Now'
that all is ready, soak your clothes in the
weak lye water with the soiled parts
soaped; now’ wash your dishes, set things
to right in tlie house, and then your
clothes will be soaked long enough.
Have water getting hot to scald your
white clothes while you suds out your
fine clothes, put them over to scald with
a little less lye and soap than the first
water had, suds out the rest of the coarse
clothes, wash your calicoes iu this water,
then throw out first water, take out fine
clothes in tub, put coarse ones over to
scald, suds out lightly and rinse in clear
water with a little bluing. Starch what
you want stiff and hang out, then take
out coarse clothes, suds and rinse in same
water, then calicoes. The beauty of fine
washing is to get it done quickly and it
is better done, and the calicoes do not fade
if not allowed to lie very long before
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r.4
they are tinislied. If you wasli every
Mouday your wa.'^hiuj? will not be so
larjife, but you should be done by
eleven oVhK*k or so you have lime to get
dinner. Do up your diuuer w(»rk then
take a rest. If yim are young ami am¬
bitious you will then be ready for a little
sewing or reading. (Jatberiug in the
clothes and sprinkling them for ironing
and getting the evening meal, with all
the other little things that must be done
each day should be c^msidered a goo<l
day’s work, with a perfect right to rest.
TIRSDAY.
This is ironing day for systematic
housekeepers. We should make tliis the
rule of our lives, and when we do not do
it, the exception. Our rules should
never be so iron-clad that we can not
deviate from them, but it is best to stick
to them ascloselv as we can. When the
*
ironing is clone then we can see what
needs mending and have time to do it.
Where two bakings must be done in a
week, this is als<» a good time to do it
while we must have hot stoves to iron by.
This day is usually a busy one, but not
quite as hard as Monday.
WKDXESUAY.
This is a sort of recruiting day, putting
away the clothes and getting things in
order with the usual routine of ccwking
A little sociability mixed in here is re¬
freshing, if tcM) much to do for that, it is
usually sewing day or canning fruit in
summer.
THURSDAY.
Thursday after the usual routine of
breakfast, if you have a dairy this must
be attended to every morning. Churn¬
ing butter must not be delayed, as soon
as cream enough is gathered it should
Ik* churncHl. For we all love gCMwl sweet
butter. Kvery practical housekeeper
will soon learn by experience when to
do this work. 1 will only add, let every¬
thing uschI be well washed and scalded
as scNui as through using, and never let
milk stand longer than to get the cream
w**ll rai-i**d; never let anything get old,
but attHiid to things promptly in the
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Presented as published in 1902. 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
Now that all is ready, soak your clothes in the weak lye water with the soiled parts soaped; now wash your dishes, set things to right in tlie house, and then your clothes will be soaked long enough. Have water getting hot to scald your white clothes while you suds out your fine clothes, put them over to scald with a little less lye and soap than the first water had, suds out the rest of the coarse clothes, wash your calicoes iu this water, then throw out first water, take out fine clothes in tub, put coarse ones over to scald, suds out lightly and rinse in clear water with a little bluing. Starch what you want stiff and hang out, then take out coarse clothes, suds and rinse in same water, then calicoes. The beauty of fine washing is to get it done quickly and it is better done, and the calicoes do not fade if not allowed to lie very long before
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they are tinished. If you wasli every Monday your washing will not be so larjife, but you should be done by eleven oVhK*k or so you have lime to get dinner. Do up your diuuer work then take a rest. If yim are young ami ambitious you will then be ready for a little sewing or reading. (Jatberiug in the clothes and sprinkling them for ironing and getting the evening meal, with all the other little things that must be done each day should be considered a goo<l day’s work, with a perfect right to rest.
TUESDAY.
This is ironing day for systematic housekeepers. We should make tliis the rule of our lives, and when we do not do it, the exception. Our rules should never be so iron-clad that we can not deviate from them, but it is best to stick
to them as closely as we can. When the
*
ironing is clone then we can see what needs mending and have time to do it. Where two bakings must be done in a week, this is als<» a good time to do it while we must have hot stoves to iron by. This day is usually a busy one, but not quite as hard as Monday.
WEDNESDAY.
This is a sort of recruiting day, putting away the clothes and getting things in order with the usual routine of cooking A little sociability mixed in here is re¬ freshing, if tcM) much to do for that, it is usually sewing day or canning fruit in summer.
THURSDAY.
Thursday after the usual routine of breakfast, if you have a dairy this must be attended to every morning. Churn¬ ing butter must not be delayed, as soon as cream enough is gathered it should Ik* churncHl. For we all love good sweet butter. Every practical housekeeper will soon learn by experience when to do this work. 1 will only add, let every¬ thing uschI be well washed and scalded as soon as through using, and never let milk stand longer than to get the cream w**ll raised; never let anything get old, but attHiid to things promptly in the