New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
THE FASHIONABLE KITCHEN.
ONE TO BE FOUND AT THE TOP OF THE HOUSE,
GORGEOUS COOKING UTENSILS.

ONE TO BE FOUND AT THE TOP OF THE HOUSE,
GORGEOUS COOKING UTENSILS.
Perfect ventilation, says an architect who Is au-
thority on kitchens. is the first consideration In
such n room. Next come light and the possible
tiles OF perfect cleanliness To get these In n
crowded city block half buried In the ground
Is. OF all things the most difficult Something has
been said IN these columns OF the movement up-
ward in private houses by reason Of the Introduce
ton OF elevators one OF the most significant ndi-
cations Is seen In the elevation Of the kitchen. In
the house OF physician on West Fifty-hfth-st. al
the household offices on the top floor The ser
vants bedrooms are In front Midway Is the
laundry. with tiled floor and wainscoting Con.
Meeting with II is the servants slt,ing-room ana
opening into Il the kitchen.
One may well envy the cook her private dominion.
The kitchen IL noble room, with windows that
catch the first rays OF the morning sun and the
last rays OF his benign majesty in the West The
view In fine for hemme1-in city house the
practical mind discovers other advantages IN the
saving OF gas bills-there IL over hour OF day.
light here than the basement kitchen received
There Is also a considerable saving OF time. as the
ragman and the pedlers OF wares soon discoves
that there IN neither pleasure nor profit In the area
The humanitarian aspect OF this kitchen Is worm
notice when reflects on the army q servants
that spend their lives In Easements, inaccessible to
air and light
The mistress OF this kitchen says that by organis-
ing her household carefully. fewer not more SER
wants are required. a ''llft' is worked at stated
intervals by the man who manages the furnace;
everything not taken up to the kitchen on these
occasions is sent up dumbwaiter. A servants
stairway H. prettlly screened or by an arrange
ment OF spindes. The clothes dried on the top
OF the house: and in a cold above the kitchen
the meats are hung and the perishabe food kept.
In one Of the first Of the series OF kitchens
built in the show-houses OF town the provision for
air is admirable. The windows screened by
wrought-iron gratings. inside these windows are
filled with shelving panes OF glass, which may be
adjusted TO freely admit air. yet which prevent the
curious outside seeing what the inmates are TO
have for dinner Another provision prevents them
from smelling the dishes. The range IL built IN
the remote corner OF the room near the main VEN
tilating shaft The large hood over the range con-
meets with this, and gathering all the steam ana
odors passes them through and out OF the house
without losing single smell
Here the chef moves with a cherry table at his
back on one side the pot closet. in which his cop
per treasures are kept; the other his dresser,
This dresser has no other back than the enamelled
tiles that cover the walls This is consideration
in a city oversuppled with Croton bugs. which
prefer 10 colonze the Of dressers that they
pry open foc that purpose. The floor is laid IN gray
and white encaustc tiles and the walls are lined
with cream enameled tiles. The cleaning OF the
kitchen Is done with hose.
The kitchen in the gray Vanderbilt chateau is .
thing OF beauty The floor Is OF marble, the tables.
the sinks the shelves and the things rarely moved
are of marble. The walls lined with cream
enamelled tiles and all the angles are bound with
brass Where these meet the doors and windows
they are covered with metal mouldngs, thus dis
pensing with the wooden trim. The ceiling ID
of white enamelled tiles laid in cement. and each
tile Is secured by a metal bolt. over the large
double range is a seml-circular hood enriched Win
embossed copper ornaments, and swung from IRON
bars wrought In spiral folatons IL. 49,.
The cooking utensils In keepHg with tnis
splendor They OF copper, with wrougnt-iron
handles. many OF them ornamented; someo tneim
and other museums Leading from the kitcnen 70 ing
buffers pantry above Is spiral stairway ihclossl
in glass TO shut out possible odor ana }st .S.
the light. This has been done so successfully Nhat,
although the buffers pantry Is directly apove ths
kitchen, nothing disagreeabie makes its way asott;
Connected with the kitchen. but under the slde-
vegetables and eggs. and are built IN three sec-
tons of hollow masonry that they may be Kept ire
from damp and insure perfect, venta,,pn ION 10, in in
through the sidewalk. with derrick and moist An
other feature OF the kitchen should be alluded 70;
This is the drain and hose outlet In the centre OF
the marble floor, for IL Is with the nose tha' 'ho
The kitchens in some OF the apartmeni-houses are
beautiful indeed These are small. but calculated
10 a nicely In fact. except when there is larRe
stan of servants It mistake TO have large
kitchen. It wastes time and takes the strength ot
the cook to cover more space tnan IS neCFssiry ~.
OF the house. every Is taken TO give them al
the light and air possible The floors are ti.eh INC
walls covered with white enameled ties. some Ta
times made gayer with tiles OF pink and blue me
sinks porcelain lined, and the faucets siivrr
plated The cupboards and dres'ers are IN Ileht
natural woods. and the glass unspotted inc COOK
box and may hope that she strives TO live UP %
the situation.