Twenty lessons in domestic science

1 paring knife 1 meat knife 1 can opener 1 knife sharpener (carborundum) 1 pair shears 1 cream dipper, for bottles 1 salt shaker (aluminum) 1 rubberset pastry brush, 1-inch 1 pastry bag with rose tube 1 berry huller 9: LESSON No. 20 Domestic Science Dish Washing r > Collect knives, then forks and spoons, place them in a bowl, handles up. When ready to wash set bowl and all into the dish pan. This is a much more sensible way than scattering them in the dish pan of hot water. Scrape all crumbs, scraps and dough from the dishes into the waste jar, if there is some definite use for them. If there is no animal to dispose of them scrape them into a paper and burn them. , Dishes with egg or dough adhering to them should be put to soak in cold water. Pile all dishes of each kind together in the dish pan with drainer near at hand. Fill the dish pan half full of soapy water. Wash the glasses first, rinse and dry at once. Then wash the cups, saucers, plates, etc., taking the cleaner and smaller dishes first. Wash the silver, rinsing all with hot water. Last of all wash the cooking utensils and scour if necessary. Do not put wooden handles of knives, forks or the Dover egg beater into the water. Never leave soap in the sink or dish pan. When all are wiped, pile the different kinds together and put in their places. Empty dish pan, wash the towels in hot water, rinse and hang to dry. Wash table in cold soapy water, soap dish and sink in hot soapy water. Towels made from flour sacks or unbleached muslin of same quality, and hemmed, make the best dish towels. The best dish cloths and the most satisfactory, are those sold for the purpose as they never become stringy. A small ox-fiber brush with a long handle and a good bristle bottle brush are, with the dish mop, indispensable in doing up the kitchen work and save the hands a great deal of discomfort, keeping them in better condition. No woman with common sense will recklessly or needlessly sacrifice the comfort and appearance of her hands over such a mechanical detail of the housework. Neither can the washing of the dishes be accomplished in an entirely sanitary way unless the dish cloth and dish towels give place to hot soapy water and dish mop and long handled brushes. These sanitary Conditions preclude the putting of the hands into the water. My further advice is to make one operation per day of the dish washing, for the small family, and where no maid is kept. In large families a dish washing machine is an economy of time, energy and a necessity. > United States Bulletins For reference would suggest that use be made of the privilege accorded all by the United States Department of Agriculture. DIRECTIONS FOR INFORMATION: As the publications are being printed from time to time it is well to have name and address placed on the mailing list. If the appended list of Bulletins does not include the desired subject, write to the Department asking for printed list, from which selections may be made. When the supply for free distribution is exhausted the bulletins can be purchased for five cents. Bulletins on various subjects are prepared for sale, to obtain a list of such, address the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. For all other bulletins address the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, Division of Publications.