Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-01-21
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Furnishing the Kitchen

piece will mean u certain amount Of
self-deniaL
The average country, or village home
may be furnished economically, YET
most conveniently by following my
friends plan. Get the essen tails, thai
go with the stove. and then begin 90
save money for one certain thing, say
an aluminium kettle a woman has TO
lift her kettle so often, and she can
, buy kettle for two dollars. Don't
faint at the price. That may moan
heavy self denial, but l would drink hot
water a year TO save money enough for
kettle. Then there are the sauce
pans. hominy boilers, frying pans,
-oasters, and bread pans.
l said 10 man, you take care to have
harroWs and sulkey plows and spreaG-
ers, you have fine stock and extra seed
corn, but your stove is an eyesore, your
kettle weighs more empty than mine
filled with water and the iron pot will
break any womans back. Why don't/you
give your wife at least tenth OF what
your farm tools cost?
a woman said to me: My husbands
reply always Is that the new imple-
ments are such a help to the mules, but
he never thinks about what help to
his wife a washing machine, q barrel
churn, a gasoline iron would be-
This woman's reply is about the aver
age statement. there are more improve
ments IN every other line Of work than
in the home makers. The average man
thinks what was good enough for his
mother is good enough for his wife. He
does not consider the work from any
other point of view. Some of the wonl-
en- are to blame, by being as a contrisu-
tor 10 this page termed them, door
mats Economical housekeeping is
not always buying the cheapest things
II is in uniting quality and utility. We
must remember that every time the fry
ing pan is used IL must be cleanseu,
and to hold a heavy iron pan with one
hand and wash il with the other is a
strain on any number of muscles and
the nervous system. An aluminium, or
even a light steel one saves strength for
so many other things.
Half the homes today have the heavy
old time irons that the darkeys used on
our grandparents plantations. There
are irons that come in sets of three, with
an adjustable handle that are cheap and
SO easy to handle. There are gasoline
and kerosene irons that take off half the
hardship by eliminating the hot fire TO
heat them. A great many use the
charcoal bucket, and that is good, bgt
the selfheating gasoline or kerosene Is
better Gas cannot be enjoyed eVerJ-
where but kerosene stoves are to be OBJ
tanned in the most remote places now
and / do hope you who have not yet
bought one will this summer get at least
the two burner and a steam cooler
Make yourself a fireless. Can vegeta-
bles enough to pay for it, If you don't
think that you can afford it otherwise.
When you get the stove you will have
time and strength for other things, there
will not be the everlasting job of taking
out ashes, nor having the wind come
from the wrong quarter and retard the
cooking. The best is the cheapest In
the long run, but the most expensive is
not always the best. There may be
finishing touches that add to the attrac-
tiveness but not to the utility.
If can be any help to you in select
ing your new conveniences don't hesitate
to write TO me. We once had some fine
letters along this line. Let US hear
from the home makers. tell us what you
have that lightens your work.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia, Ala