The Washington times., 1914-05-29
Summer
DiShWdShin6
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK


Several witty men have said that
IL they had to do dishes" they
would have invented other methods
of eating-so much did they hate
this much maligned household task.
Certainly it is true that men have
known on camping trips have cheer
fully solved the difficulty by bury
ing the dishes in the tidal sand
right after breakfast, and. with
gallant hearts. proceed to enjoy the
days sport. to return at night to
find that the wild waves had scour-
ed the dishes clean-with no hand
labor.
All the dishwashers on the market
are made by men-and. If your fam
fly is large enough, a dishwasfier,
be IL ever SO humble, will help you
wondrously, IL you have enough
water. But I am speaking now to
the great mass Of uS who wash
thirty-four dishes at dinner, eight
quota depends on whether we have
"lunch' or a luncheon"
First. let us eliminate all extra
service. Why the service plate?
Because some French or English
families who can hire a cook for IS
a month and a scullery maid for 50
made the innovation Of an extra un-
used plate before each person, why
must we follow ESPECIALLY when
Lizzie costs 324 a month, and will
leave at the slightest notice?
Then many women have a penchant
or worse, for excess china on the
table. 1t is free county, and
themselves IL they wish-and they
do; but why celery sets. and red
one for meat, and q blue one for
salad and a pink one for dessert,
and several other spectral shades
for every course thrown in?
I am not criticising this kind Of
service, II We have the servants
/ do disagree. with 1t, when simple
housewives. whose husbands make
$50 a week. try to ape this fashion.
and who have cut class and china
and gimcracks on the table. which
mean so much extra work and labor.
We can also use the paper or pulp
plates which are now being made
so well shaped and goodlooking. Not
for regular meals, but for lunch. for
the children, and for outdoor meals
and summer al fresco. They come
with an inner lining of parchment
paper, which can be removed, and
a new disk placed on the plate for
another course FOR instance, IL
we had a meal of chops. potatoes.
salad and a blanc mango, we could
serve the chops and potatoes On the
first disk: remove II, substitute a
new one. and have a portion Of
salad: remove and substitute again.
and place the dessert on II, IN this
way using only one plate, and that
a paper one. Paper cups. too, and
paper bowls are on the market. and
really beautiful white glazed paper
plates in sets. which look like real
china
Another mistake housekeepers
make in hot weather is washing
dishes three times a day. II the
family Is small, 1t Is more sensible
to nut the few breakfast dishes to
soak and wash with the lunch-or to
wash only supper silver and let the
dishes-not pots-stand until break
fast. Time is lost getting ready
the utensils, washing out the sink.
etc, which can be saved Ii two
patches are done at once. Use a
wooden plate scraper-I wish / could
give one to every housewife-a soap
shaker, a dish-mop. and a pan large
enough to avoid stopping. A wire
dish-drainer saves drying any dish II
YOUR water is hot enough. A bath
spray will spray them II you have
hot water on tap. The saved half
hour by this method can be put into
"doilinp mn for the only man-in-
stead OF wiping needless plates.
fCopyright, 1914. by Mrs. Christine
Frederick.)