The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-19
FOR FEMININE READERS
THE MODERN KITCHEN CONTAINS A
LONG LIST OF CONVENIENCEs.
What the Girl Should Eat Who
Wants to Grow Plump-A Useful
WOman-Vagaries of Fashion.

Every woman who takes an interest
in domestic arrangements considers her
kitchen with as much care as her parlor.
says writer in the New York Evening
Sun. Whether large or small. just as suit
able appointments are needed. If small and
with only one window, it should be painted
in very light tone. If the room is large
and airy, the woodwork may be little
darker. The floor may be painted with two
or three coats and then allowed to harden.
Very desirable is a smooth pine shellacked
or well-htted linoleum of a durable color,
which may be frequently washed and wiped
once in a while with kerosene.
In kitchen comforts there are some es-
sentials, such as ample closets, of which
there should be three. One for coarse
china and porcelain of finer sort, another
roomy place for tins, granitware, iron
utensils and other conveniences, the third
for odds and ends of everyday use. The
china closet may be made by placing some
three or four narrow shelves in the inside
woodwork of a closed door. This gives
a decorative effect, the tints of the china
acting as a bit of color for this working
room; or wider shelves may be placed
over the stationary washtubs in the apart
ment kitchen, and then dressed with white
shelf paper, for large platters, soup tureens
and the like. The upper shelves may have
a curtain, hung on rings to a narrow wood
en- rod. This same drapery may decorate
the lower half of the window with a linen
shade above.
Among the comforts for the maid an
easy chair and a looking glass are neces-
sites. A small rack does excellent serv-
ice for holding cookbooks, newspapers ETC.,
and should be found in every kitchen.
In kitchen apartments nothing is more
wholesome than the porcelain sink made
in one piece.
If possible have a corner closet some
where 1t can be built by a carpenter and
painted. It's drawers are for the no ding of
towels, ironing sheets, work aprons, etc,
while the shelves supply a place for pre-
serves, pickles and dainties for winter use
The perfect kitchen boasts of three tables.
a large, substantial one of pine, without
cover which should be scrubbed every day;
the other two smaller. with a marble
top for the making of bread and pies and
one covered with white oilclOth for pre-
pairing food. cleaning fowls and vegetables;
housekeeping. Every kitchen should have
a standing tray, where dishes from each
course are placed when taken from the
table, or desserts kept up TO the point of
For dressing the closets narrow oilcloth
| in black and white pinked on the edge is
1t should be carefully adjusted and tackled
on all edges except the front so il will not
roll up.
I Among contrivances of a useful nature
is an ironing board which, when not in
use, becomes a seat. Ii may have large
roomy drawer for the keeping of holders,
wax, etc.
Among new designs is the kitchen cabinet,
or portable closet. full of pigeonholes for
spices, bins for -four and meat and other in
gradients used in cooking. In some of these
portable affairs there is a wooden shelf
which forms a table and closes when not in
use. These closets take UP but little space.
For the keeping of meats, milk, butter,
I ice. etc, the tiled refrigerator surpasses
anything yet invented. 1t is lined with
pure white tiles inside and out, and fitted
up with all the conYeniences required.
Yet with all these additions for ex-
cellent housekeeping there is still a homely
fascination in the old-fashioned farmhouse
kitchen. with its rag carpet. its dried herbs
hanging on the wall, its ancient clock and
looking-gass, its wooden or split bottom
rockers. The window shows lace curtain
and a ginger jar filled with garden bios
SONS. 1t is a room which speaks Of coZi-
ness and comfort and of the never-sur-
passed old-fashioned cooking.