The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-24
SOMETHING ABOUT THE
 KTTrHEN

There is fine large kitchen" will otten be heard from the house. hunter, put every foot of room beyond what is needed is distinct detriment Most or the French hotel kitchens, where fascinating gastronomic marvels are produced consist of a range and table at the cooks back, with just enough room for him to stand in. His pots and pans are hung on hooks on one side or the range, and the necessary dishs are ranged on wall-shelves on the other He wastes no steps.
 II 'ptped' water is introduced from a town or city water-works the labor of housekeeping is immensely diminished, but as this happy condition is by no means universal, the location of the we'll or the cistern becomes an import ant consideration. Thousands of steps may be saved and hundreds of expos ures avoided by thinking beforehand on these: a little longer piece of lead pipe will bring the cistern water into the kitchen, so that the pump can be placed close to the sink, and a short length of rubber hose-pipe fitted to the spout will save the heavy lifting that keeps many women ill all their days. Space and steps can be economized by placing the kitchen windows so high in the wall that a hanging table can be placed under them, and put up out of the way when not in use.
 Some of the undesirable "largeness" of the kitchen could be utilized in a light closet, where all cooking utensils, from pots and pans to aesthetic jelly moulds could be stored and the kit chen sink, of iron, with legs of the same material, would give no means of hiding damp rags and brushes to breed mould and bacteria. The kitchen sink itself and the sink in the buffers pan try, should be arranged on the same plan, with broad shelf for soiled dishes at the right, and grooved drain-boar at the left, and dresser immediately above for the reception of the cleaned dishes. Suppose you re- verse the position of the table and the board. Washing dishes three times a day for S65 days of one year makes 1895 dishwashings. Think of the vital force wasted in putting these dishes dClOSS LO Ille OlAGT Slut. OUIll ct IdCe of left handed dish washers shall have been evolved, the arrangement describ- ed Is the only proper one. The doors leading from the buffers pantry to the dining-room, and from the kitchen into the pantry, should be swing doors hung so that maid with full tray of dishes can pass without touching them while the undesirable smells and sounds of the kitchen are excluded All doors should be hung so as not tc | interfere" With a cellar properly made under the whole house, laundry in the basement should be provided, SC as to remove the soiled garments from the neighborhood of cooking food | This does not necessarily involve set | tubs, but it does need a simple laundry 1 stove, and when once that is secured | the basement can be warmed suffic. l iently for drying in the winter; for il i is little less than murderous for a wo-
 man to carry clothes from a hot steam | ing laundry into a zero atmosphere | The martyrs of the clothes-yard are | uncounted A house where all these
 details have been provided for will ado
 to the days of it's owner by the simple 1 conservation of vital force.-Mrs. H. M
 Plunkett, in Harper's Bazaar.