Arizona republican., 1913-05-04
EANk|TCHENS
 HEALTHY HOMES
Miss Bertha Knipe Delivers Instructive Paper on San itatiOn in the Home Be fore Madison Improve ment Club

old song, Home, sweet Home mere l is No Place Like Home,' when consid- | cred from the standpoint of the mod i ern sanitarian,'' said Miss Bertha l Knipe, in discussing food sanitation at 1 the Madison Improvement club. 'There l is no place where one may live so comfortably, so safely, so sanely or so we'll as in the nome. sweet home" mind you. On the other hand. there is no pace more to be dreaded or more likely to be summed by the nor nal youth than a sour home, and un- sanitary-unmoral home. A sanitary home, we have learned, means well balanced home. a sane home, whole, entire complete indicative of the well rounded, well poised, beautiful, sweet character of the home maker, the wife, the mother. the sister, the daughter.
 The first step, then. in the direc ton of food sanitation in the home leads us into the rear yard. We must have a clean back yard in order to have sanitary food on the dining table.
 Tn the home, the palace of our dreams, the little home of the great big home, the place we love, the home for which we labor with so much cheerful self sacrifice, the place in which we dream,-the four walls en- close a throne and an altar, and under | the altar the bird of faith has buiIded her nest, small and mysteriously en- l thralling. Beyond the walls of this. our home is the garden, the eternal l garden, the Eden for which the heart l of every human being, whether in youth or age yearns. In this garden, where sweet flowers grow, where lin gers the perfume of the rose and the I fIuting, thrilling song of the mating l thrush-this garden, be it small or | large. is as much part of the country or suburban home as the house itself. ! And this is one of the great reasons | for respecting the home yard. for keep | ing it wholesome. sanely clean, sani- l taTy.
 l In cleaning the door yard one must 1 begin with the farther limits and work l toward the house steps. cleaning as l they go By way of beginning, take a 1 view of the stable or barn. the pig I pen, chicken roosts. etc. Rake away l the litter from the ground under the 1 buildings where the animals have been standing, burn the debris, whiteWasn l the interior of the sheds and pens, l leaving no breeding place for flies 1 Swat the pestilential pest-was the motto for sanitary workers last year. This year the motto reads, Swat the | fly for sure. but don't let him multi 1 ply" Clean up the fly's breeding ! place, the dung heap, the rotting grass l pile Don't scatter filth or carry it l away from one place only to dump it 1 in another A great quantity of deb- | ris of the excreta type may be scat tered on distant fields any time of the year and plowed under where nature | herself may turn the same to use | We are ready to turn our attention | to the interior of the house. over and over again. in English and German, in 1 French and Danish and Italian. we l have been told the truth-"tfle kitchen
 is the most important room in the 1 house" The kitchen is the delicate 1 laboratory in which, with more or less l skill, according to early training, the l homekeeper synthesizes brain and | muscle, blood and bone and sinew for
 the use of certain number of souls, 1 for energy, for heat and force-and
 all for a certain percentage of carbon hydrates contained in starch and sugar
 foods, like rice and oatmeal, corn and
 potatoes, from certain percentage of fat like butter and nuts and olives. l "The kitchen is the most important
 room in the home. This is the truth I Alas that the women of the land should | ha in 10 n l The kitchen is the most important . I room, And yet even now that we know the truth. are we giving this most i'm portant room it's proper place in tht family home the attention needed tt emphasize it's importance? Are W' l giving the kitchen the respectful con \ sideration we should? Are we build \ ! ing this room small and convenien { for our using. with plenty of light ant ] air. many windows. not too far iron ] the floor? Are we laying the foo /! hard wood or with covering of limo
 leum? Are we insisting on smooth . hard walls and flat wood trim that cal , not hold dust? Are we placing tn stove and sink and drain board con
 veniently. considering the height fror
 the floor and our own individua
 length of back and limb?
 . The municipal slaughter house bi
 has passed the legislature. This bi s. provides for the inspection by a vet l. erinarian of all animals about to $ slaughtered, most important mea S. sure. The slaughtery under municips . control. will be open to rigid inspec ' tion, and kept clean. sanitary and fly
 proof. bill providing for the ap
 pointment in every town and city of
 food committed is under cOnsidera
 tion. This bill calls for the medics
 inspection and registration of mel
 women and children handling foo
 stuffs of any kind-bakers cheese an
 butter makers, milkers, candy maker
 cooks, walters and the like. and for tn
 inspection of all poultry and fish sol
 in the city limits.
 Specializing on the subject of tt
 sanitary care of food in the home, as
 sumng that the food received is pei
 fectly good, pure clean and wholt
 some, what do we intend to do wit