LEAVES FROM DAILY LIFE

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1923, Page 2

LEAVES FROM DAILY LIFE

A WOMAN'S DAY. (A Serial Day by Day.) (Continued). Breakfast, over, luncheon has to be thought ab mt. provisions procured, and, what is more important-, cooked. This should he a more or less simple matter, hut unforeseen emergencies frequently occur—the kitchen range perhaps has for no apparent reason refused to work; the oven will not get hot or has become too hot. or the hot Witter system is a I allure. V/or.-t of all. the boiler fixed in the range may. in tin* best regulated household, suddenly develop a leak. Where cooking range and boiler are combined this obviously necessitates the kitchen file being extinguished and the ministrations of the plumber for a couple of days -provide a very unsatisfactory substitute for well-rooked meals and the usual comforts of home. Then, again, preparation may have been made for a definite number to sit down to the family meals, and at the last moment the arrival of unexpected guests may make it necessary to cock extra food. Such emergencies are only too frequent and with the usual perversity of things, generally occur at the veiv time when least anticipated and most, inconvenient. A Gas Cooker reduces the work of the house, keeps the cook satisfied, and increases the excellence of the cooking. There are hundreds now in use in Hokitika. Join the pleased throng.

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