FARMERS' WIVES
WORK TOO HARD
Arkansas Farmers Should Give Their
Wives Modern Household Machinery
and Make Her Work a Pleasure.
By Sallie Chamberlain, Home Demon
stration Agent, Extension Divis
ion, University of Arkansas.
Farmers have improved farm ma
chinery and use the latest methods in
making their crops, but they forget
that it is possible to make the work
of the housewife much easier by pay
ing a little attention to the arrange
ment of the kitchen and by furnish
ing labor-saving devices which can be
made without a great deal of trouble
or expense. Too many men fail to
recognize that it is economy to de
crease the burdens of the housewife
by giving her modern equipment and
labor-saving devices. They do not
seem to know- howr easily her work
could be made a pleasure and not a
drudgery, and they do not do their
share to enable her to have some
leisure time to enjoy the things which
make more abundant life—books, mu
sic, etc. I would not place less em
phasis on the practical things of life,
but somebody surely needs to stress
the importance of doing housework
with the least amount of time and
energy.
The lack of convenience in the
home is the cause of a great deal of
the woman’s work. Are the kitchens,
pantries, dining rooms and porches as
conveniently arranged as they might
be? Are the floors all on the same
level? One hardly realizes how tir
ing it is to step up and down from
the kitchen to the porch or from the
kitchen to the dining room. Are there
as many shelves, cupboards, hooks,
nails, and tables as a housekeeper
needs? Frequently the lack of these
conveniences is due merely to the
fact that no one has ever stopped to
think of the need of them. They do
not necessarily require money to get
them, but it does take a little time
and thought, combined with energy.
A dry goods box containing shelves
and placed just above the working ta
ble will save the housewife many
steps. It is hard to estimate the num
ber of tables necessary in a kitchen.
However, one should be covered with
galvanized iron or zinc to stand near
ihe stove on which the pots and ket
tles can be placed when removing
them from the stove. Asbestos mats
at three cents each are good to set
the kettles on, but pieces of board
may be used to_an advantage. Above
the working table hooks should be ar
ranged on which to hang the smaller
equipment, such as egg beaters,
spoons, potato mashers, etc.
AH tables aBd sinks must be tall
enough to permit the woman to work
comfortably at them without bending
over. The ordinary sink should be
raised from eight to ten inrhes. (
A toy "rub board” costing ten cents
Is useful to slip Into the sink or pan
to rub out the cloths and towels after
using them.
A roller-tray table is a very great
time-saver and convenience. One
home-maker has said that it takes
fifteen trips from the kitchen to the
dining room to serve a meal, while
with a roller-tray it may be done by
making two trips. There are several
Inexpensive varieties of these tables
on the market, but a good one can
easily be made at home. To do so
take a small kitchen table, put a
shelf under the table, tack strips
around the edges to prevent the dishes
from sliding off, and put rollers on it.
A handy towel lack should be found
in every kitchen.
The burdens of each housekeeper
will be less if she will “have a place
for everything and everything in its
place," and a “time for doing every
thing, and do it in Its time."
Too often the kitchen is not well
equipped with the smaller and inex
pensive conveniences. The woman
who continues to beat eggs with a
fork instead of spending five cents for
an egg-beater is wasting much time
and energy.
A potato ricer saves time when
mashing vegetables and fruits or
pressing curd for cottage cheese.
These may be purchased for twenty
five cente.
Wooden spoons, rolling pins, pota
to mashers, paddles for butter, and a
long handled paddle for stirring jams,
marmalades, etc., can be made at
home from cedar.
Sm*ll, round wire sieves with han
dles are useful for straining liquids,
sifting small quantities of flour and
removing rice, peas, etc., from the ket
tles.
Each kitchen should have two meas
uring cups, either tin or glass, mark
ed in thirds and fourths.
Sharp knives of various sizes and
kinds are necessary to the comfort of
the housewife. The small paring
knives which cost from 10 to 25 cents
may be used with more ease and skill
in paring potatoes, apples, etc., than
the ordinary kitchen knife.
A clock, a pair of scissors, a high
stool, a box or drawer containing a
hammer, nails, screw-s, tacks, and
cord should be kept in- some conven
ient place in the kitchen.
"Lifters” made of outing or any oth
er soft material w'ill keep the hot
kettles and pans from burning the
bands.
A very neglectful husband recently |
asked his wife what kind of a present
she would like him
to' buy her. She
did not know
what to make of
the suggestion;
he had grown so
cold and brusque
of late year s.
Many a Christmas
had gone by and
he had not even
considered li e r j
feelings sufficient
ly to put a stick
of candy or a pos
tage stamp in the
stocking w h 1 e h
she never failed
to hang up. The
empty stocking
did not seem to be
a reproach to him. He neither saw
nor heeded her remarks concerning it.
No wonder she gasped when he asked
her to name a gift she would like.
“One that would not be costly,” she
added; “yet I do not know of any
place where it could be bought!” She
went up to him quietly and laid her
arms about his neck. “The most
precious gift you could bestow upon
me would be just a little love, tender
ness and affection, such as' you used
to show me in our courting days.” She
bravely kept back the tears that tried
POULTRY POINTERS
In preparing fowls for shipment by
parcel post, the chief object is to keep
the skin from being torn or rubbed.
