The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping
THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY
Photograph by Helen W. Cooke
Have You a Play-House?
BY ELIZABETH HALE GILMAN Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1911
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
Look not thou down, but up! To uses of a cup, The festal board, lamp's flash and trumpet's peal, The new wine's foaming flow, The Master's lips a-glow! Thou, Heaven's consummate cup, what need'st thou with earth's wheel?
Monday, I wash my dollies' clothes, And Tuesday, smoothly press them. Wednesday, I mend their little hose, And Thursday, neatly dress them. Friday, I play they're very ill, Saturday, something or other. Sunday, I say, Lie still, I'm going to church with mother.
Elizabeth Hale Gilman
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE PLAY-HOUSE
IRISH STEW
KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES
ROAST PIG
THE KING'S KITCHEN
BROTHER JUNIPER'S COOKING
THE WIDOW'S CRUSE
THE LUNCHEON
THE FIRE OF COALS
LEARNING AND HELPING
THE PLUMBING
FIRES
LIGHT AND WATER
THE REFRIGERATOR
1. MENUS
MARKETING
1. THE PROCESSES
2. THE PREPARATIONS
3. THE SEQUENCE
A TIME TABLE
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1. APPLIANCES
2. THE PROCESS
3. SPECIAL WASHING
4. ALLEVIATIONS
5. EMERGENCIES
1. COOKING EMERGENCIES
2. SOME SUBSTITUTES FOR ARTICLES CALLED FOR BY RECEIPTS
3. STAINS AND SPOTS
4. ANNOYING CREATURES
5. BURNS AND STINGS
6. SERVING OF MEALS FOR THE SICK
7. GUESTS