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window or out of doors. If in the house it should stand 
in a large pan to prevent the dripping of water on the 
shelf or floor. 
A piece of the cloth cover should rest in a pan of 
water. If this is not convenient a strip of cloth can be 
sewed to the cover endwise and this piece should be 
placed, in a pan or bowl of water which should be set on 
top of the cage. This water will be sucked throughout the 
cloth cover of the refrigerator until it is wholly wet. As 
the water evaporates from the cover the air inside the 
refrigerator is cooled. 
The iceless refrigerator works well on days when 
dry air is moving about. It does not do well on damp, 
quiet days. 
Another simple refrigerator which does very well for 
a little milk or a pat of butter is a clean, earthen flower 
pot, turned upside down in a shallow pan of water. This 
will keep very cool the food which it covers. 
The Kitchen Sink 
Next to the stove, the sink is the most important piece 
of kitchen furniture. 
The best sinks are of enamel or are made of porce- 
lain. They have a fine wire drainer so that nothing 
solid will go into the trap and plug the pipes. The Girl 
Scout uses boiling water, and plenty of it, to flush the 
sink. She takes pains that no grease gets into the drain 
to harden there. When grease is accidentally collected, 
soda and hot water will wash it away, but it should never 
collect in the pipes. 
The Keeper of the House takes pride in a perfectly 
clean sink. 
Taking Care of the House and the Things in It 
Taking care of a house and its furniture means keep- 
ing the house clean, neat, and orderly, and keeping every- 
