Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
THE MODERN KITCHEN

The modern kitchen must be planned
FOR the convenience of the modern
housewife. The spacious kitchen was
good when servants were easily OBJ
tanned and cheap but as "the servant
problem" becomes more difficult the
kitchen must be planned for the house,
wife, who must be both hostess and
maid and so the cabinet kitchen has
come into being. In the modern apart
ment kitchen one may almost stand in
the middle of the floor and reach all
supplies as we'll as the sink and range.
The kitchen as it is now built is as
sanitary and convenient as science and
care can make it. With the exception
of the side where the windows ana
doors are the entire room is lined
with shelves which are enclosed py
doors, the whole is divided into COM
partments of various sizes and for
various purposes. There are the deep
shelves for large jars and boxes. A
dark but we'll ventilated cupboard for
jellies, preserves and pickles; cup
boards for food supplies of all xmas,
others for dishes and still others for
the necessary kitchen utensils, with
racks for covers, etc. This wealth or
cupboard space leaves the kltchen
clear and clean with everything away
SANe~A
from the dust.
Then there are bins for flour, corn
meal, graham and white; others for
sugar, white and brown
Keep one drawer-or If that is not
available a shelf will do equally we'll
for your cook books. Have all OF
the recipes you have got from friends
and periodicals neatly copied or
pasted on cards and indexed, just as is
done in a library. In this way you
will have all tried recipes where you
can find them at a moments notice
when you want them.
An alcove for the range looks well
on the architects plans, but all too
often it is so small that it is impos-
! sible to get around the range to keep
IL or the floor under it in a decently
clean condition. 1t is better to have
the range q little in the way than
to burn ones hands every time you
reach for something on its far side.
The sink, too, should be open under
meath where the pipes are in sight
and easily reached when they need
attention The abominable dust ana
vermin traps that were once built un-
der sinks are no longer tolerated.
In the illustration we have some
what unusual arrangement with the
sink in the middle of the room like a
lage table. All is open underneath
and easily kept clean, and the sink mas
plenty of shelf room for any number
of dishes This is of course, the 1deal
material for floor and wainscoting, but
to many the price is prohibitive.
hard plaster painted with several
coats of paint makes a fairly satls
factory substitute for the walls, ana
linoleum, which comes in many artlstlc
patterns is practical for the floor, as
it is easily cleaned and good quail
ity wears for years. The old
Fashioned painted floor is not bad, but
unfortunately needs frequent doing
over. This is a great drawback, as
the floor should have at least three
coats of paint originally, and VIII
need two more each year. This neces-
states an uncomfortable week at least
once every twelve months, as things
must be so planned that the kitchen
will not be used.
The fireless cooker is necessity IN
every we'll regulated home. 1t takes
IN very little space and is rather an
attractive article of furniture. hlgn
chair or bookkeepers stool is good
> for use at the sink when Washing
dishes. and a low chair should be pro-
vided for use when shelling peas, pre-
pairing fruit and vegetables and such
work.
If you have curtains, let them pc
of muslin or the despised cheese CLOTH
both of which are attractive, cneap
and easily laundered. Provide TWO
nairs for each window, as the ex,
pense is slight and you will be repaid