Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-28

willing to go without servant t5r 1t
and buckle down to the drudgery OF the
housework themselves, until the little home
nest Is paid for and the mortgage on 1t can
ceiled.
''Now. these wives know thing or two,
and generally have good ideas, sometimes
much better ones than their husbands, on
on what the architecture OF suburban house
should be, barring an unaccountable desire
for an unnecessary number of cupboards
And generally the first thing they think OF,
especially if they intend to do without serv-
ant, Is the arrangement OF the kitchen. Now
here is plan,n continued the architect, sort
ing over number of rear, side and front
elevations ..of what / call model little
kitchen, for winter and summer use. 1t was
suggested by the wife Of newspaper man,
too, who intends doing her own work IN it
for awhile
First Of all, you see it is built in the shape
Of q lean to or addition to the house itself.
You might think that a lamentable waste OF
heat in the winter time would ensue. but the
house is heated by furnace in the cellar,
and the great advantage of this semi-detached
kitchen is felt in the summer time. You see
this big silylight in the roofs Well, that lifts
up with a strong cord which hangs down
close to the range, and in warm weather the
hot air and the vapors from the cooking will
rush up and out of the skylght, instead of
roasting the little cook The chimney, too,
is on the outside wall. you see, so as not to
heat the dining room unnecessarily, and the
kitchen has window on either side, with
door at the end which leads into a little in
closed porch, which in turn opens on the rear
yard. In this porch stands the refrigerator,
and its waste pipe passes through the floor,
emptylng into the gutter outside.
The range. too, is provided with that great
convenience, q sitter and a chute, down which
the ashes pass into q closed box in the cellar.
Thus there is no handling of hot ashes, with
their inevitable dust, in the kitchen.
Now look at the tubs, stationary, OF
course, and placed at a distance from the
range and out of the way of the door. Three
Of them, you see, are for the actual washing,
one for rinsing, and another for blueing.
They are porcelain lined. Iron, no matter
how well galvanized, rusts in time, and wood
retains the odor of the soap suds and is hard
to dry and keep clean: but porcelain is easily
cleaned, never smells and never rusts See
these little dints or pockets in the sides of the
tubs: They're for the soap or blue, and the
front side OF the tubs is waved or indented
like 4 washboard and serves that useful pur
pose just as well as the regular article,
though not interfering with its use.
''The sink is broad and wide and deep
enough to set the dish pan in. 1t, too, is
porcelain lined for the same reasons, and has
its little soap shelves also. On one side of 1t
Is n draining rack to stand the wet dishes in,
and on the other is leaf table that drops
down tight to the wall, out of the way, when
not wanted. but when the dishes are being
washed it is Indispensable to put the dried
ones on, as the regular shitchen table is over
on the other side OF the room.
''This kitchen table, by the way, is a treas
IRE. 1t looks more like the cabinet desk of a
business man than anything you would ex.
pect to find in kitchen 1t has back part
that stands against the wall and is all pigeon
and memoranda but spices and ingredients
Of all kinds that are used i'll cookery, and re-
quired to be kept in small parcels The table
proper is a big and broad one, and has big
moon shaped cut in it, where the cook SITS on
q little swing seat that pulls out from under
the board. Here she can reach all the pigeon
holes without rising, and still have plenty of
room On the table at either hand for the food
she is preparing
''The Indispensable pantry is big one, and
is situated between the kitchen and the din
ing room. To reach the dining room from
the kitchen one must pass through Che pantry
or go out into the hail. which has an indie
pendent entrance into each room. This ar
prevents the odors of the cooking
from reaching the dining room. The kitcheu
is finished in hardwood, not vanished but
simply oiled. Varnish shows every splash of
water that it gets, while the oiled surface can
be rubbed and polished clean with ease. The
woodwork is plainly but tightly fitted to-
gether; no ornamental growing is allowed to
furnish receptacles and hiding places for the
festive cockroach and the friendly croton
bug.
But perhaps the greatest innovation Of all
is the expedient to save the housewife from
having to run up and down the cellar stairs
any more than absolutely necessary. Did
you see Faust Up to Date at the Broadway
theatre last month? Yes; well then you re-
member when the barmaid and her bar rose
through the floor and disappeared again
without shaking a glass or bottle from the
shelves Why should such convenient ar
rsngement be confined to the stage? The |
is simple enough. The machinery |
Of the old dumb waiter that we are all accus- |
toned to is sufficient, and SO this little woman
is going to have one in her kitchen. A big |
one, full of shelves, that she can stand great |
number of things on. 1t will be so weighted !
and balanced that she can lift it without any |,
unusual exertion, take off or put on what |
things she chooses, and send it down below |
again to hang in the cool air of the cellar,
where it will not be allowed to touch the |
door. The trap door in the kitchen floor will /
be so tightly fitted that it will be hardly per-
ceptible till it rises 10 astonish the visitor"
New York Tribune