The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17
LABOR-SAVING KITCHENS
one Architect Would Give Housekeeper
Unlimited Drawers and Shelves

Robert G.: Spencer, in study Of
kltchens and pantries in his series of
articles in House Beautiful, laws down
the following rules:
Sinks should be roll rim, of enam-
e ereu iron or porcelain, supported on
eng enameleo IRON brackets from the wall,
n ;n on legs, which interfere with clean
wood rim, or Enclosure at front ar hack
Dra1n boards should be of white ash
(mahogany is still better if it can be
aHorded), and always removable with
coplngs at back. A harp drip, shouid
ne cut under edges Of boards Sinks
should be under or adjacent to windows.
pree1Ieraoly sunny windows.
water pipes will not freeze if prop
Fly Fry boxed and insulated. Get ali the
ilgn :. ana air possible into your kitchen.
let 1t pc one of the sunniest. lightesf
rooms IN your house. Kitchens usually
have too many doors. Slide the pantryy
door and it will never be in your Way
IN httlng up kitchen pantry. have an
ASH or maple counter, and under It all
ne drawers you have room for. Deep
pin drawers on hardwood antifric-
ton extension slides, and fitted with re-
movable tin Innings, are convenient for
sugar corn meal, whole wheat flour. etc.
aahey are sufficiently large for White
nouf taken zen from. the bag, in small house.
! nolds: wherever there are drawers I'M.
der sink drain boards or pantry COIN.
t1ers, the upper drawer front should
slope inward at the bottom, or the en-.
tire front of drawers case shou1d slant
to accommodate the feet and knees Of
those working at them.
.'',There should be sufficient space
WIN direct, or left-hand light for the
h 11i table. If against the wall, q
wall dresser above the table will be 8
great convenience. Dressers, shelves
etc, as many as possible, are needed in
pantryless kitchens. A patent -four can
with rotary sitter in the bottom, rest
ing on a ledge on. the wall convenient tc
taDle or bread-cutter, is a convenience
winch ought to be more. generally used
Kitchens should have an abundance
OF artificial light. There should be one
outlet In the CENTER, one bracket igh
next to range and one over the sink
with porcelain reflector.
1.-The best floor for kitchens, etc.
barring tile. mosaic, etc, which are too
expensive for general use, is white pine
planed smooth and covered with limo
leum, in twelve-foot breadths. before
the piping, to sink is connected and tht
Hoor molding is in place. A tmapl
floor gets flthier and filthier the more
it is scrubbed. The soap-grease sink,
in to the joints and becomes rancid ant
foul, constant wetting swells the wood
and then the shrinkage opens the joint.
still wider.
"Kitchen walls should be plastere,
with cement or hard patent plastic
and painted. The color scheme shoult
be carefully chosen. There is no reason
why the kitchen should not be, in it,
way, as pleasing to the eye as an,
other room. - -..:s- .~
cit is the kitchen of the modes
home of the future. rather than in tn
domain of the high priced cook or chef
that we may expect to see in America
as may already as,; 81 pc seen zen n German
movement, furniture, fittings and chast
decoration, all elegant, simple and han
monious.o 49, A.. n