Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper: Containing Five Hundred Receipes for Economical and Healthful Cooking; also, Many Directions for Securing Health and HappinessBeecher, Catharine Esther
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Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper: Containing Five Hundred Receipes for Economical and Healthful Cooking; also, Many Directions for Securing Health and Happiness
Beecher, Catharine Esther
Cooking; Home economics
Fold a frock thus: Lay its front downward, so as to make the first
creases in folding come in the side breadths. To do this, find the
middle of the side breadths by first putting the middle of the front
and back breadths together. Next, fold over the side creases so as
just to meet the slit behind. Then fold the skirt again, so as to make
the backs lie together within and the fronts without. Then arrange the
waist and sleeves, and fold the skirt around them.
In packing trunks for traveling, put all heavy articles at the bottom,
covered with paper, which should not be printed, as the ink rubs off.
Put coats and pantaloons into linen cases, made for the purpose, and
furnished with strings. Fill all crevices with small articles; as, if
a trunk is not full, nor tightly packed, its contents will be shaken
about and get injured. Under-clothing packs closer by being rolled
tightly, instead of being folded.
Bonnet-boxes, made of light wood, with a lock and key, are better
than the paper bandboxes so annoying to travelers. Carpet-bags are
very useful, to carry the articles to be used on a journey. The best
ones have sides inserted, iron rims, and a lock and key. A large silk
traveling-bag, with a double linen lining, in which are stitched
receptacles for tooth-brush, combs, and other small articles, is a very
convenient article for use when traveling.
A bonnet-cover, made of some thin material, like a large hood with a
cape, is useful to draw over the bonnet and neck, to keep off dust,
sun, and sparks from a steam-engine. Green veils are very apt to stain
bonnets when damp.
In packing household furniture for moving, have each box numbered, and
then have a book, in which, as each box is packed, note down the number
of the box, and the order in which its contents are packed, as this
will save much labor and perplexity when unpacking. In packing china
and glass, wrap each article separately in paper, and put soft hay or
straw at bottom and all around each. Put the heaviest articles at the
bottom, and on the top of the box write, “This side up.”
ON THE CARE OF THE KITCHEN, CELLAR, AND STORE-ROOM.
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