Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1914 — MAKE HOUSEHOLD WORK EASY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAKE HOUSEHOLD WORK EASY

Main Thing Is to Have the Articles Most Required Always Convenient for Use, Sometimes it is the very little things, the things that appear most insignificant, that count for most in the making of household duties easy. To have things handy, right where thlfy are within easy reach, is one of the things that should be the aim of every woman who must use certain utensils at every meal time. A clever woman has devised a plan by which she avoids drying the plates. Over the sink rack, high enough so it will not interfere with anyone, has <9 ' ' ' " • * '~T-' - — -

been built a plate cage, just a skeleton affair of chestnut, that has been stained to match the woodwork in the kitchen. The plates are slipped in ibtween bars that permit them to stand upright, and as soon as they are washed and rinsed, they are placed in the cage where they drain and dry. This shortens the time of “doing" the dishes considerably. She tells mp that other “cages” are to be made for other pieces of china that will help in the dish-washing problem. If you have a rack In which the knives, forks, and spoons that are in daily use can be slipped, and place up over the kitchen table, you will wonder how you ever could get along when they were stowed away in the dresser drawer. Three strips of onehalf inch chestnut lumber, have square holes cut In them at Interval, and then they are glued together so the holes will be opposite. These are screwed to shaped ends that in tarn are fastened to the wall, and the knives, etc., are slipped in their place as soon as they come from the dish pan. One one-half inch chestnut or oak board with auger holes bored into it will do as well.

Plate Cage and Knife Rack.