Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-27
SEEN IN SMALL KITCHENS.
Numerous Conveniences the Clever
Housewife Has Evolved to Mako =
Homework Less Heavy. D.,


A convenient arrangement for dry
ing clothes in winter in a small kitch-
en- was a light rack made like a ladder
only wider. 1t was about three feet
wide and eight feet long and was sus-
pended from the ceiling by stout
ropes over the kitchen stove. The lad
der rounds were hung full of clothes
spread out as much as possible, and
the heat of the stove dried them rap
idly. OF course great care had to be
taken in keeping the hampers wide
open in adding coal or shaking down
ashes, but it was much better n
quicker than hanging out of doors.
The lady of the house intends to have
the rack fixed this winter so it can be
lowered without trouble and quickly
raised to the ceiling when not in use,
as it is now rather inconvenient al
ways to mount a high stool. She says
If she had the floor space, she would
have two racks, and stack them togeth,
er like a step ladder, but that is out OF
the question. For drying heavy I'M
.derwear and towels in damp weather,
or hanging the ironed clothes to get
perfectly dry, it has no equal.
I A small spice, salt and utensil cab
met in another kitchen was not nailed
to the wall as is usually the case, but
simply rested on ten-cent iron brack.
cts. In this way it could be taken
down to clean and rearrange, which
was much handler than to reach up OF
get IN a stool. 1t was a light, home
made cupboard with three shelves, and
held the small articles like the nutmeg
crater, biscuit cutter and other things
that gather dust SC quickly if hung
on the wall. With the case before heI
the mistress of the house could re.
splenish her small boxes, repaper the
shelves and find anything she wanted
in a few minutes. The kitchen was
rather dark, so the spices were kept in
plainly labeled glass cocoa bottles
tightly corked. The sight and name
helped to make rapid finding possible
In another kitchen, so small as to
be exasperating, the mistress of the
house had a small ironing board three
ACON AOh5 Aho w ~ thASRly pau
ded. This she laid ON the kitchen table
near the stove and disposed of tow
els, stockings, undergarments, hand
kerchiefs and all the smaller pieces.
The big" clothes were in the bottom
of the basket. and an hours steady
work on the long board in the dining
room disposed of them unless some
thing special put many shirts and
dresses in the wash. The running
back and forth for hot irons was re-
duced to the smallest amount of exer,
else possible by this method, and the
small board was very convenient for a
helper or when pressing was to be
done. 1t has many advantages over
ironing right on the table, as any wom-
an will discover if she once tries it.
h The annex to the kitchen table is
what one woman calls a broad shelf
she a put on folding brackets d.
rectly over the table, in emergencies.
1t is strong enough to hold extra dish
es, the dessert, empty fruit jars in can.
ming time and many other articles that
cannot be crowded IN the table. 1t is
not used unless necessary, and in this
way the accumulation of trash and
useful articles that usually cucumber
a regular shelf is avoided.-Ohio
Farmer. ~