cheesecloth
dusters, holders, and cleaning cloths. There are usually four shelves,
the top one being reserved for articles of infrequent use. On the
others are arranged the kitchen dishes, pans, and all utensils which do
not hang, together with jars and cans containing food. Leave nothing
in paper bags or boxes to attract insects, soil the shelves, and give a
disorderly appearance to an otherwise tidy pantry. Glass fruit jars
are desirable repositories for small dry groceries--tea, coffee, rice,
tapioca, raisins, currants, and the like--though very dainty and
serviceable covered porcelain jars in blue and white are made
especially for this purpose, those of medium size costing 25 cents
each, the smaller ones less, the larger more. Jars or cans of japanned
tin, designed for like use, are less expensive, but also less
attractive, and in the course of time are liable to rust, particularly
in summer, or where the climate is at all damp. The shelves should be
wiped off and regulated once a week, and crockery and utensils kept as
bright and shining as plenty of soap and hot water can make them. The
pantry requires special care during the summer, when dust and flies are
prone to corrupt its spotlessness. A wall pocket hung on the door will
be found a convenient dropping place for twine, scissors, and papers.

INSECTS AND THEIR EXTERMINATION

It is not just pleasant to associate cockroaches and ants with our
kitchens and pantries, but where heat and moisture and food are, there
insects will be also, for they seem to enjoy a taste of high life and
to thrive on it. Keep the house clean, dry, and well aired, and all
dish and cleaning cloths sweet and fresh by washing and drying
immediately after use, with a weekly boiling in borax water; dispose
carefully of all food, and then wage a war of extermination. This is
all that will avail in an insect-infested house. Hunt out, if
possible, the nests or breeding places of ants and saturate with
boiling water or with kerosene. Wash all woodwork, shelves, and
drawers with carbolic-acid water and inject it into any crack or
opening where the pests appear. It has been suggested that ants can be
kept out of drawers and closets by a "dead line" drawn with a brush
dipped in corrosive sublimate one ounce, muriate of ammonia two ounces,
and water one pint, while a powder of tartar emetic, dissolved in a
saucer of water, seems to be effective in driving them away. Sponges
wet