Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
SYSTEM IN HOUSEKEEPING

ORDER IS heavens nrSC law ana SyS-
tenn is her hand maiden. Few house,
keepers realize the value of thorough
ly systematizing the household work,
so that the machinery of the home will
run like clock work. This is simple If
the housewife will only make her
head save her heels"
How many Of the business interests
which supply the daily bread for the
great army of the worlds housewives
would succeed if those at the helm
did not spend hour upon hour planning
and systematizing their affairs? The
superintendent knows each morning
just what the days work for each of
the men employed under him is to be,
and each of these men, if he be worthy
his superintendent trust, will plan
his individual tasks to bring about the
best results possible at the close of
working hours.
If we, as housewives, only could be
brought to see the advantage of the
same methods applied to the home,
we would be saved many steps and
countless hours of worry. Established
business principles can be used to
advantage in solving other problems
than those merely financial; although
each of these less important ones
solved, eliminates one more factor in
the greatest problem of all in the aver
age home, the financial question.
The linen should have systematic
care. Each week, when the laundry is
put away, she must arrange her sup
ply so the pieces from that weeks
washing may be saved by not having
the same piece in the washing two
weeks in succession. When the older
sheets begin to wear, there are several
things for which they may be utilized.
AS they usually give way in the CEN
ter, they may be torn in two, scanned
up again, using the outer edges for
the center seam, the outside edges
hemmed, and, behold, a sheet made
whole for several more wears on one
of the family beds. Old sheets make
good coverings for the ironing board,
and sewn into bags become splendid
protectors for clothes against the raw
ages of penetrating dust.
Watch for the annual linen sales and
add to your store two new sheets, two
pairs of pillow cases, one-half dozen
plain huck towels (for everyday use),
as many washcloths perhaps a half
dozen common napkins and common
cloth. BY following this plan consis-
tently you will have household linens
in shipshape always, and the modest
expenditure will not be noticed
I wonder how many housekeepers
keep files for their bills and receipts? =?
We must bear in mind constantly
that Intentionally or unintentionally,
"to err is human" The grocer has
many accounts besides our own to
balance, and when ne puts down two,
expecting to carry four, he is apt to
make the mistake of carrying either
three or five instead. If we are able
to refer to our files for the auditing
of our accounts, neither the grocer nor
the housekeeper need be a loser.
While we are sojourning in the cul-
mary department, may I not put in
a word for ye humble potato? AL
though it is dressed in some way in
almost every family in the world ev-
cry day, no vegetable known is so often
poorly served 1t seems easier to fall
into a well-worn groove when 1t comes
to this portion of the daily menu than
almost any other, for ways of cooking
and serving potatoes are not numbered
as are the sands of the sea. However,
If one care to take the trouble to
systematic this branch of the culinary
department one never need be COM
PEELED to serve them twice alike In the
same seven days.
Two or three times a week, boil or
steam a large kettle of potatoes in
the original packages, set them aside
to cool, and verify, my daughters, they
will seem as a treasure house of gold
and silver. After you have been kept
busy all day with the multitudinous
duties which fall to the lot of every
housekeeper, it will seem as a great
weight lifted from your tired should
ers to have no potatoes to wash and
pare at dinner time. A few from your
treasure house may be stripped of their