Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — Holders and Brushes. [ARTICLE]

Holders and Brushes.

Tastes differ as to the size of holders for use about the stove; some like large, thin ones, and others prefer them small and thick. It does not matter which way they are made, so you have plenty of them and use them. I make covers for them, which can be easily slipped off and washed, with a small ring or tape sewed on one corner for hanging them up. Hang near a stove, so there will be no temptation to use towels or an apron. Besides the various kinds of scrubbing, keep one exclusively for washing vegetables; potatoes, turnips, beets, etc., can be more easily cleaned in this way than in any other. Use a small tooth brush for cleaning around the handles of cups and tureens, and for dishes with rough surfaces, or raised designs; keep it convenient and it will be used oftener. I keep mine in a drawer of my kitchen work-table, beside my silver polish, chamois skin and other useful cleaners. I have found a small paint or varnish brush, costing 5 cents, a useful accompaniment to the larger stovepolishing brush, as it can be made to reach into corners where the other one will not go. A nail brush for the cook’s and the children’s use is indispensable. Of course there are dust brushes, crumb brushes and tooth brushes. I only mention these which I do not And in general use, but which cost little and aid much in making easier the work which many deem drudgery.—Portland Transcript.