Letters to a Young Housekeeper
by Jane Prince
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About this eBook
- Author
- Prince, Jane
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TX: Technology: Home economics
- Subject
- Household employees
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 63180
- Release Date
- September 11, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.LETTERS TO A YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER ❧ ❧
- 2.❧ TABLE OF CONTENTS ❧
- 3.CHAPTER I ⬩ ECONOMY IN THE HOUSEHOLD
- 4.CHAPTER II ⬩ THE BUDGET
- 5.CHAPTER III ⬩ SERVANTS
- 6.CHAPTER IV ⬩ MAID OF ALL WORK ❧ ❧
- 7.CHAPTER V ⬩ WEEKLY CLEANING ❧ ❧
- 8.CHAPTER VI ⬩ FAMILY MEALS
- 9.CHAPTER VII ⬩ DUTIES OF SERVANTS ❧ ❧ ❧ — Extract from my letter to Hope on the duties of three servants — Description of the chambermaid’s book—Her general work — Her daily work — Description of the waitress’s book—Her general work — Her daily work — Miscellaneous notes for the waitress Washing dishes, etc. — Care of the dining-table — Description of the cook’s book Her general work — Her daily work — Miscellaneous notes for cook—Making the range fire if it is never allowed to go out — Making the range fire if started fresh every morning — Suggestion for Arrangement of Servants’ Sundays
- 10.CHAPTER VIII ⬩ BEHIND THE SCENES AT A DINNER ❧ — Dinner of Eight served by Three Servants — Dinner of twelve
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