Dry picking is recommended.
The floor of the duckhouse must be
kept dry and should be well littered
with clean, dry straw.
Strange as it may seem, while ducks
will thrive if they have access to a
stream of water or pond, they must
have dry quarters at night.
Growing chicks will grow best when
they can roost where there is clean
perches and only a roof over their
heads.
Sulphate of iron is a blood tonic,
as well ns an effectual remedy against
the small round worms frequently dis
covered in the intestines of the birds.
Any of the larger breeds of ducks
will yield quite a great deal in the
way of feathers in a year’s time. Feath
ers should not be plucked during the
cold weather.
Ducks are conveniently kept In
to force themselves to her eyes. All
in 11 moment the busy business inun
^saw he had been remiss.
"It's a bargain!” he said huskily,
returning her caress. “From this time
you shall have a full measure of all
the love you crave.”
One little heart touch of this kind
will bring even the most boorish hus
band to his senses. The trouble Is that
most wives are too proud to sue for the
love which they believe should be
theirs without having to ask for it.
Many husbands mean well, but they
forget that the love which is as free as
air, yet which money cannot buy, is
worth more to a loving wife than dia
monds or rubies. A husband cannot
well put love into a wife’s stocking, yet
his affection should prompt him to
bring her some remembrance, be It lit
tle, that she may know he was think
ing of her and the desire was in his
heart to make her happy.
• With all a man’s wealth, he should
know full well that it Is impossible to
buy the true love of a youthful henrt,
if his heart has become cold in the
passing years. The hearts of the chil
dren one cherishes cannot be bound to
parents by the almighty dollar. Love
never can be weighed against dollars
and cents, social position or aught else.
The poor man is rich, if there’s some
one who has given him a wealth of
love.
(Copyright, 1917.)
flocks of about thirty. A house”!5 by
10 feet is large enough for this num
ber.
When fowls become lame first in one
leg and then in both, it Is caused by
some liver trouble. Sometimes the
birds at the same time become very
light. There is no cure. Prevent by
not feeding pepper or spices, not too
heavy of corn.
Cleaning out the houses several
times a week, will not only give a
purer air, but It will greatly help in
killing disease germs.
Access to swimming water Is not at
all necessary In order to successfully
raise I’ekln ducks.
Where there Is a nervous, quick jerk'
Ing of the legs, making the fowl step
high while walking, it is an affection
similar to stringhalt In horses. While
this cannot be cured it does no pap
tlcular harm. It is a nerve trouble.
An excellent substitute for meat
foods is cottage cheese. You may feed
it to fowls of any age and will find it
very nutritious. Give about three feed)
each week of the cheese.
Resignation.
“If you had your life to live over
again you’d probubly make the same
mistakes.”
“Probably. And If I did marry some
other woman she'd doubtless turn out
the same.’’
. .
A Suggestion.
“Why did the
umpire put thut
mun out of the
game?”
“He struck the
umpire.”
“That Is foolish.
In such a slow
game as this a fellow with that much
fight In him ought to be left In.”
Getting Results.
“We are not eating ns much meat
at our house as we used to.”
“Neither are we; ever since I
preached war economy the cook orders
only enough for herself."
90,000,000 Rabbits Needed
For Felt Hats Made in the
United States Every Year.
Did you know that the felt hat you
are wearing represents the fur ol
three or four rabbits?
It’s a fact, declares the San Fram
cisco Examiner.
And It’s also true that there art
about 30,000,000 felt hats made In the
United States every year.
Figure It out for yourself. At th«
minimum of three rabbits per hat
that number of hats means 90,000,00(
rabbits a year.
Of that number less than two pel
rent are killed In the United States
nccording to a paper read before th<
Society of Chemical Industry In New
York by C. D. Parks. Most of th»
other 98 per cent come from Aus
trails, where the rabbit, introducec
long ago as a pet, has become a na
tional pest.
Japan’s Physique Falling.
Interpellating the Japanese govern
ment about the health of the nation
Paron Kenkwan Takagl, a well-knowi
medico-scientist, speaking In the housi
of peers, declared that there was i
gradual enfeeblement in the physhjui
of the young men which was dlscour
aging. He asked whether the govern
eminent was considering any measure
for the Improvement of the health con
ditions oT the empire? In reply, Pre
mler Count Terauchi said the govern
I ment was not satisfied with the pres
ent national hygiene and would adop
i all possible measures to bring abou
an Improvement.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE,
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK A MONROE RY. ,
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig 3:59 p. m
9:60 a.m .. Monroe 2:07 p. mj
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. Huttig 12:30 p. rr.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE * SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m. Farmerville 5:45 p. m
local, f
10:10 a.m. Huttig 2:22 p.m.
1 Arrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
'Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
LODGE DIRECTORY
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:50 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
T. B. Weaver, W. M.
W. P. Reasons, Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R. A.
M.—meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEKIAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M.—Meets every fourth Wednesday
| night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. I. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Bngnac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec'y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. O. 0. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
H. C. Bedford, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.,
SWEET BAY CAMPNo.411 W.O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
Lester Malone, C. C.
J. C. Bridges. Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 145, W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock. Visitors are cor
I dially invited.
I Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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