1. Make the fire; fill the tea-kettle and reservoirs. Polish the stove, when needed.

2. Dust the kitchen, which should have been left clean and in good order the night before. Wash the hands preparatory to breakfast getting, as it is always essential to have the hands and finger nails clean before handling foods and cooking utensils.

3. Get breakfast.

4. Make any preparations for dinner which may re. quire early attention.

5. Wash dishes, including dish-towels; clean sinks, hoppers, and garbage receptacles, if any.

6. Extras. Under this division may be arranged different duties for regular days, as, for example, one day each week may be devoted to extra cleaning of cupboards, reservoirs, ovens, etc.; two other days to washing and cleaning the refrigerator, extra scouring of utensils and faucets, cleaning of lights, woodwork, walls, windows, and cellar, all of which require more or less of the housekeeper's attention, though not always demanding daily care.

7. Put the kitchen to rights. This should be done after every meal before leaving the kitchen. At the close of the day's work, everything should be left in perfect order.

It is desirable to have the housework so planned that work which must be done regularly each week, as baking, washing, and ironing, shall have its own appointed day arranged as best suits the needs and convenience of the household. There is always a best way of performing even the simplest of household details; seek out this most advantageous method, and save time by employing it.

Most housekeepers will find it a great saving of time and vexation to consider the program of the family meals by the week, rather than from day to day, or meal to meal. By this is not meant the arrangement of a weekly routine dietary, but the planning of a week's meals ahead, at one time. The housekeeper can thus more easily arrange her work and her resources so as to make both ends meet, and can also provide a more varied fare; and if changes are needed, they can be easily made by substituting one article for another, as circumstances may demand.