Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1915 — HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES [ARTICLE]

HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES

Sweep the dirt under the kitchen cabineL The room looks just as clean and It takes less time than to take it up in a dustpan. If ever it Is necessary to choose between an afternoon at the bridge club and cleaning up the house, always choose the former. Buy something from every agent that comes to the house, whether you the alleys often have need of a good for the agenL Let the pet dog sleep on the foot of the bed on cold nights. It gets the covers full of hair, but the dog likes IL Put the ashes in the best galvanized tub. The junk man that comes through the aleys often have need of a good tub at home. Neglect to fix the furnace when going out on a cold day, so that the fire can also go ouL To make the biscuits Into which you have forgotten to put baking powder more palatable, throw them out and mix another batch, adding the baking powder. Use as many eggs as possible when the price is high. It Increases the cost of llvnlg and enlivens domestic conversation. Have dinner late the night you are going to the theater. It adds so much to domestic felicity and the joy of the play when it Is necessary to break one’s neck to get Into one’s seat before the play begins. , Always mop the kitchen just before the man of the house carries the ashes up out of the cellar. It makes work double and enables anyone to tell who Is responsible for the dirty appearance of the kitchen. Spend two street car tickets whenever possible to go downtown to attend a dress goods sale where the total saving is 4 cents. In the summer time when the weather Is uncertain, leave all the windows up when you go away for the day. The rain will destroy the finish of the hardwood floors, but the house will be cool when you return. The easiest way to prevent the odor of sauerkraut permeating every crack and cranny of the house Is not to cook any.—lndianapolis News. 7