Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18

Il simply couldn't keep house without
my Kitchen cabinet" incidentally re-
marked an efficiency expert TO gronp
of yonng housekeepers whom she was
leading along the path OF simplihed
housework Her hearers listened eagerly
All were housekeepers with small means
and. for the most part. with high deals
and they had come together TO learn
something of this magical word "effi-
cheney" Of which they had heard 30
much. few came TO scoIr at tine new
rnethos that. aims 70 make q workshop
~ The home. All remained 70 praise the
plane that turn housework into pleas
ure.
10 she truly domestic woman there is
sonaething really fine in the homely tasks
that are the wheels OF the domestic ma
chlnory-tasl<s upon the smooth perform
anhr Of which the whole organization
o. home depends. Housework can
and frequently does degenerate into
10, IS round of tiresome duties in which
the love Of honest toll r. forgotten. The
sfficiency expert Is trying TO make house
a,s,oesIpg a 10y to every woman who does
her own work.
She urges women to equip their kitch-
ems as scientifically as laboratory and
a. conveniently as the most practical or
workshops. She also asks that the
kitchen be es pretty as ingenuity can In
vent and circumstances permit
Three-fourths of all housework Is done
in the kitchen, therefore 1t behooves the
servantless housewife to see to it that
her kitchen Is everything the most in
eenious mind can devise. To do this does
not require the expenditure Of large
sum OF money, bait the exercise Of COM
mon sense. How to minimize time and
strength by having the kitchen furniture
placed In a convenient relation to the
work. and the kitchen utensils hung
where they are most needed, is the Inn
portant thing.
The woman who does her own house
work should invest In certain labor
saving devices, OF which the Kitchen cab
met is a good example. This very prac-
ticaI article is not new, but it's value
has recently been emphasized. owing to
the complications of modern life. with
the Jovercrowding of the suburbs. and the
multiplying of social and club duties OF
wohen in the small towns. there Is
greater use than ever before for house
keepers to concentrate their efforts on
Simplifying housework
hat a big rolltop desk is to the busi-
Afkss man. the kitchen cabinet is to the
of culinary operations can be performed
before It. so valuable is the cabinet con-
sldered by women who know its uses. the
sobriauet OF automatic servant" has
been bestowed upon II. In a small oi
undersized kitchen It plays an important
role, since one-half of kitchen labor goes
to the preparing OF meals. 1t occupies q
small area OF not more than 5Ox5o inches
yet with its convenient divisions OF space
for dry ingredients as we'll as the neces
sary utensils close at hand, the modest
kitchen cabinet is a Joy and delight to the
housekeeper who Is learning to economiz'
her time. 1t is a marvellous stepsaver and
lghtener of labor.
The variety of kitchen cabinets on th'
market is fairly large. and the housewife
mIlst use discrimination In seleeting-tl'
cyblnet that will meet her own sneeds
There Is wide range IN prices. A cabine
may be purchased for SIS, but IL is no
economy to buy one as cheap as this
There are cabinets which are sold fo
Sis. but only those of unlimited means
can afford them. A cabinet of good work
manship with sufficient room for the nee
essary paraphernalia will cost at least $SC
such a cabinet will contain a slidinl
table top OF zinc-a metal said to resis
indentation better than other material
bread board, flour bin, coffee jar. set o
six metal-topped glass spice and cerea
Jars, and measuring cup. Beside
three shelves below It has a partitio
drawer for cutlery. and bread and cak
ATawers with sliding covers. In addition
re is a wire shelf In the utensil cup
boafAN sliding bottom in the base. a rael
for tin covers. and a card file for recipeI
To the same model Is added combina
tions Of several interesting features. On
OF them includes a front door that drop
DOWN tambour-fashon and sliding cur
Ialn over the flour bin that may
bushed up out of sight; another has
sliding curtain across the front whic
drops down when a small metal handl
At the top is turned. The cost OF thes
cabinets is $si and $3.50. respectively.
In order to meet q certain demand,
cabinet has been put on the market 70
SIS that Is as roomy as others costinl
twice that sum. II has practically tn
same conveniences, too; but it is inferlo
I'm material and workmanship. The meta
OF the sliding table top indents easily
the drawers fit imperfectly, the wood &
aoarse-grained and the vernish thin.
In a colonial house. where all tn
woodwork is white. there is a whit
kaameled steel Kitchen cabinet that will
6rmonize beautifully with the interio
finish. The attraction OF this kind o
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