The evening world., 1922-03-23


The silverlike insect you mention
may be "the silver fish" insect. I
should like you to describe It more
fully. The best booklet on any and
all house insects and remedies against
them ia:
The Principal Household Insects
Bulletin No. 4, Department Of
Agriculture-Division of
Entomology.
1t is sent free.
Dear Mrs. Frederick: In one
OF your articles you spoke Of open
shelves in the kitchen on which
to lay away utensils. Won't they
get more dirty and dust covered
this way than " put In q closed
eupboard7 MRS. s., Bronx"
This controversy about open versus
closed shelves in the Kitchen has ~
violent ,partlsans for and against as
has Prohibition! Some women say
that everything should be kept out of
sight when not being used; others
claim with equal fervor that the open
shelf makes it possible to have q
definite place for everything, and
that the very fact that utensils and
tools are in plain sigh makes the
person caring for them more anxious
that they be clean. at all depends"
but l myself incline to the latter
View-that open shelves permit each
article to have special place, that II
Is kept more celan than II tucked
away In n closed cabinet or closet
where 1t cannot be seen, and that dust
settles in n closet just as much as 1t
does on an exposed shelf. Pots. pans
and articles used every day should he
placed where they are easily access
ible, on their own nails or hooks or
places on a shelf. Keep little used
articles. such as some choppers,
hreadmixer. freezer, company china"
&c, behind closed doors II you wish.
Our modern clean fuels and sanitary
kitchens make closed cupboards and
doors less necessary than OF I'd.
my dear Mrs. Frederick:
need some new kitchen
aprons. What materials do you
Sugaest7 Also new curtains for
two windows--shaII use serim2
Mrs. g."
II there is one thing that proves the
higher regard in which all household
work Is being held to-day, that one
thing is the kind of apron women now
wear. Just picture "Dinah' of old,
in her dark dotted percale and the in
evitable blue.check apron tied tightly
around her equator! Then recall the
most recent young housekeeper you
know, wearing a onep piece fitted and
possibly gored apron of fiowered cre-
tonne with patch pockets! Some day
| hope Wen have a standard house
hold unform--a one.piece dress of 4
pres ribed color, comfortable fit, but
attractive. We have II now in the
costume Of the nurse. Take of her
clean blue and white stripe and ex-
change It for a dark shapeless dress.
tie a check apron around her waist.
and see how you lower the standard
and professionalism Of all nursing
Down with the "Old plaid badge OF
servitude!"
The most serviCeable household
apron | know Of is made OF heavy
quality of unbleached muslin, cut in
q one piece pattern, with the bib
going around the neck, crossing at
the back and fastening to the small
tabs which extend from the front
panel. | have such aprons, wearing
them for tn past four years, I rrhnH;
indeed 1t is time for me also to make
new ones The unbleached muslin
washes lihs sheets and will stand
boiling tin and again. trim the
entire edgh with that narrow woven
braid which comes in fast colors Of
red. blue lnd black-"casha" braid
think they ,all ito be found at no.
ton counters. You can make some
in all-whlte for your heavier use and
a couple Of ot%oyS, more dressy, with
contrasting piping.
Checked bingham, especially in
green or blue, makes serviceable and
very attractive kitchen curtains. 4
heavy kind OF cheesecloth is also
good. especially II stenciled in designs
OF pots, pans, &c, at the lower edge.
Dotted Swiss is pretty, and heavy
scrlm, but find the more lacy and
net-like curtains soil more easily and
are likely to look draggled quite soon.
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