Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-06-04
KITCHEN DOORS.
With . Little Care They May Easily Be
 Avoided.

with c Little Care They May E01lly Be
 Avoided.
 There are great many people at the the present time who arc building houses for themselves and take an in- terest in the hest methods that can be employed. Yet it is strange to note how many people fail to observe the simplest rules of caution, misled no doubt by builders more anxious to se- cure job than ready to give the best advice Houses arc being put up all over the country in direct opposition to what would appear to be common sense. One of the first considerations in build ing homo is the location. A sunny slope is always one of the most desira- ble places to build house, so that one may have the advantage of good drain age and the wholesomeness of a cheer ful exposure. One can hardly have too much sun in the house, in spite of the old-fashioned prejudice against it. The house should face the sun and the southeast is considered to best ex- posture.
 This will bring the kitchen and pam tries on the north side of the house, where they should be. The kitchen should always be located little on one side of the main building when it is on the same floor as the dining and living room, as it usually is in the country, so as to prevent Q direct 6raught when the front doors are open and bring in the odors of cooking. Too little attention is paid to this one item in building, though 1t is essential to the healthy and agreeable atmosphere of the house.
 Where house is built exclusively for summer occupancy the kitchen is fre- quently apart from the main house, and many country houses which are occupied all the year around have special build ing apart for a summer kitchen. This is one of the best ways of solving the problem. It does away with the heat of the kitchen fire, which is sure to be brought into the main part of the house, with the kitchen odors, which are especially disagreeable in summer and apt to hang about the carpets and furniture of the living apartments, and give them that tindescribable stuhIy odor which is always intensely depressing.
 Some houses are built in such a way that it is impossible not to perceive what has been the menu of the last meal on entering the front door, and there is blending of all the past meals hanging about the rooms. Such an at mosphere as this must be unwholesome. The door which communicates between the kitchen and main house should have a strong spring on it, so that 1t cannot be left open through the negli- ence of derelict servants unless it is hooked back, a thing which should be expressly forbidden unless necessity re- quires it. There should be no other communication between the main rooms and the kitchen except this door. Win dows opening between the kitchen and the dining-room are but foolish contriv- ances, which save but few steps and bring In the heat and atmosphere of the kitchen as readily as an open door. There should always be ventilator in the kitchen window, which should be open at all times, and there should be abundance of windows for light and ventilation.
 Unhappy, indeed, is the mistress who has cook who cannot bear air. Trained cooks usually keep one window open at least open at the top in all seasons, for ventilation as well as for carrying of odors.-N. Y. Tribune.