Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1910 — USE KITCHEN SLATE [ARTICLE]

USE KITCHEN SLATE

HOMELY MEMORANDUM OILS HOUSEHOLD MACHINERY. « , y Useful In Modlum-81zod Famijly—Program for tho Week Can Be Mapped Out and May Save You Many Worries. The kitchen slate is a time saver. The family of two persons. In which one is downtown all day, may be run with the greatest economy of time, food and worry. The family of two is not a family at all in the true sense of the word which groups the old and the young and children in a household where management is a real problem. To manage the foods, the shelter, the work and the play of a household, say, of husband, wife and three children, requires considerable executive ability. The woman who can do it is a general in the field. If she can employ a helper who" supplements her labor, so much the bette*; a but the average family has difficulty in finding a helper, and the laundry, the baking and general cleaning is done by different persons and all but the latter out of the house. The family kitchen slate serves its purpose to keep the machinery running regularly. A strong housewife may write it down in her memory, but how about those days when she is not at home, and when she is tired and her brain refuses to act? The program of the week’s work should be mapped out on the slate, and odd notes of needs and marketing jotted on the other side. Just by glancing at the slate it will be known when to expect the laundryman, w r hen an afternoon is free, when the fish man comes, etc. The family of two has its puzzle in dispensing variety at the table and having nothing go to waste. The kitchen slate, gaining a bill of fare, will keep its possibilities before the eyes of the woman who likes a roast now and then, and feels life barren without a fowl. The cooking of “leftovers” is an extravagance of time and energy. There should not be any “leftovers” to any extent. Yet a roast will last more than a single meal and a can of corn or tomatoes is double portion for two hearty appetites. An executive mind will decide what shall follow the first meal, and figuring it all out on the slate will dismiss the details from her consideration.