The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-05-21

hope ] shall not be considered slurring
groundlessly or too severely the moral and intel
jectual taste Of the world, when l say that the
kitchen is the department in which q woman g
excellence 10 most appreciated and commended.
Your kitchen should be As near your dining room
- possible, and also the room you hsbitually &C.
suPy - . sitting room; to the last, because while
training young servants in your ways, you can,
through an open deor, direct them, without neg
leesiug your own pursuits. A little hall between
your sitting or family room and the kitchen, with
doors opposite, allows the same convenience and
o6viates the objections to direct Communication
eccasioned by heat and odors.
The cistern, or some supply Of water, should
be convenient to your kitchen, also an abundant
supply Of good wood ready for use, under shell.
ter; and the cellar for winter vegetables cannot
b more favorably situated than under the ktch.
q.
II yonr kitchen h 70 be used for . cooking
room only, a. is certainly BEST it need not be
very Asge. A pantry, or store room, should
eommunicate with it. There should be two
closets in Q kitchen; one in which vessels and
supplies not constantly wanted should be kept,
Ne other, in which daily stores and vessels con-
SANITY used can be kept. We object TO open
shelves, however pictorial the bright tin and
Wen scrubbed trays look; flies and dust are no
respecters of housewives, however notable.
The room should be well lighted, but have shut
tsss TO darken With, when not used
In Western Kitchens, where hard usage is the
habit, close ceed plank wall is preferable, On
seceunt Of durability and cleanliness, to plaster.
ipe. This should be painted some plain, suitable
color, also the outside Of all the vessels. The
shelves Of the pantry and closets, as we'll as the
kitchen door, should be oiled. This can be
ehsaply done.
Have your hot plate or stove Of the best pat
tern, and kept in good order, and . Sufficient
number Of 6rst rate cooking utensils. Be sure
your kitchen is really comfortable; it 10 not in
human nature TO work cheerfuliy and we'll when
shivering With cold, or sweltering in heat or
cropping in twilight.
After every meal zee that your kitchen il put
in perfect order. Make all your arrangements
fee dinrer % soon - your kitchen 10 cleaned in
the mosning; in your afternoon visit, direct
year copper and breakfast II possible, have .
cook whose honesty, neatness, and skill can be
depended on, and teach her to depend On her.
oeH Teach her every branch Of her own bust
nesaL The housewife Who has to go out and help
about every dish, especially while the friends che
he's invited but for day have to cit alone, is, to
eay The least Of it. to be pi,ied. There il no
more merit in making your cakes and preserves
than there would be in making your bread and
eo6es for every breakfast. Nor is there any ex
euss for your not being able to do all of these
tAines. and to do them cheerfully when necesea-
y, j. ., after you have bad time 70 learn them,
II your model mother forget TO teach you.
Remember not to follow my example in thus
insruding Kitchens into good company The re-
nlts Of Jour kitchen labors. if good. viii be
highly sppreciated-and any shortcomings will
= seen be forgiven you as q bad dinner. Still,
Ne details Of your achievements are seldom rel.
beed. Do not reduce your husbands masnifi-
esoe or cassles to ashes with your kitchen Tres
do NOT dim the perspective Of your Young
&ieuds in the parior With emoke from your kiteh.
es; you may ieel martyr~d-thev vi)ifeel bored
Hattie Hayfsid, IN Valley Fsrmer.