The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-03
A CONVENIENT KITCHEN.

Hints About Tile Walls and Floors and
the Use Of Whitewash.
Although few women are permitted
to plan their own kitchens. or even to
furnish them according to their own
ideas of convenience, it is pleasant to
read what another deems best for iris
work-room. One of the first essentials
of the kitchen is that il shall be well
ventilated and large enough for its
purposes. Too large kitchen is mis-
take, as it makes extra steps, which can
be avoided when the room is more COM
pact. Unfortunately, in houses built
by persons of wealth the proper ar
rangement of the kitchen is sometimes
neglected, though this is not often true
of recently-built houses. In one Of the
most palatial mansions in New York
there is kitchen ceiled and floored
can be washed down with . hose
and their perfect cleanliness i'm
sured. Unfortunately no special
study is generally made in the
kitchen Of ventilation, SO that it often
interferes with the draught of the
range. The next essential after perfect
ventilation is pure, sweet. clean walls,
to which the orders of cooking can not
cling There is nothing better than a
whitcwashed wall for the kitchen.
Whitewash is itself a purifier There
should be wainscoting about four
feet high of hardwood and hardwood
floor in every kitchen. The pretty
hard pine that comes from places nearer
by than Georgia, and is therefore less
expensive. is within the reach Of the
purse of almost every householder. 1t
needs only oil to bring out the beauty
of its veinings. a border of six. 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 dis
colored. If stationary tubs are to be
part Of the outfit of the kitchen. remem-
Der 1t those with white enameled
Innings cost little more than ordinary
ones and last much longer. A white
enameled sink is always wholesome
looking, because it can be kept clean
easily. The most essential furniture OF
the kitchen is the stove. This should
be of the best manufacture, and there
are SO many first-class manufacturers
of stoves that it would truly be diff
cult matter to fail to find one if one
We're in search of good stove. The
same general principle in draughts is
adopted by all tirst-class stove manu-
facturers There are SO many patented
articles for the kitchen that one is in
danger Of falling across at least several
make-shifts which pretend to do the
work of more ordinary things and only
partially take their place. The wiring
er and few other inventions are gen.
uine boons to the housekeeper. A large
hardwood table and. if possible, a small
stone or marble table should be
in every kitchen. The wooden table
should have two or three drawers in
place of one, as they are far more con-
venient A kitchen dresser, with shelves
above and drawers beneath, is always
a convenient piece of furniture A
kitchen should have, if possible, two
windows, which may have broad VIM
dow seats, SO that kitchen garden Of
herbs can be accommodated in one of
them. Kitchens should be well supplied
with wire screens at the doors and win
dows to keep out flies in summer. II is
also a good plan to have springs that
shut the doors automatically. whenever
anyone passes through them, attached
to those doors which lead to the main
living portions of the house. BY this
means the odors of cooking are not al
lowed topenetrate into the house. After
all, each person and family can Judge
best what is needed in the Kitchen
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