Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

cur years Of experience i'll the
II marketing of homes. We
made improvements in &C
cordanctt with our experience where
ever improvements could be made
and then spent four months more
working out tine practical sanitation
and comfort of the kitchen.
1t was not hard to improve the bal
ance of the home. Many of these i'm
provements which We have made are
already being recognized by the
building world as future standards.
But the kitchen. Right here some
man is apt to say, well. ] do not
live in the kitchen. All that kitchen
need be is a place for a stove and
sink" Men who receive the foods
that should nourish their bodies from
a 'stove and sink kitchen are only
80 per cent efficient. The wise man
of the future will plan his kitchen
first and then complete the plans of
his home. For the place from which
your food supply comes and under
what conditions it is prepared deter
mine the quality and the quantity of
the work You do.
If the housewife is to do her own
work then all the more reason for
kitchen equipped so as to give the
greatest results with the smallest
amount of effort. If there is to be a
servant the same condition applies.
complish their work quickly gives
you more Of their time TO devote to
the balance of the homeland you are
paying for that time.
Like the man who could not see
why any particular attention should
he given a kitchen-as long as he
didn't have to work in it's the aver
age builder. He knows huildinS-but
he DOESN'T know kitchens. His idea
OF kitchen is room-and a mighty
small one-a place for a stove and q
sink.
Compare this hapha gard kitchen
with what actually exists here.
In the first place this isn't box
house. and the actual floor space in
the kitchen is equivalent to that of
the average parlor.
Immediately upon entering this
kitchen by means of swinging door
from the dining room to the right is
a pantry-not closet. hut shelved.
ventilated pantry-the basis OF supply
containing n separate refrigerator of
the most modern design
Immediately adjacent-to save steps
is a porcelain-lined sink. which has
been waterproofed by real tile back
ing which extends over its entire
width. Just to the left of the sink
is coiIapsible preparation table
most convenient when in use-can be
dropped out of the way at other times.
On the Ieft-hand side of the door
way. upon entering the kitchen, is stu
ated china csbinet wi,n glass, in
closed shelves. cutlery drawers, pot
and pan compartments, etc.
The distance from the folding prepa-
ration table to a 1913 model double
deck gas range has been measured
with view of saving steps. Ample
window space has been provided for
adjacent to this range. additional
light being admitted from the upper
panel Of the kitchen outside door.
being of glass. with an overhead glass
transom for light and ventilation.
Directly opposite the sink is situated
double compartment fireless cooker
of most modern design. Here the
woman who does her own cooking can
prepare her dinner. put it in the fire.
less cooker, go downtown, shop to her
hearts content. come homeland the
meal Is ready to he served. Two more
features of this kitchen that should
not he overlooked are the fact that
the walls are pspered in sanitas that
may be washed like tile. and the fur
Their fact that the floor has been tight
~ laid in order to prevent any accu-
mutation Of dust whatsoever
In word, this kitchen though large
in floor space has been planned with a
view of providing an ideal place where
a meal can be prepared with the least
amount of walking about and the
least amount of energy-much the
same system that you will find in a
Pullman car kitchen where fifty meals
can be prepared in Il surprisingly
short time
Suffice to add here the balance Of
this home is just as much advanced
over the ordinary six-room home as
the kitchen we have described is SUI
perior to the average kitchen in homes
of any size or price.