A CHURN IN A DISH PAN. 
DOKS THIS RKLIKVK A BAD KITCHEN CHORE ? 
H aving heard that machines had been invented 
for washing dishes, the Chief Cook investigated 
the matter so that the Bottle Washer might have all 
the benefits of modern inventive science. There is 
no reason why the men folks should have all the 
machinery. The following questions were sent to a 
number of good housekeepers : 
1 . Do you know of any new way of washing dishes that Is an Improve¬ 
ment on our grandmothers’ way? 2. It so, will you describe It, and, 
In detail, state In what particular It Is better than the old way? 3 . Is 
It quicker? 4 . Are the dishes less llkelr to be cracked or nicked than 
when washed In the ordinary way? 5 . Ilow do you manage the glass¬ 
ware? 6. Describe the method of drying also. 7 . Is the work done 
thoroughly 7 
Out of many answers received the following are 
typical: 
You Might Call It a Churn. 
1. Yes, I think the Mary Jane dishwasher is an im¬ 
provement on the old-fashioned dish pan. 2. It is a 
deep pail, one might say, with a smaller pail, with 
holes in the bottom and handles with which to dash it 
up and down in the larger pail. 3. It is much quicker, 
as 10 dishes can be washed in the time it would take 
to wash two or three. 4. No, dishes will be cracked 
or broken through carelessness only, either way. .5. I 
put my glassware under the rack to prevent its moving 
or breaking and rinse up and down once or twice. 
Glass is better to be wiped with a towel as soon as 
possible. 6. When all the dishes are washed, most of 
them will be found dry by evaporation ; the rest are 
quickly wiped. 7. It is done thoroughly if there has 
been no greasy or sticky food left on the dishes. If 
such dishes are first scraped with the iron dish cloth 
or a knife, there is very little trouble. The chief ob¬ 
jection is the large amount of water required, and this 
is the only objection. mrs. a. d. d’orsay. 
Iowa. 
Machinery’s Help for Women, 
We are using a Mary Jane dishwasher, which we 
have had in constant use (that is, every time the dishes 
are to be washed) for three weeks. My help who, like 
myself, is not very strong, says that no amount of 
money would buy this one if we could not get another. 
If the directions which accompany the machine are 
strictly followed, it is a perfect success. It cannot be 
used successfully with warm water; the water must be 
near the scalding point. There must be soap enough 
used to make a suds, or some of the washing powders. 
We have in use the wire soap-saver, in which we put the 
little bits of soap which accumulate in every house. 
Tne dishes are thoroughly washed in less than one- 
third of the time of the old way, with less labor ; for, 
after they are put into the tray, they don’t need to 
be handled until they are taken out. We rub each 
piece with the towel; it adds additional polish. After 
the dishes are washed in the tank of hot suds, the 
tray is raised to the top of the tank and let rest; then 
the hot rinsing water is poured over them, and they 
are dried. The dishes being packed in the tray care¬ 
fully, there is no way in which they can be cracked or 
nicked. First, we put the spoons, knives and forks 
in the bottom of the tray, then the cups, saucers and 
small dishes, and then the glassware on the top, and, 
if the tray is very full, we put on the wire rack to keep 
them from moving during the time they are being 
plunged into the hot suds. Knives and forks having 
wooden or horn handles should be put in an up¬ 
right position so the hot water will not touch the 
handles. They are all so thoroughly heated during 
the washing process that the hot water can be poured 
over the glassware with perfect safety. If the glass¬ 
ware does not show as bright a polish as we wish, we 
have another hot rinse water. We remove all the 
loose particles of food from the dishes, and that helps 
to feed the chickens and leaves the water in the tank 
much cleaner than it would otherwise be. There 
are many kinds of machinery to aid our fathers, 
brothers and husbands in their work, but, unfor¬ 
tunately, there is little else but the sewing machine 
to help the women. mrs. j. stewart lukens. 
Pennsylvania. 
Success Depends on Having the Water Hot. 
