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I found an item in a magazine the other day about the old-fashioned apron. It got me remembering my grandmother.
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Not many housewives wear aprons in this day and age. I saw a stack of
them in the dollar store the other day, and even at that dollar price I
don’t think too many people were buying them.
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My grandmother wore one in the house all day but never in the evening.
That was reading (or mending) time and the radio was tuirned on after
the dishes were washed and dried – and put away. It was time to relax.
(How many women still hand-dry their dishes and put them back in the
cupboard after every meal? My grandmother couldn’t stand seeing anything
in the sink or on it’s drainboard. She wouldn’t go to bed unless all her
dishes were dried and put away.)
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The principle use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress
underneath. But along with that, it served as a holder for removing hot
pans from the oven; it was wonderful for drying children’s tears, and on
occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
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From the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy baby
chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming
oven.
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When company came, those old aprons were ideal hiding places for shy
kids to peek out from; and when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it
around her arms.
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Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow while bending over the
hot kitchen wood stove.
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Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. It
carried in all sorts of vegetables from the garden. And after the peas
had been shelled it carried out the hulls. In the Fall of the year, it
was used to bring in apples
that had fallen from the trees.
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When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much
furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner
was ready,
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Grandma walked out on the porch and waved her apron, and the men knew it
was time to come in from the fields for dinner.
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It will be a long time before anyone invents something that will replace
that old-time apron that served so many purposes.
I wonder why it is people could stand to wear more clothes than they do now. I’ve tried wearing aprons, but if the kitchen gets hot, the first thing to happen is the apron comes off.
Ever barbecue? Even the men up here where aprons for that, it’s easier to clean than your clothes than an old apron., years back when you swept the yard, washed the floor and walked for the mail , the apron came off and the Mr.s still looked presentable.
Times have changed we now cook out side and the out house in now is inside!
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