The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06
Minimizing
Household Drudecry

trious and full of desire 10 keep their
homes sweet and clean But many
women. especially those who ara
housekeeping in the country dlstrictx
OF virginia, have only unframed help.
or none at all, Others IN cities cans
not in these days of high prices. at
ford TO hire help
Therefore the housekeeper of mod
crate means who desires 10 regulate
TO advantage the question OF income
and outlay. to do her own cooking
and cleaning. desires also to minimize
the inevitable drudgery which has to
be encountered, especially in the
kitchen.
DO Away With ScrubbinE.
Every woman knows the labor In
volved in the daily. scrubbing OF the
kitchen floor. II can filled with
equal proportions of spirits of turpen-
tine and linseed oil. mixed with melted
beeswax. in the proportion OF q half
Il pound Of wax to half gallon of
the oil and turpentine, be kept IN the
Kitchen and the door gone over with
a soft wooden cloth and rubbed to q
polish fterward. once or twice week.
the scrubbing will pe unnecessary and
the floor be twice as good to look at.
One or two rag carpet rugs in bright
colors may be laid where they are
needed.
HouseviveS' BuEbcnr.
A bugbear to all housewives Is the
washing of kitchen pots and pans. A
combination wire and bristle brush is
the best helper here. II dishes ana
kettles are washed at once, before
they are allowed to become cold. the
housekeeper's hands need to come In
contact only with the handle of the
vessel and the most unpleasant part
ticles of food that dry and adhere
to the sides of pans and d.shes--is
eliminated
Kitchen labor is sensIbly reduced by
having tables with glass or marble
tops and keeping the tops spotless by
rubbing them off with paper napkins.
which are far better fsr such use than
cloth, and can be procured in large
quantities very cheap.
The Sanitary Incincrator.
A tube leading from a Kitchen or
kitchenette to an incinerator In tho
cellar. down which all waste can be
dropped and instantly disposed OF. does
away with an unmit'gated evil, the
garbage can. and the expenditure OF
many steps on the part OF the house
wise.
Whenever It IS possible, have neces-
sary work in the preparation OF fowls
and vegetables done outside OF the
kitchen. 1t costs a few cents more in
the market but 1t saves mary cents
and much squandering of energy IN the
kitchen.
GINS Stove md Fireless Cooker.
In cities, n gas stove with portable
oven and broiler. with a glass door to
do away with opening the oven door
oftener than necessary, and with a
freless cooker a supplement, ia all
| that a labor-saver needs in the prep
Ia, osf f.,,. ,rl; a.,
| In the country more and more water
IS being piped into houses. and com
| Portable sized sink with hot and cold
| water is becoming part of kitchen
! furniture. and is an ipeXpressible COM
| fort where woman has to be her own
| cook. a range and broiler is taking
| the PLACE, generally, OF the old fash
| Toned stove
| Innumernble Labor Savers.
In what Is known as an up-to-date,
| twentieth century kitchen the labor
! savers are almost innumerable espe-
| cially since electricity has been made
| to play so large a part in the prac-
teal and unitarian side of life. But
many of these contrivances are ex-
| pensive. Those that have been recon-
mended are sold at prices that put
! them in reach of people generally.
| Their value will be apparent to any
| housewife using them.
Community Jam Kitchen.
A community idea. carried out to the
! great advantage OF many women. Is
| an American village where common
interests are considered, is described
by Isabel Gordon Curtis In Success
| Magazine a jam kitchen, which took
| UP the greater part OF a village In
| stitute first floor.
| This kitchen, said Miss Curtis, had
white-t:ied walls. big, hooded stoves.
|
| dish cupboards, ennmeled sinks, hot
and cold water, and every requirement
| that an amateur jam factory could
| require from cherry stoners TO big
| tank where cans and tumblers were
| sterilized.
From the beginning of the fruit sea-
son. when Strawberries ripened, tin
| quincies grew yellow. a woman was
| paid a good salary to super!ntend the
summers output of Jams. pickles.
! jellies and canned fruit. She was
cooking school graduate with complete
! knowledge of the best methods for
| preserving and using the latest
| utensils
| The village housewives preserved
| and picked all they needed for their
own pantries under the managers di-
| rections. Work which had been labor
in small. poorly equipped farmhouse
| kitchens became social gathering
with labor as a side issue After In
dividual preserving was finished com.
! munity work began The jam Kitchen
| marketed its output in the nearby
| cities. and after one season the de-,
| mand became very large, because ths'
best advertisement Is a weu-satisheJ
| patron.
Gnteways and Their Associations.
Now lift my latch. and readily d
| swing
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