1. Yes, a vastly improved method. By using the Mary 
Jane dishwasher. 2. The Mary Jane is a machine, al¬ 
though a very simple one, and must be handled intelli¬ 
gently to do good work, just the same as a sewing ma¬ 
chine or any other implement. If the dishes are slapped 
into the tray with pieces of bread, meat, potatoes, 
etc., sticking to them, they will be sticky, just the 
same as though they had been through a similar course 
in the dish pan. But if they are put in properly, and 
the pieces of food put in the slop bucket, instead of 
the dishwater, they will come out cleaner and nicer 
than if washed in the old way, the main reason being 
that hotter water and more of it is used than by the 
old way. Have plenty of water in it. It must be 
hot enough to melt any grease upon the dishes. Scrape 
the dishes and pack in the tray so that the water 
can get all over them. Rinse egg cups or other egg 
dishes in cold water—hot water cooks the egg on the 
dishes. Any doughy dishes must be rinsed for the 
same reason. 3. Any one following these rules will 
have nice, clean dishes in less than a quarter of the 
time required by the old way, and would not get along 
without the Mary Jane if they had to sell a cow to get 
one. 4. There is no possibility of nicking or cracking 
while washing, even if there are but few dishes in the 
tray ; the water prevents them from being knocked 
together. 5. I put the glassware in the bottom of the 
tray, and fill in with cups, saucers and other dishes 
that are not greasy, and put the tray into the tank be¬ 
fore the water is very hot, allowing the glass and the 
water to get hot together. I have never broken a 
glass and never had my glassware look nicer than 
since washing it this way. 6. If the tray is lifted to 
the top of the tank and left a few minutes, the dishes 
will dry themselves, but I usually take them out im¬ 
mediately and wipe off the little water that is on them. 
A very small towel will wipe a large lot of dishes. 7. 
The work is done thoroughly if directions are fol¬ 
lowed. I have used the dishwasher about a month, 
have thoroughly tested it, and am perfectly satisfied 
with it. MRS. ARTHUR J. FORBES. 
Tennessee. 
Usage Decides Machinery’s Value. 
1. For some months, I have used a Mary Jane dish¬ 
washer, with perfect satisfaction. 2. It is so very 
simple in construction, it cannot get out of repair. 3. 
It is so easy of manipulation that the smallest child 
can handle it. Indeed the children vie with each 
other in being on hand to use it. It takes much less 
water than other machines used for the purpose, 
which is a great object where water is scarce. 4. The 
dishes cannot be broken in it, if properly placed. 5. 
The glasses are washed first and just like the rest. 6. 
All are dried with a towel. The usefulness of the 
Mary Jane like any other machine is determined by 
the way it is used. It takes practice to learn to use it 
wisely. I wish our overworked farm women could 
realize how much time, back-ache and sore hands are 
spared in that never-ending chore of dishwashing, by 
such a simple, cheap, little affair as the Mary Jane ! 
FLORENCE LOUCKS, 
Wife of President National Farmers’ Alliance, S. D. 
CO-OPERATION FOR THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
T O the woman who has longed for gloxinias, fuch¬ 
sias and Chinese primroses; who has yearned 
for masses of geraniums, tuberous-rooted begonias, 
and lantanas, what riches in the pages, headed “ Seeds 
for Greenhouse and Window Culture.” A packet of 
mixed colors often costs no more than one bulb or 
root of the same plant. It takes patience and careful 
attention to all directions to raise some of these choice 
things from seed. Some will not bloom the first sea¬ 
son, though geraniums, fuchsias, begonias and lantanas 
are said to flower the first summer in the open ground, 
and others bloom the first winter. 
To the genuine plant lover there are no plants so 
dear as those she has watched over and brought up 
from the very beginning. There is also, with many 
of them, the charm of uncertainty. For best effect in 
bedding, a mass of one color is often desirable, but 
for real pleasure give me the excitement of watching 
the plants from seed of mixed colors come into bloom, 
never knowing what loveliness the next may unfold. 
With the special mixture packets the uncertainty ex¬ 
tends to tne plant itself, and if one is anything of a 
botanist, there is the added pleasure of analyzing the 
strangers and tracing out their names. 
