Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-08
CHICAGO WOMAN SOLVES THE sERvANT eRL pRORLEM
Mrs. elasne Builds House Which, Equipped Convenience
and Comfort, Needs the Attention Of No Servant
OF hnne

1 why, where Is the dining. room%
/ They seem to think it half savage to
eat on the porch as we do. In cool
| weather we will eat I'm front Of the
big glowing CRATE fire, so you see we
do not need a dining room. Then, too,
not Having a dining room does away
with so much work. You see ] have a
two-deck cart, and when | wash my
dishes and silver I put them on 1t. ]
also place thereon the meal entire when
It Is ready to serve, so all go together
to the porch or living room in one
trip. The courses are served from this
cart, and the dishes are placed on the
lower shelf and all finally are wheeled
back to the kitchen to be washed when
the meal is eaten" This cart by the
way, which is a great labor saving
proposition, Is an idea of the owner.
Mrs. Glasner wouldn't have a dark
kitchen. She wanted It on the south
side of the house. The architect didn't,
but It was her house and she had her
way. She says that most kitchens
have for view. garbage boxes, and 1t
isn't any wonder that women hate
working In them" Her kitchen, which
opens directly off the living room, so
that when she has company she can
talk and cook at the same time" is
a marvel of convenience.
1t has four south windows, one on
and Is as light, sunny and airy as 1t
Is possible for q kitchen to be. 1t
contains one large enameled sink with
a removable drip board that easily
can be cleaned and sun dried, and
the whole sink is lined with oupboards
and compartments, some with glass
doors and some with wooden ones, so
that all the mistress has to do is to
reach up over the long working table,
or counter as it might be called, that
Is below them and get what she de-
sires. Then there are several bins for
flour, spice boxes and the like, all
built within reach, so that there is
no need of extra steps. The gas range
stands conveniently close to the work
table. There is an office stool that
Mrs. Glasner sits on when washing
the dishes or preparing vegetables, and
near the range is a great comfy
looking rocking chair to rest in while
the cooking is progressing. The kitch-
en- fixtures are curved so there are
neither cracks nor crevasses where dirt
can lodge
The big screened-in porch is back of
the kitchen and opens off from that
room and also from off the long hall
that leads into the living room. The
Ice box stands between the kitchen and
the porch and from the porch leads
the little rustic bridge across the ravine
octagonal summer house.
Near the kitchen are the steps that
lead into the basement, where there
is q tiny and convenient laundry with
set tubs and the heater that is used
for keeping the water hot, summer
and winter, and which can be used
also for boiling the clothes. The rest
Of the basement is yet unfinished, and
should its owner decide there is space |
for several rooms down there besides
the billiard room contemplated.
The furnishing of the house is as |
1uaint as the house itself, for there |
ire in it many things that collectors
delight in owning. In the bedroom is
an old four poster mahogany bed, and |
IN old fashioned mahogany bureau to
match. In the sewing room is another
old bureau with glass knobs, which
was rescued by Mrs. Glasner from
several coats of yellow paint. She
.hus found the mahogany underneath.
In the large living room are good |
Did fashioned rockers and easy chairs, |
a spinning wheel and a fax wheel, |
both like the other pieces-heirlooms. |
There also is an old fashioned mahog-
any table or two and pair of andirons !
that give just the right touch to the
fireplace, and old fashioned candle
sticks in abundance. There are no
and heavy portieres to keep
out air and gather dust, and the thor
ough cleaning that the rooms receive
once a week at the hands of the laun-
dress who comes to do the washing |
and ironing is sufficient to keep it i'm |
maculate.
Mrs. Glasner considers her house
work a joke in her new home, and |
frankly says She would not change |
places with anyone, and unselfishly de- |
sires that other women be told of the |
attraction of housekeeping in her way. |
She Is sorry for the women dependent |
on servants, while every woman who |
enters this beautiful, ideal home longs |
most ardently to change places with |
its mistress, and men who view 1t |
sigh regretfully and say: "How I'd |
ike to. live in a real nome like this, |
but ours is such a big, uncomfortable
place"
1t may be interesting to add that the
cost of the building of the house was !