Show r 1 r fFmffr KITCHEN CLEANING t SIMPLE WAYS OF KEEPING THE COMMON THINGS CLEANLY Mean of Lightening Many a Disagreeable Disagree-able Duty for the Housewife Brick Dust Soap and Soda Essentials What is usually designated as kitchen kitch-en work Is gone through by the con sclontlous woman as a necessary K somewhat disagreeable duty It Is shirked whenever possible by the careless and Incompetent and rolor gated altogether to the hired help whenever chance or fortune allows who so So long as there are women stigmatize tho work of making tho house beautiful so long may we expect ex-pect the unsatisfactory hired help which we at present experience or hear BO much about Domestic work must first bo held In higher honor before be-fore wo can hope that a woman workIng Ing for a wage will take It up with her whoVu heart or as other than a last resource The great thing Is to prevent tho work from accumulating and unless under special or unusual household conditions It need not accumulate Cleaning a saucepan thoroughly Ins side and outside every time It is used may seem superfluous but It Is tho only way to avoid that big turn up which Is the best thing I know for upsetting up-setting the comfortable routine of a household for tho whole day Brick dust soap and soda are all necessary for perfectly clean pots and saucepans Keep tho brick dust plenty of It In cloth Melt a can along with a soft the washing soda In hot water and after you have ramoved every particle 0 L of food from tne inside 01 the saucepan sauce-pan proceed to dip the cloth Into the hot water Then soap It thoroughly dip Into the brick dust and apply It vigorously Inside and out The soap and soda remove grease the brick duct removes soot and roughness Next wash off with plenty of hot water and soda finally rinsing with clean water The saucepan can now be dried If properly done with a cloth This may be pretty hard work if tho pan Is in a very bad state to begin with but once right in Is easily kept right A very short time will do the work each day and It will be found a pleas uro Instead of a hardship ui course where gas is used this work is much easier but oven with a range much unnecessary work can be saved by care and resolution Do not once put n pan away without cleaning it The habit once formed the routine becomes be-comes easy Another common little domestic matter Is one seldom noticed by the majority of Inexperienced people and the neglect of which causes a good deal of extra work I allude to tho cleaning of brush handles also limo handles of the coal shovel and chopping chop-ping ax A maid will finish cleaning a 1 Ango and then without removing her gloves by washing her hands will i take the brush and sweep or lift the ax and begin to chop wood She then leaves these things Just as they are The next time she uses these articles she dirties her hands again and unconsciously un-consciously leaves her mark on everything she touches Those finger marks on handles chairs and doors are the hallmark of the Inexperienced Incompetent and careless cleaner To remove apply a little paraffin on a flannel cloth The use of ammonia Is a great saving sav-ing of labor When scrubbing tables chairs and floors a little ammonia in the water will whiten them In a very short time Silver and polished articles ar-ticles can easily bo cleaned If washed In warm water to which has been added add-ed one teaspoonful of ammonia to each cupful of water If the kitchen is tiled In any part wipe over with skimmed milk once a week after washing Another method Is to rub tho tiles every month or two with linseed oil and then polish with a soft cloth Tq clean the kitchen sink wash it thoroughly thor-oughly with ammonia and warm water If common sulphato of iron bo dissolved dis-solved In tho proportion of one pound to four gallons of water and poured over tho sink three or four times of fonslve smells will be completely destroyed de-stroyed Brass copper and tinware should be cleaned with turpentine Wood ashes and soap are sometimes used for brightening zinc articles Turpentine gives a fine polish to tinware and Is efficacious In cleaning bath enamel which has been discolored Dip a cloth In tho turpentine rub tho stained parts and polish with a soft duster The cleaning of brooms is rarely thought necessary but they requlro cleaning as much as anything else and If washed occasionally will be found to last far longer than otherwise About onco a week prepare a good lather of hot water and soap and into It dip the broom shako It until It Is nearly dry and hang It up with tho bristles downward until qulto so |