Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-14
4Histellanu.
Two Kitchens.
II MARY CLENLEg AMEs.

WAS grAadmo.her's kitchen. or mothers.
Maybe !: was il the country. You can
hardly Dc happier in Heaven lh1u when
yol played on lis i5or little child. |
love sucl a kitchen; no: The discarded one
OF 6ae villa, bat the honorei kitchen OF
= thrifty farmhouse. l. faces the cas-.
and takes the suns 6T-s gobi.pornin-.
Thus Is busiest hours are full of bright
ness. and lis res.ful afternoons flll OF
serene light sud neaceful shadows. Is
wide door opens on a grassy yard. where
tae old oxen bucke: hang in the veil"
What yard it is, lis cIoverv grass is
paradise icr bea-hing; irregular paths
run through tie d,nde.ions down II the
grsden whose .usci us vegetables offer
daily market for th ready hand. and b1!
to tie orch.rd where the rudy apples
hang. There Is Al old lilac b1>h hy one
window. sweet bri T BY the ctl5r. while
mo-ning-glory oells cluster about Do d
Beside one is sland full OF plans, which
il W uJer flourish IN tie mornins sun.
On its ledge th4ra Is work ,lz,sl et-a
marv-.nI> rsket-ia.o wh,se depths l
sonnet mes dive,lh Ugh piles OF siUckiRgs,
through UunL &C and bags. through seis-
Sors and ,himbies a7d pins. down to
LSt4sE - Ia ANFlka4u W D-e a. k9Ee INtkpIu.
ii on.v through nv iupe:uous pokiug.) 10
whose pocae! am sure 10 fni wh IL
literature OF domestic receipts, heart
Poems, and editorials on the state Of the
nation, Beside !! is little old chsir with
a warm cushion. This is The mothers
chair and the mother. corner. and rot TO
be invaded, Then the old kitchen has =
deep lire- place, vas. bake oven, and
modern s.ove |. has a great panty.
Whose wide shelves sre He'd with glitter
ing mil pans, all SCI for cream; anl
a sire room, in which you may find
everything for cheer, from the barrel. OF
u and sugar tie rows OF sweetmea,s,
&c IT 10 every housewife heari,!o bunches
OF dried cathip hung up for the ca, anJ
pennyroyal enough fox every soluach.
aching baby in twn. The old kitchen
for Is painted clear gray. Frightened
by gay, home ID d. mats. |; ha. deep.
,hrua,ei clock. lba! rules It's d avs: q boOk
racS i .el with b o.s and newspapers
and cp.oTed prints on its walls. ]. la, Al
arm char. = sewing chair, ami cuinjz-
covered lounge. There is nothing in il
TOO ine for It's place. l; is only ii chen.
af.er all, yet \ joy 10 behold and to enjoy.
Tier i = ls.r.or in this house, proli in
& br ~, granamotil-r-ua,ie carpet. of the
d 81 il,en>e s,riprs; in hair cto:h furui-
tuTr. ~ SHINING b~-rte'. back: in u
pr'iuse prle OF Cd Dig reoty p,-s and y
neS PhHt g a u box. On Is walls old
geLienen i. in veaeraI- franes. with
high Collars, :. I enough to break their
n-ck> and old l,dies j. in others. in nm,
to- !ey eevrs snd hrist.ing ,sps. who
r "a, -~;'l - II:
mons Of Their les. -=nd,n When tue
minister comrs, Or be child en frum ,owu.
