“.Just as sure as the children of the 
farmers are educated in the same way 
that their grandfathers were, they are 
handicapped for life,” said Mr. Newton 
last week. Are we all ready to agree 
with him ? He is right, whether we be¬ 
lieve him or not. 
* 
When the baby begins to eat, what is 
the first solid food given him? Mashed po¬ 
tatoes, in nine cases out of ten. Potatoes 
are not easily digested, and are not good 
food for babies, the doctors say. Why 
not be as scientific in compounding 
baby’s new bill of fare as in mixing a ra¬ 
tion for the calves ? There is no imme¬ 
diate profit in baby’s daily gain, to be 
sure ; but in the future, good health will 
be of more value to him than a bank 
account, if he cannot have both. 
•* 
Onr hundred or more women are in 
barber shops in Chicago alone, it is 
said. They are sought for their steady 
nerves and light touch, unimpaired by 
nicotine or liquor. If women win on 
their good reputation, they must be 
careful to avoid the bad habits that 
have relegated some of the masculine 
workers to second choice. There are 
other things besides whisky and to¬ 
bacco that are hindrances to business 
success, feminine faults which are to 
be guarded against quite as much as 
these others. We must bear in mind 
that the differences between men and 
women are not all to the credit of the 
latter. 
* 
The evolution of the shirt waist illus¬ 
trates well the final outcome of any mas¬ 
culine phase of dress which woman may 
adopt. It started out as an almost exact 
copy of the masculine gai-ment, stiff 
bosom and all. Witness the display in 
the shop windows which prophesies what 
the coming summer girl will disport her¬ 
self in. All embroidery and soft blouse 
fronts; some are made of all-over em¬ 
broidery, with only this bit of mascu¬ 
linity, stiff collars and cuffs. The col¬ 
lars and cuffs are white, usually, but 
sometimes pink, blue, or some other 
color which happens to be the prevailing 
tone in the checks or stripes of the ma¬ 
terial. One would have to go back a 
good many generations of collars and 
cuffs in order to find whether their ori¬ 
gin was really masculine. There is cer¬ 
tainly a daintiness in the immaculate 
freshness of collars and cuffs ; and they 
vouch for the freshness of the whole gar¬ 
ment when my lady wears them, for they 
are not detachable in the fashionable 
shirt waist. 
’tis so dreadful in this especial kitchen. 
There are no disheartening, weary trips 
to take, back and forth, back and forth, 
over needless distances, or up and down 
cellar stairs with the butter and milk 
and meat. So much is gained, then ! If 
we have taken care to fill the big hot- 
water tank on the range, and to have 
plenty of glass towels and plate towels 
in the drawers under one of the sink 
shelves, then we are ready to go to work 
comfortably. It is but a step around 
the corner to pile up tbe soiled dishes 
on the right-hand shelf by the sink, and 
but a few more, steps to the dumb waiter, 
in the pantry, to set away the food that 
must be kept cool. The napkins, sugar- 
bowl, salts, etc., can be set in their rest¬ 
ing places on the china closet shelves in 
a trice. 
The china closet has doors on either 
side, and the drawers beneath its shelves 
pull either way—into diningroom or 
kitchen. As fast as the dishes are wiped, 
they are set into the china closet with¬ 
out an extra step. A few minutes, later 
on, spent in rearranging them a little, 
from the diningroom side, will keep them 
always in “ apple-pie order.” Think of 
the steps you didn't take !—the tiresome 
“ fetching and carrying ” through rooms 
and over thresholds, to and fro. In this 
dishwashing, only a few steps were need¬ 
ful to carry out the soiled dishes, and 
none at all to return the clean ones. 
The range and table, too, are not far 
away, and so convenient to each other 
that half the fuss and bother of “dishing 
up ” the dinner is done away with. And 
the range is close to the laundry, so that, 
on ironing day, it will be but a step or 
two to carry the flatirons, or, on wash¬ 
ing day (if there are no hot-water pipes) 
to carry water. The shelves on either 
side of the set tubs will be useful in 
many ways, as one can soon see for her¬ 
self by using them. 
The table, across the room, between 
windows, may be used to iron upon if one 
does not use the cover of the set tubs, 
though that is rather more convenient, 
perhaps. There are plenty of places to 
set chairs, and be sure that a rocking 
chair be among them always, to “ drop 
down ” into while the sponge cake is 
baking or the teakettle coming to a boil. 
Plants upon the window shelves cozify 
the kitchen ; they have a special predi¬ 
lection for the steamy kitchen atmos¬ 
phere, and grow twice as well in it. 
I would suggest that the kitchen sink 
be porcelain and open underneath, and 
that there be drawers running down 
under the shelves on both sides of it. 
Then, too, to avoid the endless vexation 
of sweeping under tjxe stove, let it be 
A WORK-SAVING KITCHEN. 
ONE THAT HAS BEEN TRIED. 
W E women folks all know that we 
“ liousekeep ” chiefly in our 
kitchens. Work that is handicapped by 
needless, wearisome difficulties and in¬ 
conveniences, is hard work, and has no 
savor of pleasure in it. 
Fig. 31 tells its own story quite plainly, 
but a little explanation may not be out 
of order. It has four full-length win¬ 
dows and an outside door, and has an 
abundance of sunshine which, in sum¬ 
mer, is tempered by awnings. It is 
neither too large nor too small, but mid¬ 
dle-sized. The diningroom door is close 
by the sink and the china closet, as well- 
ordered diningroom doors should be. 
The pantry, too, is near at hand, open¬ 
ing into both kitchen and diningroom, 
and containing a generous complement 
of shelves, a dumb waiter and, at A and 
B, two cabinets for flour barrels — the 
pastry flour and the bread flour. 
Just after dinner at dishwashing time, 
is the time of times to try the house¬ 
wife’s soul, Let us see whether, after all, 
General Garrison’s 
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