Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-04

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 it isn't any won
der that women hate working in them
Her kitchens, which opens directly off the
| living room, 80 that when she has com
pany she can talk and cook at the same
| time" lie a marvel Of convenience.
Kitchen Equipment.
1t has four south windows, one on the
east side and one on the west side, and
is as light. sunny and airy as 1t is possible
for a kitchen to be. 1t contains one large
enameled sink with removable drip board
that easily can be cleaned and sun dried,
and the whole side is lined with cupboards
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 ii
might be called, that is below them and get
what she desires. 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 con-
veniently close to the work table. There
is an office stool that Mrs. Glasner sits on
when washing dishes or preparing vege-
tables. and near the range is a great
comfy" looking rocking chair to rest In
while the cooking is progressing The
kitchen fixtures are curved so there are
| neither fixtures nor crevasses where dirt
can lodge.
The big screened In porch is back of the
kitchen and opens from of that room and
also from off the long hall that leads into
the living room. The ice box stands be-
tween the kitchen and the porch, and from
| the porch leads the little rustic bridge
across the ravine that takes one to the
| beautiful little octagonal summer house.
Near the kitchen are the steps that lead
into the basement where there is 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.
Quaint Furnishings.
The furnishing of the house is as quaint
\ as the house itself for there are in it
many things that collectors delight in own
| ing. In the bedroom is an Old four-poster
mahogany bed, and an old-fashoned ma
| hogany 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
| thus found the mahogany underneath,
In the large living room are good old
| fashioned rockers and easy chairs, spin
ming wheel and a fax wheel, both like the
other pieces-heirlooms. There also is an
! old-fashioned mahogany table or two and
| a pair of andirons that give just the right
| touch to the fireplace, and old-fashiOned
| candlesticks in abundance. There are no
| curtains and heavy portieres to keep out
air and gather dust and the thorough
cleaning that the rooms receive once a
week at the hands of the laundress who
comes to do the washing and ironing is
sufficient to keep it immaculate.
| Mrs. Glasner considers her homework
/ a joke in her new home, and frankly says
/ she would not change places with anyone
and unselhshly desires 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 re-
! gretfully and say: How I'd like to live
in real home like this, but ours is such
a big uncomfortable place"
| It may be interesting to add that the
| cost Of the building OF the house was
moderate, and the daily household ex-
penses and maintaining OF the home are,
as the mistress expresses It, 80 small as
to seem almost absurd."-Chicago Tribune.