Housekeeping Hints

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 1, 1904

Housekeeping Hints

AVOID debt as you would the pestilence. Never spend a penny unless you are absolutely sure you can afford it. Expensive things are to be avoided by the average housekeeper. In furnishing your house, remember that trumpery is worse than useless, and, if you do your own work, will take time that might better be given to reading or resting.

The kitchen is the most important part of the house. It should be well lighted and ventilated, for about half of your time must be spent in this room. A good cook-stove is indispensable, and it must be kept free from soot and ashes, if you wish to keep your temper. Nothing should be cooked that is not essential to health, or rather that is injurious to health, for it would be worse than a waste of time. Everything about the kitchen should be kept scrupulously clean, whether the rest of the house is or not. Use as little tinware as possible. Yellow earthenware is more easily kept clean.

Before retiring at night clean out your stove, and lay the fire ready to touch a match to it in the morning. Set the table, and make all other preparations for breakfast that can be made beforehand. It may seem hard to do if you are tired, but it will be easier than to be obliged to make haste in the morning, and get so nervous that you will feel upset for the day.

After breakfast, clear away the dishes, do the baking, prepare the vegetables for dinner, sweep the kitchen, clean the lamps, and put everything in order, then use the remainder of your time in setting the rest of the house to rights. Never do kitchen work in the afternoon. — Australasian Good Health.