Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-16

kitchen door. In many ten and
twelve room farm houses with three
or four outside doors, only one door
Is much used and that one is either
In or near the kitchen.
Notwithstanding the simplicity and
the playhouse appearance Of the
building suggested by the department,
Il provides more disable space for the
daily activities of the family than
many larger houses. 1t is more con-
venient for a small family, more COM
Portable, healthful and delightful than
many farm houses costing twice as
much.
The Kitchen.
Very few residences Of any size or
cost have a kitchen more pleasantly
located, better lighted and ventilated,
and more conveniently arranged than
this little four-room house. II Is
frightened by the morning sun, cooled
by the southern breezes and shielded
from the intense heat of summer aft
ernoons. 1t commands view of the
garden, the play grounds, the barns,
the lawn, the gate and the highway.
it opens on to screened porch
which, in summer, is the most livable
nook in the house. Much Of the kitch-
en- work may be done there away
from the fumes and the heat Of the
stove, which, happily for the other
rooms Of the house. blow out through
the north and east windows.
Location Of Stove and Ash Bin.
The stove is well lighted and, with
the porch window closed. 1t is out
of the crose-drafts Of air. 1t is with
in six feet of the most distant fixture
in the kitchen and but little farther
from the dining table. All stove
utensils are within reach and the
work table and the fuel In the box
beneath 1t are but two steps away.
The ashes drop from the fire box OF
the stove, through a short pipe, to
the ash bin beneath the concrete
| floor.
The fuel box, supporting the table
top, occupies space which might 9TH
erwise be wasted. 1t is filled from
the outside of the house and emptied
from the inside through a small door
over the concrete floor.
A trap or dump, like that In the
fireplace, is provided for floor sweep
ings and possible dust from the door
of the coal or wood box. 1t is in the
concrete floor, behind the kitchen
door, near the fuel box opening and
over the ash bin.
The carrying of fuel and ashes is
thus eliminated from the woman's
work, provided the man or boy fills
the coal or wood box each week, or
as may be necessary, and empties the
ash bin two or three times year.
The water problem also has been
carefully considered in this little plan.
Cistern water may be drawn from the
bucket pump on the porch, or II de-
sired, from a pitcher pump at the
sink. Hot water is heated and stored
in the reservoir of the stove. The
sink, with only the drain pipe to be
provided, is too inexpensive to omit
from any kitchen. and space enough
has been saved in this one to more
than pay for all such conveniences.
This little kitchen excels many 9TH
ers In not being thoroughfare to
other rooms. The men and boys will
wash on the porch, leave their hats
and rain coats there, and enter the
living room without disturbing the
kitchen workers.
The Porch.
The screened porch is as large az
the plan will permit, but too small
for all the purposes for which it will
be In demand. Besides the usual
kitchen work, the ironing and perhaps
the clothes washing will be done
there. The one screen door locks up
the house, and butter. meat and milk
put on the porch to cool at night will
be secure against dogs and cats. The
porch will be in demand also as a
dining porch. sitting porch, sleeping
porch and play room. Its uses and
the comfort Of the house in winter
may still further be increased by put,
ting In porch sash and a solid door,
The Living Room.
The living room Is large enough for
the longest dining table that harvest
Gays Will ever require and, with its
TWO routes to the kitchen, II is un.
usually convenient for feeding q large
number OF workmen. With triple
windows on the south and two on the
north, screened porch on the east
and an alcove bedroom on the west,
II Is as pleasant a dining and sitting
room as $4,000 house can AFFORD
and, with glowing fire In the hearth,
It may be a. comfortable and as ehser-
ful In winter as a steam-heated man
sion.