LEAVES FROM DAILY LIFE

Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1923, Page 2

LEAVES FROM DAILY LIFE

A WOMAN'S DAY. (A, Serial Day by Day.) (Continued). Afternoon tea has next to lie prepared. and hospitality demands that provision shall be made lor the chance visiu r. Perhaps there are a few exceptionally favoured individuals who have never known the trouble of being without satisfactory domestics; but these are few and ia-r between and most people are only too well aware oi the extra work such hospitality demands. Possibly tlie parlour-maid is out, or only one servant is kept. Most prolsably no servant- at all. I'uiler any circumstances nothing so spuds the plea-ure of a visit from an unexpected friend than that "bed quarter ef an hour,’’ during which the mind of the mistress ol the house is occupied with a longing for ilie "second sight” that would enable her to see it the kettle is boiling in the kitchen and if the toasting fire is good-tem-pered or morose. Even if a servant happens to be out. the most fashionable hostess can bo independent of a maid at all for afternoon tea, it she has a gsa- lire in her draw nig rcom with a gas trivet attach-

Gas Cookers and Fires in a house reduce the work considerably. Two servants can do the work of ft house requiring three servants under the old conditions and the mistress can do light cooking with enjoyment if occasion arise-'. Where there are no servants the use of gas cookers is indispensible. (Watch for continuation to-morrow.)