Lastly, cooperate. If you cannot afford a packet of 
gloxinias or geraniums, get a friend to join you ; there 
will be enough for both. Half of a lu cent paper of 
petunias or asters, is worth more than all of a five- 
cent one, for the increased beauty of the old time 
favorites in the improved strains is most marked, l. 
MORE LIGHT ON THAT HELP QUESTION. 
Women Are Overburdened at Best, 
I HAVE always pitied the mothers of mankind. 
Nature has seemed so hard with them and demands 
so much of them. What burdens ! What distresses ! 
And they are borne with such patience ! Added to 
other troubles the mother is broken of her rest by an 
ailing baby. Again, she fails to get a proper share of 
sunlight and air, to say nothing of sympathetic 
society. To make the matter short, why should I care¬ 
lessly add to the burdens of, one who is already so 
heavily burdened ? Maternity, sickness and house¬ 
keeping are almost sure to overburden the mother at 
the best. If she is free now it may not be for a very 
long time. If she has an easy time at present, is time 
she spends as a companion of her children lost to them 
or to her ? I can see it in no other way than this; It 
does not pay to depend upon the women of the house¬ 
hold to feed pigs and calves, and milk and drive a 
mower. I am very pronounced in this opinion, pos¬ 
sibly because on my father’s farm as well as on mv 
own, we have never depended on the women folks to 
do out-of-door work. Where they have a share in 
fowls, bees, fruits, or own them altogether, the case is 
somewhat changed. They are likely to want to 
attend to them themselves. 
On the other hand, the men folks are very likely to 
be called upon most inrperatively to help in the house. 
They ought to expect it and do it willingly. Those 
of our adopted fellow-citizens who are not of this way 
of thinking, seem to need a little enlightening. What 
is it among our foreign-born people that turns the 
rosy-cheeked brides into haggard-faced old women in 
three years, unless it be that too much strain is put 
upon these willing mothers ? It is no sign of the best 
kind of thrift to see women out-of-doors, at least in 
Colorado, doing work. It looks to me as if the most 
important work of mothers everywhere is the rearing 
of good citizens. To this end, in part, we men of 
Colorado have given women the chance to vote in all 
Colorado elections, and confidently expect that our 
men, women and children will profit thereby. 
Greeley, Colo. o. Howard. 
Both Should Have Machinery. 
Under ordinary circumstances, all such work as 
feeding calves, pigs and poultry, milking, tending the 
garden, starting fires in the morning, bringing in 
wood and water, etc., should be done by the men. If 
any of these things must be done by the women, the 
care of the poultry should be the first, and the lighter 
work in the vegetable garden next. As a rule, the 
poultry yard will yield a larger revenue if managed 
by the woman than if run by the man, and this with 
a little light work in the garden, will give that daily 
outdoor air and exercise, and relaxation from house¬ 
hold care that is necessary to every woman’s health 
and good spirits. 
However, there are many cases in which some or all 
of these chores, and even such work as driving the 
team on the rake, mower and reaper, can and should 
be done by the women. If the working force of the 
family consist only of man and wife, and the size of 
the farm and the financial condition of the occupants 
will admit of the employment of but one regular ser¬ 
vant, and they know of a good, reliable girl or woman 
who can be hired to do the housework, then she 
should be employed, even if she demand much higher 
wages than the ordinary hired girl gets, and the 
woman should help with the outdoor chores. If such' 
a female servant is not to be had, and a good man can 
be hired to do the farm work, then the man ought to 
do the chores as well as the churning and help with 
the washing and many other things that are ordinarily 
considered exclusively women’s work. 
Again, if in the family, there are one or more grown¬ 
up daughters and no son, and it is not desirable to 
keep a hired man (and I say, blessed is the farmer 
who can get along without that incumbrance), the 
women should help outdoors; and vice versa if there 
are several sons and no daughter or hired girl. But 
there are many other circumstances that may modify 
these general rules, such as small children in the 
family, whose care devolves almost entirely on the 
mother, and makes it a hardship for her to do 
outdoor work even though she has the help of a serv¬ 
ant, or a daughter or two; the relative health and 
strength of the man and woman ; the relative amount 
of outdoor and indoor work to be done, as determined 
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