The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-09-25
WOMAN'S WORLD.
HERE'S A CONVENIENT KITCHEN.

Hints About the Walls an Floors and the
Use of Whitewash.
Although few women are permitted tc
plan their own kitchen, or even to furnish
them according to their own ideas Of conven-
fence, 1t Is pleasant to read what another
deems best for this workroom. One of the
first essentials of the kitchen is that 1t shall
be well ventilated and large enough for Its
purposes, Too large kitchen Is mistake,
as 1t makes extra steps, which can be avoid.
ed when the room is more compact.
Unfortunately, In houses built by persons
of wealth, the proper arrangement of the
kitchen Is sometimes neglected, though this
Is not often true Of recently built houses. In
one of the most paatial mansions In New
York there Is kitchen ceiled and floored
with tiles, so that the floor and walls can be
washed down with hose and their perfect
cleanliness insured. Unfortunately no special
study IL generally made in the kitchen Of
ventilation, so that 1t often interferes with
the draft OF the range.
] The next essential after perfect ventilation
Is pure, sweet, clean walls, to which the
| odors of cooking cannot cling. There Is
nothing better than a whitewashed wall for
| the kitchen. Whitewash Is itself purifier.
There should be wainscotiug about four
feet high of hard wood and hard wood floor
In every kitchen. The pretty hard pine that
comes from places nearer by than Georgia,
aud Is, therefore, less expensive. is within
he reach of the purse of almost every house.
builder. 1t needs only oil to bring out The
beauty of Its velnings.
A border of 6-inch blue tiles, two tiles
deep, should be around the sink where water
Is splashed almost continually, and wood Is
liable to rot, or at least become discolored. If
stationary tubs are to be part OF the outfit
of the kitchen, remember that those with
white enameled Innings cost little more than
ordinary ones and last much longer A white {
enameled sink Is always wholesome looking. ,
because 1t can be kept clean easily. Z
The most essential furniture OF the Bitchen
is the stove. This should be Of the best man
and there are SO many hrst.class
of stoves that It would truly
be difficult matter to fail to find one II one
were In search of good stove. The same
general principle in drafts Is adopted by all a
irst.class stove manufacturers. There are so q
many patented articles for the kitchen that !,
one Is In danger of falling across at least sew.
,ra makeshifts which pretend to do the work 81
If more ordinary things and only partially a
axe their place. ~
The wringer and few other inventions ~ ~
ire genuine boons to the housekeeper A ID
arge hard wood table, and, If possible, b
mall stone or marble table, should be In 81
very kitchen. The wooden table should =
ave two or three drawers In place of one, III
s they are far more convenient. "
A kitchen dresser, with shelves above and re
rawers beneath, Is always convenient =,
iece Of furniture. A kitchen should have, y,
possible, two windows, which may have U,
road window seats, so that kitchen garden y,
f herbs can be accommodated In one Of them. ..
Kitchens should be well supplied with wire ~ -,
Greens at the doors and windows to keep out III III
les In summer. 1t Is also good plan to s 81
ave springs that shut edoors automatically, ~.
henever any one passes through them, at ~ ~
ched to those doors which lead to the main VI ~,
wing portions of the house. By this means w. w.
e Odors of cooking are not allowed to PEN ~, ~
rate into the house After all. each person ~
I'd family can Jndge best what ia needed In "a
e kitchen -[Chicago Herald. Nv