those materials from the contracting manufacturers which
stand their tests. If a fuller discussion of the buying of
textile materials is desired, see Woolman and McGowan's
" Textiles/' particularly the chapters on consumer's judgment
of textiles, on social and economic conditions, and on clothing
budgets.
EXERCISES
1. What rules should be borne in mind in planning to buy the
furnishings for a home?
2. What should guide one in relation to where to buy ?
3. What methods of ordering facilitate shopping?
4. What is meant by the ethics of shopping?
5. What important facts should you have in mind in bu3dng
table linen?
6. What knowledge should you have before going to purchase
a silk dress ?
7. What will you think about in selecting colors for your gar-
ments ?
8. Mention five important facts to remember in purchasing
wool fabrics.
9. How does the United States government protect itself in
the purchase of textiles ?
10. What knowledge should a wise shopper possess ?
CHAPTER XXII
HOUSEWIFERY
This old-fashioned word is used here to include the methods
and processes connected with the actual work of the house,
excepting the cookery, sewing, and laundering, which have
fuller treatment elsewhere. This department of household
management is a combination of sanitation and the economics
of labor.
Order in place. — Keep articles of a kind together con-
veniently arranged in places set apart for them, these places
to be easily accessible. Make an inventory of household
goods in a card file, — household linen, personal apparel,
including lists of clothing put away for summer or winter,
dishes, and valuables. Each housekeeper must make a
scheme that suits her own needs, but a few suggestions may
be helpful.
Keep bed linen and towels, piled preferably on shelves, near bed-
rooms and bathrooms, marked and numbered. Put the clean
imdemeath when they come from the laundry.
Clothing should be kept in an orderly way by each member of
the family. Winter clothing and fiu« should be oleansed for putting
away, protected from moths by wrapping in paper, hangmg in tar
ba^s, putting in cedar chests, or in trunks with some strong odored
substances, — moth balls or cedar oil. Camphor is too exi)ensive.
Summer clothing should be washed and put away unstarched and
unironed.
Dishes and silver should be carefully arranged in very definite
places, and counted often enough to keep account of breakage and
loss.
352
HOUSEWIFERY
Fia. 79. — Madam, who keeps your house 7
354 FOODS AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
Brooma, bruahea, dusters, and deanaing materiala should have a
plaoe of their own, well ventilated when possible, and all articles
put away clean.
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Presented as published in 1914. 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
those materials from the contracting manufacturers which stand their tests. If a fuller discussion of the buying of textile materials is desired, see Woolman and McGowan's " Textiles/' particularly the chapters on consumer's judgment of textiles, on social and economic conditions, and on clothing budgets.
1. What rules should be borne in mind in planning to buy the furnishings for a home?
2. What should guide one in relation to where to buy ?
3. What methods of ordering facilitate shopping?
4. What is meant by the ethics of shopping?
5. What important facts should you have in mind in buying table linen?
6. What knowledge should you have before going to purchase a silk dress ?
7. What will you think about in selecting colors for your garments ?
8. Mention five important facts to remember in purchasing wool fabrics.
9. How does the United States government protect itself in the purchase of textiles ?
10. What knowledge should a wise shopper possess ?
CHAPTER XXII
This old-fashioned word is used here to include the methods and processes connected with the actual work of the house, excepting the cookery, sewing, and laundering, which have fuller treatment elsewhere. This department of household management is a combination of sanitation and the economics of labor.
Order in place. — Keep articles of a kind together conveniently arranged in places set apart for them, these places to be easily accessible. Make an inventory of household goods in a card file, — household linen, personal apparel, including lists of clothing put away for summer or winter, dishes, and valuables. Each housekeeper must make a scheme that suits her own needs, but a few suggestions may be helpful.
Keep bed linen and towels, piled preferably on shelves, near bedrooms and bathrooms, marked and numbered. Put the clean underneath when they come from the laundry.
Clothing should be kept in an orderly way by each member of the family. Winter clothing and fur should be cleansed for putting away, protected from moths by wrapping in paper, hanging in tar bags, putting in cedar chests, or in trunks with some strong odored substances, — moth balls or cedar oil. Camphor is too expensive. Summer clothing should be washed and put away unstarched and unironed.
Dishes and silver should be carefully arranged in very definite places, and counted often enough to keep account of breakage and loss.
[illustration: Fig. 79.] — Madam, who keeps your house 7
Brooma, bruahea, dusters, and cleaning materiala should have a plaoe of their own, well ventilated when possible, and all articles put away clean.