The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-07-09

"HESE are economic hints which
ever, housekeeper should be-
come familiar with. for wheth
or she does all Of her own
work or has an assistant the efficient
housewife should realize that system
and management are the two watch
words which bring her greatest re.
wards.
one systematic housewife has
kitchen calendar which she makes her
self each year early In December and
which she claims is invaluable. She
prepares 365 sheets of fairly heavy pa
per. so that 1t does not tear easily
| One-haIf inch from the top of the pa
per on each side a hole Is punched;
through this a cord is run so that the
pages turn easily. Each page is dated
Immediately under the date every
Monday has washing written, Tues.
day ironing" Wednesday "silver and
hrasses cleaned" Thursday cleaning
bedrooms and bathrooms" Friday
cleaning living rooms and dining
room" and Saturday cleaning kitchen.
pantries, icebox, etc"
This plainly indicates the main out
line Of the weeks work. The rest OF
the page is blank, so that good big
space is left for incidental happenings.
II there is to be a dinner Wednesday,
for instance. it is put down, with the
number Of guests invited. Then the
menu is planned and written In, and
sufficient space is left at the bottom
for memoranda Of purchases that are
needful. This particular housewife as
serts that her homemade kitchen cal
endar suits her better than any she
can buy because 1t is absolutely indl
vidual Often good recipes are jotted
down, and at the end of the year. when
1t is time to hang up the new calendar,
these are copied off and put in the
recipe division Of the card catalogue
box.
One of the cardinal principles Of the
efficient housewife Is to concentrate
her thought on the work OF the hour |
and not waste mental energy on the |
innumerable tasks which the day holds
for her.
There is the story Of the woman who
lamented: Here's Monday and all the
washing's got to be done Tuesday, |
the ironing, Wednesday, the baking!
Goodness, half the weeks gone and not
thing done YETI
One truly efficient little woman was
asked how she could give so many de-
lightful little entertainments. and do
it apparently, with no trouble and such
manifest enjoyment on her own part
She smiled wisely and said, Il al
ways plan ahead, but l never worry
ahead" If she Is to give a dinner
Thursday, for instance, the menu Is
prepared and the main ordering done
Tuesday She is fortunate in having
butcher she can trust, so that her
meats are ordered then for delivery
Thursday. Wednesday she prepares
the soup stock. Then she looks over
her linen, dishes and silver and has
everything in readiness to set the ia
BILE the next afternoon. Early Thurs
day morning she is out, completing her
ordering. and by noon everything Is
ready for the actual cooking. Directly
after luncheon the table is arranged
and then she rests for an hour or two.
She has even been known to go to a
club meeting or bridge party, much
to the amazement Of friends who know
her plans for the evening.
Her dinners are always successful.
for the guests are sure to find an en-
thusastic welcome. which makes them
feel that they are really wanted, and
that there has been no trouble or fuss
in preparing for them.