PUBLISHERS' NOTE

This little book was originally published under the title

_Saturday Mornings_,

but there has been some criticism of that title because it is not
sufficiently descriptive of the contents of the book. The Publishers,
consequently, have thought it wise in the present edition to change the
title to

_A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl_

OR

MARGARET'S SATURDAY MORNINGS.

This change has the advantage also of making the title uniform with the
other titles in the series--

_A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl_,

_A Little Sewing Book for a Little Girl, etc._

Thanks are due the editor of _Good Housekeeping_ for permission to
reproduce the greater part of this book from the serial in that
magazine.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MARGARET'S CHRISTMAS TREE 13

II. THE KITCHEN FIRE 19

III. THE DINING-ROOM TABLE 33

IV. WASHING DISHES 57

V. THE CARE OF THE BEDROOMS 70

VI. SWEEPING AND DUSTING 84

VII. THE BATHROOM; BRASSES, GRATES, OILCLOTHS, AND VESTIBULE 99

VIII. HOUSECLEANING; CELLAR AND ATTIC 110

IX. LAUNDRY WORK 122

X. THE LINEN CLOSET; PANTRIES; POLISHING SILVER; THE CARE OF
THE REFRIGERATOR; CLEANING THE LAMPS 133

XI. MARKETING AND KEEPING ACCOUNTS 148

XII. THE DAY'S WORK 161

CHAPTER I

MARGARET'S CHRISTMAS TREE

About Christmas time Margaret was accustomed to see things tucked out of
sight whenever she came around, and her feelings were never hurt when
her Pretty Aunt, or her Other Aunt, or her mother, or her grandmother
said: "Don't you want to run down-stairs a little while, dear!" or,
"Margaret, would you mind staying out of the sitting-room all this
morning?" But this Christmas everybody said these things twice as often
as usual, and Margaret wondered about it.

"Mother," she said one day, "if you were a little girl and every one
said 'Run away, now,' over and over, twice as many times as