Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-27
SUMNER RESORT AT HE HOME
Hot weather Diversions which Help
90 Bantsh the vacation
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Tie change 20 different scenes ara 4
rest from TIRE constant responsibilities q
the household is a. excellent thins f7r
vornan vho can afford q summer vacation,
but there are thousands Of mothers who
cannot take a summer trip. 50 that each
year the number OF womea who take va
cations az home is growing greater.
In order % make your vacation a. home
. real pleasure SAYS the Washington Star.
the first thing 70 90 IL TO tighten your
work Free the house Of unnecessary ar
tieIss 70 sweep. wash. dust iron or move
Put the bric-a-brsce where II viii not
have to be busted DO not iron any article
n the wash which can be left unironed.
such as sheets. pillow cases. towels. stock
ings gauze vests. etc. Clear everything
out OF the house except the useful and
the beautiful There are many persons who
even take down their curtains during the
summer. but that is OVERRIDING the mat
ter as il leaves a plain-looking house woe
fully unattractive
simrlfy your meals either buy or
make a firelsss cooker You can cook
everything you need in IL with much less
fuel and labor. II viii also save you from
standing over hot stove on hot day.
1--we out OF doors al you can. II you
have a porch leading from the kitchen
a. all the work you can out there. or II
there is q big sree at the back door 60
out there when you are Smelling peas,
stringing beans pairing apples sewing or
working At any task which may be done
under q tree or on a porch Eat your
meals on the porch II you are sheltered
by a vine You will have q better appe-
lite. When your work IL finished sit
anywhere but indoors. BY and by the cold
Will come and you will have 70 house
yourself up. 80 take advantage now Of
every bit OF the glorioas summer weather
and get acquainted with the skies the
birds the flowers and the trees. Take
az afternoon each week and devote IL to
doing nothing; go into the woods or park;
lie in the hammock and read Do the
thing that afternoon that you really want
10 do. not the thiaE that you think you
ought 70 do. Don't forget the picnics. Make
up a party OF yourself and other tired
housekeepers.
Do not confine yourself TO a cold lunch
Prepare a hot lunch in your nreiess
cooker before going and take it with you
\ in the cooker. Be sure to put your hot
( tea and coffee in also. A homemade fire.
less cooker is easily made. Get a thick
wooden box without any holes or cracks
| and pack tightly the bottom, sides and top
with layers Of newspapers 70 the depth Of
about four inches A layer Of asbestos
paper ali round would help greatly TO
keep II alright Pack il well on top and
/ weight it down with something rather
heavy. When using a homemade fireless
cooker your food will have 70 be boiled
/ for five or ten minutes before placing in
/ the cooker
Your picnic viii be an enjoyable affair
II you follow this plan. as a hot meal
/ spread out on a snowy white tsbecloth
on the green grass and eaten under the
ahade Of q tres will taSts twice a. good
as a cold lunch under the same condi-
| tons
/ To further beautify your summer re-
sort have at least one hanging basket
on your porch. Line IL with moss ard
very rich light sell A snowy basket Is
one made wholly OF red geraniums. double
| petuniss ana myrtle. English OF ground
ivy myrtle sndures airncst. any tempera-
/ ture and will often survive a drouth A
/ pretty plant for your kitchen window
| could be started from a carrot root. placed
| in deep crock with plenty OF rich soil
| and placed in a sunny window and kept
/ wei NaNeIeG- Al viii grow ana Almost
/ fill a window with foliage and white
flowers
Build a mound around your tree by Pill
Ing rich garden soil one foot high against
the trunk and grading it to the ground
| In this bed plant several varieties Of pan
| sizes and border Of dwarf alyssum al the
extreme edge These flowers bloom until
frost nips them and they need very little
| attention and are beautiful. Cut the white
| alyssum blooms once every two weeks and
pick blooms OF pansies frequently. Mas
turiums would be beautiful banked up in
the same way. Eyes brighten a. the sigh
of fresh flovers and q pansy or nastur'
tiums bed would give tenfold Of plsaSurs
in return for the little work. II you havs
a fence that you would Ike to hide. plan
morning gloriss along the edge and wint
strings up and down the fence for then
70 cling 70.
Long wire nails driven into the fence
will support Irvine or cord. Plant wild
sage and saliva in front Of the mornins
glories in two hedge rows. Saliva crow
low. branches and seldom sheds It's leaves
Both plants are scarlet. though of off
ferent shade The sage Is green durins
the summer, turns pale ceriso and rnallJ
q most beautiful red. This combination
makes a very handsome fence covering.
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