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For Woman’s Work.
ACROSS THE BAY.
I gaze across the rippling, shining bay,
And watch the distant boats with eager eye,
I wonder why the sails so far away
Are whiter than the sails I see near by.
Far out the water glistens in the sun
With dazzling beauty as the daylight dies,
The water near the shore is dull and dark,
So full of shadows and of sad, drowned eyes.
This is life’s story, from the first to last—
’Tis far-off things for which we ever pray,
The beauty that lies ’round us we see not.
But gaze, with longing eyes, across the bay.
Florence A. Jones.
Domestic Keys.
For this Department we ask our readers to
send their choicest and most practical bits of
household and culinary information—keys
which have unlocked the doors leading from
their domestic doubts and difficulties. They may
be recipes, suggestions, experiences—anything
that is deemed of value to the housewife,
For the best “Key” in each issue we will give
a prize of 55 cash. The only condition is that
you send 50 cents for year’s subscription to our
paagazine, if not already a subscriber. Address
your letters to
Woman’s Work,
“Domestic Keys’’ Dep’t.,
Athens, Georgia,
THE PRIZE FOR APRIL was awarded by im
partial judges to Mrs. D. F. Reed, Evanston,
Ills. The “Key” sent by her was “Cleansing
Blankets.”
THE PRIZE FOR MAY was awarded by im
partial judges to Mrs. Naomi Wolcott, Burlington
Junction, Mo., for “The Key to a Comfortable
Old Age.”
THE PRIZE FOR JUNE was awarded by im
partial judges to Miss R. C. Miller, Atlanta, Ga.,
for “From My Key Basket.”
The Prize for July was awarded by
impartial judges to Mrs. W. E, Richard
son, Montgomery, Ala., for “A Timely
Key.”
For “Domestic Krys.”
BEAUTY IN THE KITCHEN.
(With Some Suggestions).
I can imagine the exclamations of many
voices as they ask with doubt, “Where do
you find it ?” When I was a girl 1 could
have hurled in the retort, “i would like to
know.” But having passed from the car
peted rostrum of fastidious, purse-proud
girlhood to the plain, common-sense floor
of a matron’s kitchen, I can look back
with happy relief and whisper the conso
lation within, “I know better now.”
Beauty in the kitchen? Most assuredly
there is—beauty that every woman should
see. Those black ovens and griddles from
which innumerable housewives sheer in
their dainty teagowns, are beautiful in
themselves when properly developed. The
pantry or closet, with its array of grocery
flavored bags and spice-scented boxes,
casts a pretty sheen upon the picture,
while the abused kitchen sink is not with
out charms. O, no I it need not remain
greasy. With your cloth, brush or mop,
rub on plenty of soap, then with your
steaming hot water faucet wash all away.
Now, step back ; if your mental vision is
right, you can behold fascinating possibil
ities in the way of bright pans, clean,
sweet towels, crystal glassware and gleam
ing china.
The products of the kitchen impart more
real pleasure to the members of a family
than anything else about the home. Then
why should wives and mothers not enjoy
being the contributors? Any considerate
husband will be pleased at the efforts of
his wife to prepare his favorite dishes, es
pecially if he has recently undergone a
siege with the fare set by the average
•‘cullud lady,” whose motto is quantity,
not quality. But some men (poor crea
tures) scarcely know of the well-cooked, de
liciously-seasoned luxuries that can he
brought from the kitchen, because their
wives have either managed to keep a ne
gro, or have used warmed-over meals from
a restaurant. It is strange that so many
families seem contented with the quality
of their food; to be sure, it looks tolerably
nice, and tastes fairly well, but a strong,
well woman should not be willing to have
her household served with dishes moder
ately cooked. Aside from not being so
good, it is not near so wholesome, and
many a woman who has an ache here and
a pain there, would be benefltted more by
exercise in the kitchen, than by medicine
from the family physician. This talk is
intended more lor housekeepers than
housequeens, and I will add here that in
dividual experience can testify to the ef
fectiveness of exercise for troubles arising
from torpid liver and indigestion—our na
tional complaint. Though a few of us
will always show relationship to the old
fashioned tallow candle, it is a comfort to
know that we can feel better.
The right and wrong argument applies
more fitly to cooking than to anything
else, and by this means, only, can we ever
realize beauty in the kitchen.
We must be systematic above all things.
This is the key that unlocks the door to
success. (Excuse a lengthy personal pa
renthesis, but it makes me tired to think
of how I began, by running to the dining
room for some little thing, to the kitchen
with that, to the dining room again, and
so on, till the meal was finished ; then, af
ter I would sit down with my baby awhile,
my first effort to rise was made painful by
stiff, sore limbs.)
Rushing work occasions loss rather than
saves time. A place for everything, of
course— a convenient place, that steps may
be saved. A safe, (or shelf, if a safe can
not be had) should be near the stove.
