New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06
FITMENTS FOR KITCHENS.
MODERN INVENTIONS THAT TIGHTEN
WORK-SIGHTLINESS IN FUR
NISHINGS.

Women who are lavish IN their expenditures fer
other departments Of the household not in
frequently economical TO the point Of peaurious-
ness IN the fittings and furnishings OF their
kitchens There IS doubt that this fact alone
are due not few Of the varisgated hues as
sumed by the servant problem. Nc cook or maid
Of intelligence-and there are such-win choose a
place where the kitchen floor IS covered with oil
cloth that has earned by IeHg service a right 10
retirement, nor where the utensils arc Gecrepit
with age and feeble in number
Then, too. the great and constantly increasing
number Of labor saving devices he found in
well furnished kitchens add 70 the difficulties
found by women of small means OF parsimonious
disposition in procuring domestic help Who would
/ choose 10 chop meat and vegetables in a wooden
bowl with single baded knife when a multi
hladed knife or meat chcppe~ 30 be found in
most homes would do the work in a fraction Of
the tina? What cook would enjoy seeding raisins.
stoning cherries and Smelling peas by hand when
another mistress had given her contrivances which
| greatly accelerated the labor?
MAIDS WANT LIGHT AND AIR
With the march Of progress the Iaboring class
! is mbibing some desirable principles not the
| least Of which is preference Tor sun and air
and cheerful surroundings Dingy walls and cell
ings wear upon many a maids nerves. as well
as upon her MISTRESS. and the most intelligent
worker is pretty apt 20 take these factors into
consideration in seeking place.
Not every housewife can afford tiled walls and
| floors and all that 90 with them. but most women
can have InoleUm or oilcloth covered floors and
neatly painted walls and ceilings Linolsum is
| considered by many people the most desirable Of
all kitchen floor coverings, because it is far easier
for the feet than tile boards oicloth. and it IS
very durable The best quality of hnoleum pays
in the long run, for il comes near as ma terisl
fabric 10 wearing forever coat OF var
nish will preserve either 1ilcIoth or noleum from
wear. and will keep it bright in appearance.
The best Of all kitchen sinks IS OF eartEeuware,
has open plumbing. and stands a. sufficient dis
lance from al! walls admit the passing to and
fro Of tho maid ali sides of it, But few
kitchens. unfortunately. have space adequate for
this plan. The sink should. however, stand sew
eral inches from the wall at its back that
II may be kept in Immaculate condition Such
methods in its arrangement not in harmony
with the ideas OF domestic insects. and with them
and a reasonable amount OF vigilance cockroaches
and croton bugs will decamp permanently
DEVICES FOR TIGHTENING WORK.
With al the multiplication OF inventions for
household convenience cannot keep abreast
with the waits of the modern housewife % said
dealer yesterday. When I began business, nearly
forty years ago. women patrons shrank from
experimenting with new devices, but the woman
OF to-day not only SEXES upon every novel idea
with readiness. but assumes that labor saving
machinery in every line is her due.
She longer, with CiviseGa patience, drops oil
with hand while she beats II and the egg to-
gether with the other for the mayonnase Not
PIGMENTS devised tor the purpose, and does IN a
few minutes what Il formerly, took her hour
or more 10 accomplish. With the whipped cream
Churns, fruit presses, vegetable cutters ana Scers
almond mills and the hundred and one other
contrivances the work II the young housewife
as compared with that Of her mother, in her young