, 1872-12-29
THE KITCHEN.
hoN a cook.Room Should Be A1ra9g,d...
Addition Of DlCe hen..ay.
Treatment Of Servants.

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Tuleties, and tho Nephew Of his Uncle was only
dreaming of son to Berlin, :" all Americans who
could afford it, andpossibly fow who could not
rushed over to get glimpse OF the gay, wicked
capital. Such motley crew MADAME, whose
husband had the points on Pacific Mail, was in
the corner On Prnirie Dog, had the inside track
in the Erie Ring, OF knew, in some mysterious
way. tho Intentions Of the Secretary oftheTr
ury. aud could make his deal in gold accordingly;
the fortunate sreculator himself, having unloaded
hisfriends, finds money plenty and stocks flat,
is little unrcrved BY the excitement Of tho
contest, and takes Paris as counter-i1ritant;
tie legal gentleman, who has brought all his
knowledge and talents, his most acute forensic
abilities, to bear upon the nnravel1ing OF some
hidden crime, and the conviction Of the pcrpe-
traitor, that those high in authority might have
an opportunity to chow the public that
EARTHLY power doth then show }ikest Gods
When mercy seasons justice.
II the seasoning at times seemed dsproportion-
ate why the best Of cooks, even political ones,
may make mistakes, and tastes differ. Murder
ers may BY them be considered az the sauce
piqua'ate to society at large. The learned Judge
to whom bribery is an offence SO rank it smells
to Hea7en;' the young liaerateu,, who is to be
special correspondent; grave and reverend
clergymen, with failing health, or who consider
it only just that they should have some
practical demonstration that their theories Of
total depravity IRE correct, faith without works
being rather at discount; the blonde belle of
Fifth Avenue, who thinks Gotham quite too
small sphere for the exercise Of her fascina-
tions and, finding the Emperor somewhat i'm
pressedwith her acknowledged beauty and amused
ut her total disregard of prescribed forms, greets
%1..r ~,,s 11rr
and coquettishly, as she did her last partner in
the last German she danced before she left
America These, ,withrepresentatives from almost
all other classes, filled ths outgoing steamers,
transacted their business, took their brief holi-
day, OF made Paris for 8 longer season their
!, temporary home. Many vent with the
Idea TINT it was cheaper to live
abroad; and fashionable Americans found
that they could obtain 1at on one Of tho
principal bouleya1dB taking the rates Of exchange
into consideration for just about tie same rent
as they could engage Bimila: accommodations
On Fifth avenue or Madison square, IN New
alphabet Of living cheaply, but many Of them
did get an insight into the luxury Of
:: FRENCH KITCHEN.
This room Is not infrequently much tho
smallest OF the suit; has a tiled floor, aud
porcelain range ian Invention which we hope
come day to see introduced and patronized in
our own country. It does not heat through,
like our cast-iron ranges; and, with true French
economy, each oven, or place for cooking, has
it's special fire arrangement; in which the hand
full Of charcoal can be introduced and kindled aud
tho varying degrees Of heat necessary for
diHeren. articles Of food graded to perfection !;
while q closet ct the side holds the fuel. The
presiding genius Yves usually little, old French
woman decidedly sallow. not over-comely, but
cuds Of spot}}czs purity she aaid Tie marketing
and never charged an e19rbltant commission,
her little perQulsiies. It was best not to look
too closely into these, for they we're rarely e1-
cessiye, and the results to onr countrynen-
had III most cases, been composed Of equal
rations Of philosophy and pio--seemed
buster, faster, and more exciting life required
moro fare and less philosophy to keep them
in good condition, and who had learned the
initial letter of anti~dyspeptic cookery BY the
introduction of French bread, also resclied in
cpicurean satisfaction; while delegates from the
South and West wondered how the same vlands
as they had at home could taste so differently
The soups, sauces. and en|resnentS that thus
alchemist Of the kitchen drew from her porce-
lain crucible almost created u 1oulecersene,t Of
the stoical idea that ono should only cat to live,
and, growing Sybcritic, people were in danger
Of finding it d very comfortable thing to live to
eat.
But to most people the holiday WAS at last
over, and they had to come buck to their Amerl-
can homes II they could only have brought
with them that Quo little room and its presiding
genius, it might not have seemed 80 hard, but
this VAS not possible Housekeepors returned,
therefore, to their
AMERICAN KITCHENS
and American help. How many resident. OF
Chicago and its principal suburbs.-such as Ne.
York, Boston. Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St
Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco, when
they have suffered different miseries from thel1
differing help, whether Scandinavian, German,
uibernian, Ethiopian, or oven Chinese cheap
labor" have looked back with regret to tina!
tlacli-eyed, c}ean-cuffed cuisin1e7e, and hoped
most intensely that they might be good enough
vLe:, they should die, to be among the elec
who should then return to Paris? Can thort
be nothing done, however, toward approaching
that state Of bliss even while wo lnger here
American women are no. not hou5ekeepers a .! D!
iuharnon,ous with their frail, etherea
beauty. Such ho,nely virtues may be compatible
with the more robust EnElishwoman. the heayie
German, the thrifty native Of Trance, or eve1
the sunny Italian; but discords arc unpardona,
BILE. and, therefore, is it not Eelf-evident fact
upon the very face of the thing, that culinar,
science must be banished from our educationa
system2
However, as there may be an occasional wou,~
m not too charminsly frau for the ordinar.
nyocations Of life, or who may possibly lnher1
BONE domestic procliTlties, it might not be
nniss to discuss this most important room it
when we tell femininitv in general that the kitch
en- and its furnishings should take precedence
the parlor. All women know that the royal roa'
to- mans heart is through his stomach. Cate
to his appetite, and you may ask OF him any
thing, even to the half Of his Kingdom Then
how very necessary it is that the chamber whcnc
all tho ammunition is to como to carry on thl
all-important siege should be carefully looke
after, and provided with proper machinery 70
It's preparation. Therefore, with the insane fes
who fancy that housekeeping may bo prefenEael n.1
than crovding into that Of sonlo other bird. "
will have quiet little confab about tho matter
and see if We can fit up the household-armory
satisfactory manner.
Pierre Blot s1vs that the best flooring for
kitchen is made OF
TILES.
This can be kept ecrupulous1y clean; bua "
can imagine Bridget's disgust at the "ston
flure, with niver rag Of carpet on 1t, or even
Bit Of oil-cloth, and where yees would be shtar1
ed wid the cowld, intirely!' Still, as it Is to b
hoped that the Hibernian autocrat may nc
a1ways have us under hor thumb, when NC has
learned little something ourselves