Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27

and beyond that is a stretch of wild
hillside upon which the littlc Trawigs
may rolnp themselves into health and
happiness. AS MenrZel Travis truiges
to his work in the morning. the rising
sun iiings a silver sheen oul of its
lreasule-house i'll the east and lays it
AT his fcct. a promise of hope that
makes him glad Cor his childrcn's
sake.
Mrs. Travis. too, is a re-niadc wom-
AN. Neatly dressed and wearing the
air thai even the beginning of pros
perity brings. she looks every whit the
type of most Intelligent and self
respecting German matr"n. Dnc can
see that she is really quite a hand
some woman And the children are
immediately clean. Tho home from
kitchen TO parlor is spotless. and Il
of the stove declares that Mrs. Ira
wig is Il graduate cook and that Miss
Greif's services us a housekecper are
no longer needed. But she is always
TO come and see them. for they wor-
ship hex as the patron saint who
planned and executed With some
magic power their complete redemp-
ton.
The Trawis family is only one of
the ~ which Miss Grcif visited last
month. some nee a week. some sew
eral times each week.
Miss Grcif's work differs from the
more specialized work that is being
teaches-shc does. She scrubs. she
washes the children, She cooks The
meals when necessary.
The fault of so many homes.' says
Miss Grcif in describing her work. is
general confusion and filth and lack
utensils should be hung up or pu, in
their places. Clothes should be hung
up. 1t makes them wear longer. Pro-
visions and dishes should be put into
| some rcceptaclcs. If we can't lind
anything better we get boxes and put
them in.
Having got some degree of order.
VIC next deal with dirt: The floor must
be scrubbed, the windows washed.
the stovc cleaned ] should say that,
first of all, the dirty dishes ought to
be washed. II is no uncommon thing
to find families where the dishes are
not washes for several ineals,-and
they have only n set of dishes, at
| that. one of the worst conditions I
discover in the kitchen is a number
of dirty dishes piled and scattered
around i'm confusion.
Then the children nave To he
cleaned. too-and sometimes the
mother.
when | have everything in it.
place and Clean went on Miss Greif.
II begin the real work OF housekeeping.
ing. planning menus and preparing
food. The object in selecting foods.
Of curse. is to get the greatest
ainount Of nutrition at the least cost.
TO teach This l take the housc-w wife
on q marketing expedition. Then in
her oWn home ! show her how to cook
tho same article in different ways. and
how to utilize all the parts in different
dishes. so that there MAY be the least
waste possible.
Il nave the housewife keep 4
weekly budget OF expenditures. so thai
She pays FOR it. she also keeps a list
OF the menus FOR each meal. AT eacl
hiweekly visit | go over these will
her and make suggestions.
The teaching cannot be confined tt
advice merely. Very often ] cook Tho
meal. rs Il practical object lesson"
Alexander Johnson say tina Tx
Inconvenience, industrial exploitation
and effects Of governments. Miss
Greif viii tell YOU that the FIRST one is
about a. big as ali tho other three pu1
together.
Miss C.rrif found a young marie,
couple. who. although the husban,
made pretty good money. lacked man,
of the necessities of life. She won.
derrd. Bat when she discovered tina
the young Wife. unframed in the dutie.
of n wife, tried tn cook beans, pota
toes and dnmpiings IN in the sam
pot. Miss Grcif knew why they lacked
And wFen she took the girl to marlSe
and found that she did not know til,
prices of the most ordinary foods, sh,
was still more confirmed in her belle
that poverty is many. many times bu
the Legitimate child Of ignorance.