/ { "a. o. j, opened AMI iIrnlshed Bu.
scmehu~. one or later, AL The company
gr,vi.a.e bsk into The old kitchen: for
TIE g.oE. tie cheer, the love are there
Then | an IN love with kitchen in
town, II i Is no: as Poetic as the country
kitchen. i. is more convenient. Ny hesri
has thrilled with drligh, at the sigh. Of Is
bright yellow Il OF, and eAulted with esn-
sclous britt willie tlrue1 tie fsncei> OF
its s:a:iona-! tubs AMI tested he viT-
tues uf lis sp cioGs rsoge.' Who ciu
lor;ray he spendor Of rs panry-iis
mug and Jug; is nest of polished
h-1-s, whose covers shI: in the priceless
berr es and spices OF the eas:; is rows @:
glass i.rs, filed with glowing je,lies-ihe
rI1y vi the raspberry, the purple Of the
b ackberTv, tae crimson Of he eurraEt:
lis shelves Of canned irui.s' There are
peaches for yo3; tomatoes FIR l3s: sEee:
corn in his Gan hat viii give YOU slcco-
tash in January. and deiude you win the
make believe cf al Angus; ftas; Thi,
kitchens windows 'et> q the sun>h'7r; !;
and its back door opcns on grassy pl :,
IN which tie clothes may O!e,cG, he 4U-
nay play. er The baby roll AMI ali
around the stone walk. runs q border OF
flowers; and, ii morning. glorles DON;
hang on the winioE, ltey do on the
fence. There are few ol: city back doJr>
which 90 no. open on yard IS .tr-e A.
this. Snow ME one pure with grass.
fTa-rau. with blossoms; or show me or
n aus eous with the d.5r!S and Te:G>e OF the
house, and will ,e.l yoQ the soT. OF peo-
pc WHO abide inside. You tel me hat
NY kitchen is no. praciicaj' lhs: I don I
p-r>on~l : know ao3l. it? knuw a.
ahou l.; which is more than | can stY OF
anytliRg else. know that there every
kitchen must have lis soapy days. IL sldsy
days, lis co1ishy days, and even it: CAB
bagy dAys-lha., 10 spite Of is po.ies and
specs, lis odors NUS. sometimes be more
llal Ne may open the win lows, iet the
bad air ou. auI tile blessed air in. and TIA,
through and 5eyond everything remaiu,
lie kitchen, al, That !; should De, or no,h
ing that il should ue, ju.t IS We have ma i
u. Everybody SHOWS the charm OF q
pleasant parlor. Every woman likes ID
display her tl>te and refinement. in il &C
corGinc 10 her means or culture. A it:
Iret.y nIck.nacks have price for bel
Lea;t which no money cou.d psy. It
sa,ue.,es and pictures. lis sJh sofas ait
chairs. give L. tie Te:reshmenl OF beauty
and the profer # rest wuen the day:
wo < is done. The psrlor is the crown o
the home: but the kitchen IS its heart. Ii
the pzsrior may bioim the flower OF j.:
culture; bat The rJol Of its comfort is in
The kitchen. The par.or may reveal u L:
the exact Standard Of a womaH's ias e
but the unering il teri Ere.stion OF be
disposition Is tie Kitchen. Wealth o
circumstance may place be ac:ual aho
aud duty Of your daily life outside OF VOC
Kitchen. l,ain,d servants NAV make /
unn, c-ssary inst yoI should fulii its dail,
tasks HLh your own hands. Bu; has lhi
ever occurred 10 yo1 that however *
empl yourself, syTae scgn.GHs lJs is live
10 your kitchen. and hnw much you ma
aid to thas he By u kng your kitchen
pleasant place to habiI' She is nn less
woman in all h,r native suScePibililie
and needs because she IS Ppor snd doe
vour work. Do you realize bow muc
ryerv life taxes On OF tie hue Of lis SUI
rol nIings: Aud ~hs. minister OF GOO
rs well ~ minis er Uf beauty you ma
b- when you make your kitchen perfect d
alclsD, as you have already made you
parIor As ptrur: Il cal DOT be MEASURED
the wretchr,i health. he NOR bidness, th
misery. aid vice even, which bave hS
their birth N the lark. uHventlstei den
which sre called kitchens, in which :
many women drag on their weary live
And wien the girl Of cur time grows u
10 regard the kitchen of her home 8
something more than hole to be shunnet
in winch Bridget was bum to drudge
when she brings into il, instead, her Gallo
apron and smiling face; when she d-vo!.
10 It's service q portion of the eultiva.e
towers now wasted in idleness. il not