Here should be found a supply of salt,
pepper, spices, etc., forks, spoons, egg
beater, potato masher, and the various ar
ticles of tinware. Next in line should be
placed a table, close by the sink, so that
when washing dishes, vegetables and oth
er things, you will not have to walk to de
posit them. It has been proven that hav
ing the table about two steps from the
sink—reaching distance—slight as it
seems, increases one’s exertion considera
bly. If convenient, a closet should he
near the table, and if you live from paper
bags, as most “town people’’ do, you can
set out your allowance lor the meal, where
it can be put in readiness for the stove
with little walking. Having had experi
ence with the spacious larder, I never
want another. Give away or hang up
your stove pots, which are a nuisance to
lift and to clean. When you wish to boil
next to the fire, use one of your iron fry
ing-pans with tin cover; tin or granite
ware for boiling, baking or stewing. The
former is light, easily washed, and heats
quickly, answering every purpose of iron
and granite, and is less expensive. For
years, a large lard bucket or granite pan
has served for boiling all my hams and
fowls, and just so long as these are to be
had, I will not lift another pot.
The following is a nice arrangement for
holding tin covers: An old wire broiler
which nad once been bronzed and inter
laced with ribbon tor a paper receptacle,
was unfastened at the bottom, secured by
the handles on the wall between the sink
and table, and then pulled out a little at
the top, to form a rack. Try this, if you
have ever had your nerves tingle or your
cheeks burn when there was company in
the house, and some unavoidable operation
at the table caused them with a clatter !
bang I I to tumble to the floor.
Don’t uncover the stove when you wish
to start a fire—letting the ashes fly up in
your face—but turn down the damper,
open the top door, stir with pick or rod,
and note the improvement.
W hen you buy poultry, observe their
combs; if red, they are healthy; if pale,
look out for disease.
The objectionable smell and taste of
stewed chicken, detected by nearly every
one, is entirely removed by putting in a
generous slice of bacon or ‘ side meat.”
“Dumplings” are vastly improved by its
use, and those who try it once will be sure
to try it again.
Perfect bread, cakes and waffles can be
made each meal by testing a teaspoonful
of the batter on the stove or griddle. Ii
you have not enough soda, add more, if
too much, add more milk and flour, or
meal. Although using “bought” butter
milk at various degrees of acidity, by fol
lowing the above directions we never eat
soda or sour bread.
Sweet apples make the best preserves.
They do not cook to pieces, nor require
near the quantity of sugar that sour ones
do : dropping in a few cloves, about five
minutes before taking off, imparts the
most delightful flavor I ever tasted. Ap
ple pies are temptingly better if made a
day before they are eaten, perhaps because
they have a suggestiveness of picnic about
them.
Zula B. Cook.
Fob “Domestic Keys.”
FOB YOUNG MOTHERS.
Just at this season, when the mornings
and afternoons are beginning to be chilly,
and often damp, I think my faithful rem
edies are specially timely. For infants
and small children, nothing from my
druggist has proven so effectual in arrest
ing and entirely dispersing a cold in the
head and throat, as an ointment of a little
pure vaseline, liberally mixed with cam
phor gum. The gum soon dissolves, and
I find it splendid to anoint the throat, tem
ples and nose. The effects are soon per
ceptible.
Another salve, none the less valuable,
but especially good for tightness of the
chest, is cheaply and easily made by
melting good tallow and grated nutmeg
together. My baby wore a “greasy bib”
fixed in this way, and was so much bene
fited by it last winter. I only hope some
other mother will learn to “count on”
these as I do. J. G. B.
WOMAN’S WORK.
For “Domestic Keys.”
KEY TO ERYSIPELAS.
Erysipelas is a painful, as well as a very
dangerous disease. I have seen the fol
lowing remedy used in many bad case?,
and never saw it fail to cure. I hope the
readers of Woman’s Work, who have oc
casion, will give it a trial: One-half ounce
Gum Camphor, one-half ounce Red Pre
cipitate, two ounces Hog’s Lard, one ounce
Mutton Tallow. Pulverize the camphor
in a mortar with a tew drops of alcohol, or
“Number Six.” Add the lard and tallow,
and mix well; then add the precipitate.
Rub to smooth ointment, and put in an
earthen jar to exclude light and air. Rub
lightly over the inflamed surface two or
three times a day.
If tincture of iron is taken three times a
day, while using the ointment, improve
ment will be more rapid.
Rachel B. Ray.
For “Domestic Keys.”
TRIED AND TRUE KEYS.
Cleanse hair brushes and combs by
washing them in a quart of soft water, in
which has been stirred three or four tea
spoonfuls of liquid ammonia.
To keep the hair soft and glossy, wash
every month in soft warm water in which
a tablespoonful of common baking soda has
been well dissolved. Then rinse in warm
water and braid until dry.
For durability in carpets, choose small
figures, as this brings the two webs oftener
together; and light instead of dark colors,
as the latter are usually of inferior wool.
To make an iron holder that is sim
ply perfect: Take a layer of sheet wadding
six inches square, and on what is to be the
inside of the holder put a piece of thin
leather the same size. Then cover with
any thick material and bind neatly with
the same, not forgetting to sew on a loop
to hang it up by. The leather protects
the hand more than cotton, and is not so
thick and unwieldy.
Castor oil is the best to use upon leath
ers, as it is not affected easily by water. Par
ticularly is this excellent for patent leather.
If your sewing machine runs hard and
the oil gums up, use kerosene, run briskly
a few moments unthreaded, and you will
see a great improvement.
An excellent and lasting polish can be
given the cooking stove, by dissolving a
lump of alum—the size of a hickory nut—
in hot water, and melting the pol
ish with liquid.
To clean paint easily; provide a plate of
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