The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-11

Hon. to Make.
the Home More
AftractiUe

AS d general rule, every other room
in he house is better furnished with
-conveniences than is the one in which
the busy householder spends so great
a portion of her time. We do not refer
to he various utensils so needed and
often not found in the ordinary kitchen.
but the little things to make the work
go more smoothly, and facilitate the
arduous labors of the kitchen.
There should be a stool Just tall
enough to accommodate the worker at
the kitchen table and allow her to lean.
rather than to sit upon it. This rests
one, and is not sc much bother as get
ting up and down from an ordinary
chair. Such a stool for use in wash
ing dishes, peeling potatoes, etc., will
save its owner many a backache, and
also save tired feet.
Asbestos mats are just the things to
put on the stove under the basin of
milk which is being heated for toast.
The milk will become very hot. vet
there is no danger of 1t sticking to the
bottom of the va or scorching. Place
such a mat under the pan in which you
cook oatmeal or custard, if you do not
have a double boiler, and save scorched
or burned food. Even if you do have
the boiler, there are times when one
wishes to make only a small amount.
and 1t would be a nuisance to use, and
a pity to dirty up, the large %utensil.
Then instead use a common tin basin,
setting 1t on the asbestos mat.
Put the mat Under the smoothing
iron, and it will never get too hot: it
will ave scorched spots on the shirts.
and also smut spots, for the mat will
keep the face of the iron clean. Have
plenty of holders about the stove. We
think about the best thing for the pur-
pose Is a stocking leg, cut open to
make a square piece. Sew a loop of
braid to n corner for a hanger, and
you have a holder of convenient size.
shape and of no cost. They should be
of black cotton stockings. as the black
will not be so easily soiled as any other
color. Have several nails at a con-
venient height on the wall above the
and keep several of these holders
in place. When worn out they are
easily replaced, and as easily made.
Have a wide-mouthed bag hung on
the wall between the stove and the
table. Put into this all
bits of clean cloth too small or too
for other uses. You will
find a hundred uses for these, from
up a bit of spilled grease from
the floor to tying up a cut finger. Have
bag for paper. Put into it all small
scraps of clean paper, and plenty of
newspapers that are u of date as to
their original purpose. Be sure hat
his bag is kept well filled, for it will
more tina repayy you for this slight at
When washing lamps you
a piece of paper to wipe off the
oil hat a slip of the can has poured
on the outside; another to wipe the
smoke from the interior of the CHM
leys, n still more to polish them
they are clean. Don't set hat
lirty spider, or stewpan, on the kitchen
able; whip out an old newspaper, and
let it intervene, and so save time, pa
hence and soap in keeping the table
It's mission filled, the paper may
90 to kindle the fire.
give them two coats of enamel, or two
If stain and one of varnish. If you
wish to make a dark wood frame white
give II Il HrSI coat Ol CoiliilOH WAltS
paint, then three of cream enamel.
A Good Use for Old Bankets-When
have become thin and I'M
slightly from long use, have them
washed; put two or three together and
them with pretty sateen to make
Button down the quilts here
md there, mattress fashion, to keep
hem in proper shape, and finish off
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