A BACHELOR WOMAN'S FLAT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 38, 8 November 1917, Page 2

A BACHELOR WOMAN'S FLAT

HOW TO SAVE LABOUR. Of lato there is a growing disinclination on the part of the unmarried business or professional woman to live in botti'dmghouses, eays a writer in the Sydney "Daily Telegraph." "Give me a little place of my own; even if it is only ono room," they ask. And, with her initiative and genius for adaptability, no one is cleverer than the Australian woman at fitting up a comfortable little nest at small expense. A few general rules may he useful to girls contemplating the lint life—the abode w always called a flat, you know; even if it be only one room. A woman who is working tho greater part of the day cannot do much house work, therefore it is important that her room or rooms should be fdrnishtd in a labour-saving manner. Tho floors should be covered with linoleum, as this is easily kept clean with a long-handled mop. Any rugs should be small and light. With a bathroom handy, there is no necessity for a washstand in the bedroom.

There should be no surplus .furniture or ornaments, for the emptier tho rooms the easier they ave to clean, while, ns regards effect, a few good pieces of furniture, combined with attractive colouring, , will achieve a better result than a number of common articles,

Polished metal and silver should be dispensed with, glase taking the place of the latter, and the fewer pots and pans and pantry articles, the'less work there will be for the owner. '

To ease domestic duties as far as possible food should be prepared overnight or in the morning. A hay-box is invaluable. Before going out in 'the morning an Irish or any kind of stew can bo made in a casserole or saucepan, cooked nbout 10 minutes over the gas, and then put into tho hay-bos.' In the evening it will bo beautifully cooked and ready to serve. It may require a few minutes' reheating over the gas, but this entirely depends on the heat-retaining properties of your hay-box. Potatoes, peaa, beans, and other vegetables may also be cooked in the hay-box, after first boiling over the gas. Bice, sago, and similar grains also cook well in the hay-box, if, first sprinkled into boiling water, or milk and water, salt and sugar added, boiled for five minutes, and then put into tho bos to finish. Porridge may be made ovcrffiaat, popped into the hny-box, and by morning it is perfectly cooked'. Macaroni, spaghetti, and rice boiled 10 minutes in water in tho morning, and put into tho hay-box, aTe cooked by evening, and then can be made up with cheese or tomatoes.

Anothor useful article is a two or three tiered eteamer, in which a whole dinner can be cooked over one gas jet. Anything ' steamed, of-course, requires less attention than if roasted or boiled. A steamer, too, is easier to keep clean than a saucepan, but care must be taken that the water in the boiling pan does not all boil away. _ Caseerolee, and one or two fire-proof china, oval or round, dishes are a great 6aving in washing up, as things are cooked and sent to table inthem. : Then thero ' aro many emallor labour-saving devices on tho market that ifc is well to get. Tho woman who can allow herself a flat consisting of bedroom, sittinwoom, mid tiny'kitchenette, if she its and furnishes tlio rooms in labour-saving' fashion, nnd plane her food with method, may live daintily with little- offort, provided she omploys a woman to do the heavier cleaning once a week. .' ,'

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