Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-20
THE BRIDES
OWN STORY



Don't you think. Aunt Juliette.
that if kitchen We're decorated as
attraetiYeiy as a living room. for e1-
ample. that D woman wouldn't mind
having To spend half q day or even
whole day in it2n
You mean having a rug on the
floor, and plenty of comfortable arm
| chairs, perhaps a bookcase or so2
Yes, you could make the kitchen SO
lovely that you wouldn't want to leave
/ It at all. end that would convert il
/ into a living room instead Of what its
lmeant to be--a cooking room. Don't
/ ever attempt 10 parlorize your kitch-
en-. But you must take pains to have
/ It an absolutely sanitary, pleasant
! room. with a color scheme that Is
cheerful and sensible, good-looking
/ equipment
i IF you cant decorate. how can you
make the kitchen attractiye?'' I asked
her.
! Just form this picture IN your
mind. Instead Of having your kitchen
with dull brown walls. with black and
gray pots and pans on shelves don't
you think a white walled kitchen,
with apple-green woodwork and
sparkling aluminium utensils. would
/ look absolutely attractIve?"
Yes. indeed. I never realized that
your own kitchen is so pleasant be-
cause of your color scheme for walls
and equipment. Your lovely stencilled
window curtains and the pot Of ger
aniums seem to catch the eye first
There's no objections to having a
pot of flowers or these simple muslin
window hangings. But the pleasant
est kitchen I ever saw was one with
out even these decorative touches.
/ The walls were covered with a cream
eolored oil cloth fabric that is wash
able. The floor had a blue checked
linoleum. There was a white enameled
sink, white table tops and shining
brown casseroles and aluminium cook
ing utensils on the open shelves. II
looked clean and charming, and hon
estly said: I'm just the kitchen
the home workshop, and these are my
neat working Clothes
IF a kitchen is absolutely sanitary,
you can be sure it's attractive. Don't
have any rough wooden surfaces ex-
posed or anything that can't be
readily washed. Walls should be
either painted or covered with
washable materiai-never have wall
paper.
"Floors should be covered either
| with good linoleum or some of the
new composition materials that wear
as long as tile or cement, but are soft
to the feet. Some of these materials
are laid so that floor and dashboard
are in one piece. and there isn't a
crack or crevice TO catch dust or
germs, and your kitchen is insect
proof.
"All your surfaces must be nom
absorbent Then neither grease nor
dust will stain nor corrupt. Have
your table tops of enamel or this
frosted glass or German silver. or II
YOU want something less expensive
even than these, have galvanized
ron. All OF these are readily washed
and don't show stains and burns like
he wooden tops.
Personally. I prefer the white en-
amelled kitchen furniture = white
kitchen cabinet. white tables and
chairs. because they're easy to keep
clean and help make the kitchen look
sparkling white Still, some people
.hink too much white in a kitchen
makes it look like an operating room.
Light buff, apple green, or even a
good blue are almost as good If you
don't want white. But think OF keep
ing the Kitchen sanitary and bright
and It will be a really beautiful
kitchen"