Set table for luncheon, and dinner, and serve same and
do dishes from dining room. At night light the front
hall, and rooms on first floor.
SPECIAL WORK FOR HOUSEMAID.
Mondays. Clean toilet and bath-rooms, and wash her
own clothes, dust doors.
Tuesday. Sweep upstairs porches, and iron own
clothes, over rugs with carpet sweeper.
Wednesdays. Clean dining room, sweep down all back
stairways, dust baseboards, wash tiling in front of fire-
places ; afternoon out.
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Thursdays. Clean bedroom No. 3, clean all doorknobs,
spigots, fireplace rims, dust doors ; next week clean bed-
room No. 1, clean silver, dust doors, once in two months
wash transoms.
Next week clean bedroom No. 3, all door knobs, "spig-
ots, and fireplace rims, dust doors.
Next week clean parlor, wash light globes, and dust
fixtures, dust doors.
Fridays. Clean bedroom No. 2, and lavatory, wash
windows on second floor, carpet sweeper over rugs.
Next week clean guest rooms, wash windows on 3rd
floor, carpet sweeper over rugs.
Next week, clean bedroom No. 2 and lavatory, wash
windows on second floor.
Next week clean library and bedroom No. 1, wash
windows on first floor, carpet sweeper over rugs.
Saturdays. Clean all front and back halls (6) and
own room ami butler's pantry, and dust baseboards.
EVERY DAY WORK FOR THE COOK.
Getting the three meals, setting the kitchen table, wash-
ing and putting away the dishes from it, keeping the
kitchen clean and in order, sweeping the back porch and
steps.
THE COOK'S SPECIAL WORK.
Monday. Washing, mopping up laundry, and washing
stationary tubs, sprinkle and fold down clothes, wash up
kitchen floor.
Tuesday. Sweep basement back stairs and lower base-
ment hall, wash kitchen floor, iron.
Wednesday. Bake bread, wash kitchen floor, finish
ironing, clean servant's sitting room.
TJiursday. Sweep basement hall and basement stairs,
clean closets and drawers, wash kitchen floor, afternoon
out.
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Friday. Clean servant's bath and toilet, her own room,
vegetable cellar, refrigerator, bread box, and wash
kitchen floor.
Saturday, Wash up basement hall, sweep laundry and
basement stairs, hake bread.
NOTE: — A good washing machine was provided.
Where one can send flat work to a good, reliable laundry
it is doubtless cheaper and preferable to having it done
at home.
A LIST OF ODD THINGS FOR THE COOK
TO DO WHILE WAITING. IN ORDER
TO SAVE TIME.
Go down to laundry and sort clothes, putting them to
soak.
Wash dumb waiter.
Mould bread.
(."lean potatoes for baking.
Prepare bread crumbs.
Remove meat from bones, grind for hash.
Put bones over for SOUp.
Put beans to soak.
Make cold dessert.
Open clams.
SETTING THE TABLE.
What should be put on under the tablecloth? A silence
cloth, either a regular one. or one of canton flannel.
What is the most acceptable kind of tablecloth? One
of fir sk linen; it should be put on evenly, with
fold in center, and hang over the edges, at least one-quar-
ter oi a yard.
How may the number of tablecloths used be lessened?
By substituting a lunch cloth for breakfast and lunch
or supper, if dim:.
Are doilies advisable in • doth?
With a nice table they are very attractive, and t'
they save laundering a cloth, it makes a . eal of
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Presented as published in 1915. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Set table for luncheon, and dinner, and serve same and do dishes from dining room. At night light the front hall, and rooms on first floor.
SPECIAL WORK FOR HOUSEMAID.
Mondays. Clean toilet and bath-rooms, and wash her own clothes, dust doors.
Tuesday. Sweep upstairs porches, and iron own clothes, over rugs with carpet sweeper.
Wednesdays. Clean dining room, sweep down all back stairways, dust baseboards, wash tiling in front of fireplaces ; afternoon out.
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Thursdays. Clean bedroom No. 3, clean all doorknobs, spigots, fireplace rims, dust doors ; next week clean bedroom No. 1, clean silver, dust doors, once in two months wash transoms.
Next week clean bedroom No. 3, all door knobs, "spigots, and fireplace rims, dust doors.
Next week clean parlor, wash light globes, and dust fixtures, dust doors.
Fridays. Clean bedroom No. 2, and lavatory, wash windows on second floor, carpet sweeper over rugs.
Next week clean guest rooms, wash windows on 3rd floor, carpet sweeper over rugs.
Next week, clean bedroom No. 2 and lavatory, wash windows on second floor.
Next week clean library and bedroom No. 1, wash windows on first floor, carpet sweeper over rugs.
Saturdays. Clean all front and back halls (6) and own room and butler's pantry, and dust baseboards.
EVERY DAY WORK FOR THE COOK.
Getting the three meals, setting the kitchen table, washing and putting away the dishes from it, keeping the kitchen clean and in order, sweeping the back porch and steps.
THE COOK'S SPECIAL WORK.
Monday. Washing, mopping up laundry, and washing stationary tubs, sprinkle and fold down clothes, wash up kitchen floor.
Tuesday. Sweep basement back stairs and lower basement hall, wash kitchen floor, iron.
Wednesday. Bake bread, wash kitchen floor, finish ironing, clean servant's sitting room.
Thursday. Sweep basement hall and basement stairs, clean closets and drawers, wash kitchen floor, afternoon out.
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Friday. Clean servant's bath and toilet, her own room, vegetable cellar, refrigerator, bread box, and wash kitchen floor.
Saturday, Wash up basement hall, sweep laundry and
basement stairs, hake bread.
NOTE: — A good washing machine was provided. Where one can send flat work to a good, reliable laundry it is doubtless cheaper and preferable to having it done at home.
A LIST OF ODD THINGS FOR THE COOK
TO DO WHILE WAITING. IN ORDER
TO SAVE TIME.
Go down to laundry and sort clothes, putting them to soak.
Wash dumb waiter.
Mould bread.
(Clean potatoes for baking.
Prepare bread crumbs.
Remove meat from bones, grind for hash.
Put bones over for SOUp.
Put beans to soak.
Make cold dessert.
Open clams.
SETTING THE TABLE.
What should be put on under the tablecloth? A silence cloth, either a regular one. or one of canton flannel.
What is the most acceptable kind of tablecloth? One of fine linen; it should be put on evenly, with
fold in center, and hang over the edges, at least one-quarter oi a yard.
How may the number of tablecloths used be lessened? By substituting a lunch cloth for breakfast and lunch or supper, if dim:.
Are doilies advisable in cloth?
With a nice table they are very attractive, and they save laundering a cloth, it makes a deal of
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