Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-05-07
KITCHENS THE THING.
Woman Architect Says Her Sisters
So Regard 1t.

The American woman is still in
! tereSted in the home. So many So
| biologists and ti-SuffragistS have
! been worried about her recently that
| il is quite important To have the stu
| alton set right again. For this SER
/ vice the world in general, as well as
/ the sociologists and anti suffra gists.
must be grateful To Katherine c.
Budd, an architect II was at Teach
ers' College yesterday afternoon that
she was telling the classes in house
hold arts all the things they ought to
know about the arrangement of the
service portion of a building. says the
New York Tribune.
American women" she said. ARE
50 much more interested in the plans
of their kitchens than of their draw
ing rooms, and the more cultivated
and intelligent they are the more they
insist on perfect kitchens. The art
lists, authors and women of high social
standing for whom ! make plans al
WAYS have very definite ideas. even
about the details. They don't know
how to get them into the plans, but
they know what they want.
For instance. one said she had all
her best table cloths relied and must
have drawers arranged at least six
feet long to accommodate them An
other insisted that there be a sepa-
rate refrigerator for the cream and
fancy desserts. where a trustworthy
servant could guard them and the
other maids could not get at them.
hal hrs
closet to keep dishes ready for mem
bers of the family who w"r@ late at
meals.
"An those little things prove to
me how interested every one is an
details Of housekeeping, mi then
discovered how important the sub
ject was when | heard Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe and DR. Ferrerp, the
great historian. disputing about Itai
ian kitchens one evening at a ban
quet. You would not suppose sach
intellectual souls would have cared
a rap about kitchens,"
after this Miss Budd settled down
&c hard work. The assembled stu
dents had to consult lite printed
sheets .ney held in their hands. which
the architects plans for
various types OF houses she has built
The first one" she explained, lis
n Convenient cottage Tor = young cou-
pie living without servants. The
worker 81 the kitchen finds her range,
dressers and closets at arms length.
50 she is saved extra steps. There is
a wide shelf running all around the
room at a convenient height to be
or
have too much table room, you know.
The shelf scheme is a French one
the French middle class are such
good housekeepers.
Then notice i'm this plan the two
small porches at the back of the
house, with bushes and trees between
them. That is so the one may be
used for sleeping and lounging
porch, and be hidden from the other,
where the milkman calls. The big
piazza at the front of the bungalow
is reserved for afternoons when you
are dressed up.
I'm this larger house, planned for
q family with several young children,
the chief problem was TO keep the
of the different kinds OF
people separated. The carriage en-
TRANCE and reception room are here
in this corner. away from the big
piazza where the children play. There
is a big living room with an alcove
at one end for the mother when she
wants TO be alone. and another at
the other end, so that the father
may have the same privacy; he has
hack door close at hand, too, so
that he can escape to the stables
when necessary The kitchen and
pantry are equally convenient TO the
dining room and to the big piazza
so that meals can be served out OF
doors all summer long. There is an
other porch and a servants hall.
Here is another little house. where
one maid does all the work. She can
see the long entrance drive from her
pantry window, hidden from the view
of visitors, of course. by vines, ana
being thus warned in advance the
one maid has time to make herself
presentable before answering the ring
AT the doorbell Also, she can warn
the mistress as to who is coming.
This is very useful sometimes.
Another little device which has
been very successful is having two
sinks in every kitchen for washing
dishes-one for soapy water and the
other for clear boiling water to rinse
the dishes Ny sinks are always MADE
of copper. because that does not break
the dishes so easily as porcelain.
though it is not so pretty. BE sure
and have the sink high enough, too.