Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-06-11
HOW NEW INVENTIONS
MAKE HOUSEWORk EASY
Modern Cooking Utensils That Lessen Labor Aid the Culinary
Art and Improve the Menu.

Since the early days of civilization
when a few earthen bowls and straw
dishes comprised the complete culinary
outfit of home kitchen, work in this
department of the household has
grown more and more complicated.
Our wants and necessities in this di-
rection has increased enormously
from year to year, and if it was not
for the ingenuity Of men and women
who turn their minds to the problem
of labor-saving devices homework
would be many times harder and more
tedious than it is.
The watchword of the modern
housekeeper is economy-economy Of
time and equipment of her kitchen
and pantries as carefully as she does
the drawing room furnishings, and if
she be a wise woman she supplies
herself with the countless. little de-
vices for the simplifying of her work.
Labor savers for the kitchen are sold
in the shops where a speciality is made
of such ware. The counters present
fascinating front to the neat house
keeper. Odd little window cleaners,
measuring cups, polishers and pans
tempt her to open wide her purse
strings when she passes by piles of
alluring chiffons and laces without
more than casual glance.
No thorough housekeeper can resist
enlarging her kitchen equipment even
at the sacrifice of her wardrobe. She
takes as much pride and pleasure in
having a perfectly appointed cooking
realm as in an attractive living room.
The list of modern cooking uten-
sils designed for the purpose of les
sening work is legion. Each month or
week something new is launched on
the market.
Beaters for eggs, cream and sauces
are now made to be operated with
one hand and they take far less time
and are more thorough than the old
fashioned twO-hand kind. They have
a much needed cover and the jar is Of
glass, with a large and substantial
base to keep it firm on the table or
shelf. Small hand churns make home
made butter and cheese possible. 1t
is no trouble whatever to make a pot
of fresh butter, yellow and sweet, by
the aid Of one of these convenient lit
tie churnS.
Potatoes can be served in a hun
dred different ways by making use of
the many devices for cutting them
into queer shapes and bits.
The modern cook has no excuse for
ingredients. She is provided with
sets Of glasses, cups and spoons, which
hold an exact amount of either liquid
or solid, and the amount is plainly
marked on the outside of the article.
Tin and silved plated measuring
spoons come in sets of three, with the
handles fastened together and a hole
through the top by which they can be
hung up and always kept at hand for
immediate use. The sizes are a tea
spoon, dessert spaan and table spoon,
or quarter-spoon, tablespoon and tea
spoon
There is a brush for everything in
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is intended for cleaning cut glass, an
other for tumblers, third for clean
ing the buffers pantry, fourth for
the sink; several smaller ones are de-
signed for pastry brushes, and then
there are pot brushes, floor window,
shelf and refrigerator brushes-a host
in themselves, but every one useful
and deserving a regular place in the
kitchen equipment. Brushes for clean
ing windows and polishing the glass