| Show DOMESTIC SCIENCE tn a recent issue of the journal boston its editor elsah stone blackwell black well takes lox commend to harrasser harra harr saed assed ho worn out in a prolonged s struggle kitchen maids slow stupid joett ent and inefficient the emp employ aun armenian refugees boys and mei kitchen helpers during the last tz toli months between and of refugees unable to find work aw inn own trades and professions heresy into situations to do house housework werk miss blackwell who found tha rf sitione sit ions has yet to receive tl complaint from any employee employ elf honesty or any serious M miso even in the case of those who unsuited ed to the work and hi sent back A years eap exp expertise exper tSE one of these men who arrived ignorant of our language and t enables one to subscribe most ly comiss blackwells r recommit 0 never was help more ast wonderfully quick in M movena and active and rarely a need than once showing al always vinang and obliging honest beyond all ebion et ion and devoted to his employers interests he has proved himself almast invaluable in the kitchen neither toa or stickiness mars the fair clean araos of philips dishes no smelly or greasy dish dishtowel towel betrays the ma stoven while his pots and kettles mile approval at their treatment economical cal by nature his potatoes are pared without hout a bit of waste coal and used with discretion and are ERE left eft to waste its sub affie soap is never in dishpan dish pan or cleaning pail he U 1 the first to rise in the morning and the last hot to leave work at night nor attention to the his does he confine lutchen kitchen alone he cleans the porches tends fas the flowers and chickens gathers and runs the vegetables the fruit and iffe he has already made lawn mower the lan an in speaking treat reat advance SS and in the evenings has learned learned to read and write nor is e exception in turkey notable phillp a house servants one can the best ians owing to possible find are armenians Armen their capability and trustworthiness the housekeeper a and in this country and to make a new departure sw ave then them I 1 a aerial trial bids fair to find her solution in reward in a satisfactory taj the vexed domestic problem A new mew dav ot of serving the large soft in two that thai they athey cut them is to peaches ches isy out of the skin with a ai oe e eaten always serve a doi doily ly with poca fruit stain so there is no peaches be s as an old house hous isil difficult wait to remove used to be that it if superstition the peach stains of one year were laid 0 tade until the nex next t when the peach combined leei were in blossom the nekton of sun and grass bleaching 0 n enrid d rem remove ove the stain the modern however feels that a year housewife wife wait alt on a venture and jolt tao long to hah characteristic I 1 promptness attacks spot w with ith renewed aepli water or chlorate of of javelle A jatee until it disappears so an preparing mas mashed hed potatoes re maser that the potatoes should be loft done and no more do not let until you are ready to mash off the water an and d mash pour atice t if would have them light I 1 if they I 1 need to be kept hot set on the dg of the range or over hot water ewed ew ed with a coarse meshed towel that W pa allow the moisture to escape H W treated in this way vay they will keep ikmet and light an hour or more but K fey jr are bovere covered d close they will be dark and strong flavored afe qu question estion of er erecting public laun ataw where any woman may go and I 1 the washing ing for her family by the meat t of a few cents is now aaita ajae minds of the citizens union of york the same subject was I 1 last year by the association oving g the condition of the poor about u definite results this plan ig public laundries where the ti 0 tee fee secures the use of tubs and all the conveniences with the oe place is su plied is by no impracticable as the scheme is and satisfactory operation in jarge european cities at st ebone de london a public bath 1 nubile c laundry under the same ce opened last year by the duke chess af york the laundry is into a washhouse mangling room athe wash divided into seventy four in each of which are alth with hot and cold water boards ards palls pails etc with four machines under th the ial officer the dry bated by flues from two aces S and is furnished row ur separate dr drying ying horses two steam mangles a large ironing table two gas stoves for heating irons and two radial dry horses making the ironing room complete in its ointments appointments ap the whole place is ventilated with large air exhaust fans and lighted by a lantern roof when a night light becomes a necessity the question of one that neither smokes fl ickers gives out an unpleasant odor nor is in danger of exploding becomes of orimal drimal importance an invalid who has been obliged to keep a fair trial to all sorts of night lamps and tapers finds complete satisfaction in the monitor floating wax taper this is a simple contrivance consisting of two corks overlaid with a connecting flat piece of tin in the center of which is a little socket for a tiny wax taper A tumbler is half filled with water then several tablespoonfuls of any good oil olive sperm sweet or lard is poured on until the glass full and on this is placed the little float the tumbler is then set in the wash bowl the taper lighted and a soft steady glow goes on to illumine the night sometimes in preserving the syrup begins to rise so rapidly that there is scarcely chance to r remove move the kettle from the stove in NIS this emergency a few teaspoonfuls of cold water thrown in will cause the syrup to subside immediately A beautiful bit of life in arcadie comes from twenty miles up in the santa cruz mountains where a party 0 of f college professors and their families are camping for the summer the description of the almost illimitable space the perfect freedom and the sweetness of unfettered living enjoyed by these sojourners so close to natures heart comes most appealingly to the tired mother cooped up with her children in the close rooms and artificial atmosphere of the overcrowded summer hotel where the childrens hands seem against every ma man n and every mans against them we have a most beautiful camp here among the great red woods writes the chronicler the climate is so per perfect feet no rain of course that we all sleep out of doors on the ground in fact we have only one small tent as a dressing room we are on the bank of a beautiful mountain stream in which we take our daily cold plunge there are no campers for miles around so we have taken full possess sion of the forest one part is the parlor another with tin dishes and oilcloth table our dining room near the spring is the kitchen with a regular camp stove the library is in a hollow redwood tree where dr E has made some shelves and in his usual methodical way catalogued cataloguer catalo gued the library of thirty three volumes the tree is large enough for half a dozen persons to stand in comfortably today the men are all off trout fishing all the children are so good and happy am aae am bin jall life is the natural life for them so objectionable are the odors of cooking in a house that many of the fashionable city kitchens are being elevated to the top floor where the steam and odors may pass directly into the air A lift ts is worked at stated intervals by the man who manages the furnace while a dumb waiter supplements clements ts the carrying power of the lift one of the practical advantages of this arrangement Is the saving of gas bills there being more than an hour more daylight liere here than in the basement kitchen there is a practical common sense ring to a suggestion made by a lecturer on art in house furnishings that will appeal to every housekeeper utensils says this lady should be differentiated according to their use while it is the form that rules in deo dec oraton attention must be paid that the form is adapted to the purpose for which it is designed pitchers intended to hold milk etc should be selected with a view to easy cleansing and furniture with an eye to the oft recurring necessity of moving it in making soup stock allow a quart of water to each pound of meat and bone in the quiet corner of a hotel veranda the other evening a group of men and women fell to discussing the highest type of womanhood the ideal wife and mother after various views had been expressed a gray haired army of ficera member of shermans Sher mans staff on his march to the sea paid this graceful tribute to his own wife the mother of a large family of charming children while my wife said he would not shine as presiding officer over a meeting of no one could be a more tender brooder over her children or a sweeter kinder more sympathetic neighbor under her management the breath of gossip is never heard in our house she goes through life with an oiled feather in her hand even solomon in his panegyric on the virtuous woman could scarcely say more than this EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD |
