New-York tribune., 1905-07-26
SHORT HOUSEHOLD TALKS.
A Bright and Hygienic Kitchen-Summer
Desserts of Fruit

There are few things more attractive to a good
housekeeper than a cool looking. picturesque
kitchen, sensibly built and furnished In planning
a kitchen its hygienc and practical arrangement
Is Of course of first Importance but where possible
this should be combined with the picturesque. Be-
cause the kitchen is purely OF utitarian value and
because it is naturally the dustiest place IN the
house, there should be unnecessary furniture or
furbelows 10 collect dust or grease. Growing plants
are the only things purely ornamental which are
suitable in the kitchen. Pictures of any kind,
screens. etc, naturally out of place Only the
plainest wooden furniture should be used. but II
need not be ugly. Some plain chairs pict-
uresque. especially old fashioned ones. with high
backs.
In regard to the wall there may be varying opn-
lons whitewashed wall is. of course, hygienic.
Out II is hard TO clean and keep white
GIAIeo papers sometimes look attractive especially
In small cottage kitchens but they are more diff
cult to clean and more expensive than a plain
painted wall In the average city kitchen no wall
paper OF any kind should be used. owing TO the
posslblhty Of water bugs other pests finding a
lodging place behind it, Therefore all things con-
sldered. plain painted wall seems the most suit
aoie Tor this room, because It be easily and
frequently washed
The color of the walls and woodwork makes
Sec1oeo difference in the appearance of the kitchen
TSeFer nave the walls done in any but cool colors
faIe green and white make cool looking comhina-
tion. i0. SIue and white are also good. When delft
uhg Is used this latter combination will be charm
ing A kitchen with dark vanished woodwork the
lower part OF the walls done in dove gray and the
Upper part in pale turquoise delicate green, is
$50 FLIsl!c- Inc woodwork. like the furniture,
Si1S1lo ISS oe absolutely without ornamentatiOn.
~ course open plumbing is considered a
necessity. One writer suggests that the sink and
H@ash @ tubs should stand out little from the wall
PUN shouio II possible, be built that the strong
4ght from a nearby window can fall on them
I1tuhdresses sometimes have great difficulty in
seeing Lne condition OF clothes when the tubs are
o0I4t ~ a DARK corner, as they often in
APaTttnents. P The average builder puts the wash
tuDs, as ne does many other things. in any out
needs -
Inc stove and the refrigerator are subjects about
Which volumes could be written. Large gas stoves
Win oven IrolIers etc. are undoubtedly the best
IN cities and the easiest to manage.
As TO Kitchen utensils, pretty blue and white
crccAery Is often just as cheap common brown
ana yellow. Everything n blue and white may in
time become tiresome, but a few pieces here and
there add color and certainly take from the dull
monotony of the average kitchen furnishings
HOW raF new, bright utensils go toward making
Kitchen work a pleasure instead of a burden can
not be estimated. Any woman who does her own
homework realizes this truth. Shiny tenpta-
tons are what one household writer calls them
because they tempt q person TO do kitchen work
and do IL well.