Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
THE MODEL KITCHEN
Hints for Everything in and
About It.
ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS
PLACE FOR ALL UTENSILS AND
FURNITURE.
Then the Pretty Touches to Make It
Worthy of Showing
Off.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Since the Importance Of domestic science
has been recognized kitchens have taken
on new appearance. Hygienic principles
are being applied, and the decorations are
both artistic and suitable in their own
workaday way. The dull, slovenly kitchen
is 1 am thankful to say, almost thing OF
the past the bright attractively fitted one
being the rule and not the exception.
OF course in apartments and small houses
the room devoted to the culinary art Is
necessarily cramped. The ideal kitchen
strikes a happy medium in its proportion,
being neither large nor small. A good size
would be 16 by IS, but a square room Is
best, though rarely attainable. For the
woman who is going to build the possibili-
ties in kitchen Improvements are fascinat-
ing. Suppose we imagine ourselves with
her while she constructs model Kitchen.
The size Of the kitchen having been
determined the walls, both top and bottom,
should be built without corners, as they
are in hospitals. In this way an accumuia-
ton of dust is avoided. For the floor moth
ing is better than hard wood. Even the
best quality of nnoleum wears out very
soon and is expensive to replace. The
walls, after they have settled, should be
covered with artists canvas down three
quarters of their length The canvas should
be treated to three coats of paint. The
rest of the wall has a wainScoting OF tiles
which extend well up over the tables and
sink. This idea was suggested by a very
practical builder, who. when explaining.
said THE walls so treated never have to
go a second time into the hands Of the
plasterer, and when the paint becomes
freshen it." II this decoration is too expen-
sive the kitchen walls may be hung with
white oilcloth used for table coverings. It
comes in pretty white and blue designs and
tr f0l1x Nd
for walls of a rented house when the land
lord is obdurate and will not paint them.
You may at a small expense with ham
mer and fine tacks transform the walls In
spite of him and give a pleasant and re-
freshing tone to the kitchen. A careful
architect makes speciality Of the marble
and thing of the walls and ceiling; also of
the nickel-plated pipes, which are most
to-date house.
Now for the Fixings.
Now that the walls and floor have been
disposed of, the furnishing is the next con-
sideratfon. Oak of course, is the wood par
excellence to use, but white ash is good
substitute. A dresser Of this wood is built
in at one end of the room, and it is aston
ishing what changes the common dresser
has undergone. The one In the model
kitchen viii be Of generous proportions. Its
drawers are fitted up In the most approved
fashion every kind OF cloth and buster
having its special place. Cleaning powders.
polishers and brushes are separately dis
posed Of while tools needed daily at some
time in the household are systematically
arranged so as to be easily found. At the
top of the dresser are shelves inclosed by
diamond paned doors, behind which the
Kitchen china is kept. On the opposite wall
Is hung d neat wooden cabinet. In which
cookery books, fiavoring extracts. etc., are
stored.
The porcelain sink. with open plumbing
and tiles underneath, may be elaborate
as fancy dictates. A large kitchen closet
must not be forgotten. This should have
at the bottom raised shelf for heavy pots
and kettles. The range Is to be a large
electric one. These ranges are not cheap,
costing, / believe. something over 500, but
In the long run they pay for themselves. as
there are no bricks or crates to be renewed
and no chimneys or pipes to be cleaned
Where electric light cannot be had gas
range Is good substitute and Is especially
In hot weather.
Have yoa notacsd how badly lighted are