The plug in a lavatory basin should not be left out, as it is liable to let sewer gas into the house.
Flowering plants and their seeds should be planted with the growing and not with a waning moon.
After cooking is done, the dampers of a kitchen range should be shut in to save the coals.
Cultivate the grace of thoughtfulness for others. This is invaluable in a household, and makes the wheels go round smoothly. Want of consideration for others, and thoughtlessness, is the source of much trouble.
Game and fowl bones should never be given to pet dogs. They cannot digest them, and such bones have been the cause of painful deaths.
A fruitful source of friction between the servants of a household is the unauthorised use of each other’s dusters, brooms, etc. To avoid all such unpleasantness, the cook and housemaid should have a completely independent and distinct set of things, and kept in different places; they should also be of a different colour or pattern, so as to be easily identified by the owners. The cloths should be returned clean each week to whoever presides over the linen cupboard, and fresh ones given out. It is bad economy and worse management to use the same cloths over and over again.
