Harper's Household Handbook: A guide to easy ways of doing woman's work

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCulloch-Williams, Martha

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Harper's Household Handbook: A Guide to Easy Ways of Doing Woman's Work" is a practical guidebook written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a comprehensive manual for women, providing useful advice and methods for household tasks ranging from laundry and cooking to nursing and care for the home. The opening of the handbook sets the tone by introducing readers to essential tips for managing laundry and caring for a sickroom. It begins with detailed instructions on how to handle various types of water and soap for effective cleaning, as well as advice on the best practices for washing clothes, including temperature control and stain removal. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of maintaining a clean and organized sickroom, outlining equipment and layout to support a patient's comfort and recovery. This section provides a glimpse into the practical wisdom and domestic strategies the entire handbook will continue to elaborate on throughout its chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Wash-day wisdom, nursing, and sickroom

Inside a room

Equipment and renovators

China, glass, and furniture

Making whole

Making and making over

Remedying spots, stains, and tarnish

Food: choosing and keeping

House plants, window boxes, cut flowers

Disinfectants, insects, insecticides

Care of pets

In emergencies.

Credits:

Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2021-04-20