New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

EHsi hardware store. Her inten-
&za-- tons may be never so prudent
md economical; they all 20 to swell the col
'ec.on Of paving stones in that region where
efficiency IS so highly developed that every
wave Of reform is a signal for new state roads.
e Z she means 10 buy some one little thing that
is simple and cheap-like a strainer or an
egg-beater-her case Is hopeless. She Will see
anywhere from O dozen to fifty equally cheap,
simple and absolutely indispensable aids to
god housekeeping, and it Is can-openers to
Washing machines that she will spend every
cent she has with her and send home the rest
COD.
When the bin arrives. the titular head Of the
house Will probably recall with a sigh sundry
MISTY reconections that an old dutfer named
Fone-. whose long life was misspent in writ
ng college textbooks. said somewhere that In
bis day and generation the simple and law
abiding spit was sufficient for every culinary
purpose. From king TO helOt, everybody was
concerned principally in getting hold Of enough
food for the family; the little niceties Of Its
preparation were minor details that DID not
for moment distract the attention Of Penelope
from her loom or divert Nausicaa from the
weekly wash.
OR. + the classics are not in his line, he may
recall the good old days in this, his native land,
when reat-grandmother f-ided herself upon
her ample chimney piece ana her store Of IRON
kettles and shining brass and copper pots-not
TO mention the same old spit, which provided
sayorv roasts for the family even while it
drew tears from the small boy whose "stent'
xas % turn i until the meat was done.
lie remembers also that grandmotner-and
even mo-her-led the simple lfe so far as
cooking utensils were concerned. But Just
here his recollections and regrets are likely 70
receive an abrupt check with the crisp remind
er that This is the twentieth century; that
housekeeping is now a profession, and that eff
cheney requires proper tools in the kitchen as
Eel as in the factory In short, grandmother
back number, and her good old cumoer-
some ways have gone into the discard.
THE CENTRE OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
n these days Of apotheosized housewifery
me kitchen receives more attention than any
other room in the house. II may have coal
range 20 insure a steady supply Of hot water
and az even heat for all-day cookery-especia+
" in winter. when the said heat is grateful and
comforting-but also il must have gas or
electric range Of the most approved pattern.
Gas and electricity, also, mean many utenshs
hat require heat OF power and that greatly
lessen The labor q homework. Washing ma
chimes, dish-washers, irons, coffee percolators'
chafng dishes, broilers, toasters-thelr name
s legion. Most Of these appliances requ"e
electricity, but there are goodly number that
% very well with gas.
And aside from these specially constructed
appliances, the cooking utensils designed fof
ordinary use are made in as many as SIX dII-
iere1t materials and more nearly sixty shapes
This may sound exaggerated, but It IS not 50.
Zach materia. and pattern is especially suited
iar TIE work !. has 70 DO. Moreover, cooking
s,snsl made q some one material may be ex-
ae'y suited % the preparation Of one KIND oil
Tod and equally united for another.
ALUMINIUM THE BEAUTIFUL.
Take, for instance, aluminium. This light
ard good-looking metal is most popular for
eooang utensils, yet certain doubt attaches
% = b, .ause Of the stories told about what
asppens % acid foods IL they are cooked IN
aluminium pots or pans. Therefore, the burn
'a2 question az regards aluminium Is: DO ACIDS
sneet Il % a dangerous degreey
i has been proved that they do not. Az the
distance q "Good Housekeeping Magazine
<z~ " define the action Of various acids upon
~anln1m we're made By experts IN the lnsti-
ne Of Industrial Research, Washington, ana
~sT give az the comforting knowledge that
90 not consume any appreciable amount Of
sanringm with tomatoes cooked in saucepan
Asoe Of this metal II was established, now
"'f' that the presence Of salt increases tne
'''n 81 the acid upon aluminium, 80 IN boil
lsSh tomatoes or other green vegetables