re-
qutre the entire time of an assistant.