New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19

| ~ '' Of course. you wouldn't but
- that is exactly what Nancy
did last week end and as we tum-
- into our berths for the homeward trip
- agreed that it had been quite worth
~ for we had the satisfaction of see
- az nearly perfect a domestic workshop
80. Is poss.ble TO conceive. When we remem-
=. tbose two little kitchens, all white and
,,-v and perfectly convenient, 1t seems Ike
sm CT the millennium.
sERc.ency kitchens" they are called, and
tsa happy name for them.
Tbese kitchens have proved to be the star
.-.raction u the Western Pennsylvania EX-
position. 10
You nave never heard of this exposition?
ysitber had Nancy or l, but we found 1t is
.pe Of Pittsburgh's most honored institutions,
having been held every autumn for the last
,hrty-eight years.
THE EFFICIENCY KITCHENS
Here the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
ComnaDy i'm cooperation with the Institute OF
,he Good Housekeeping Magazine, has erected
Two efficiency kitchens-One equipped with
gas, the other with electricity, and each com
plete % the last minute detail.
Every article in use has been tested and ap-
proved by the Good Housekeeping Institute.
Every detail is practical, and the most care
iul attention has been given to the planning,
50 that the housewives work will be reduced
10 the minimum.
Grave questions arose as 10 the best ar
rsngement Of the various pieces Of furniture;
there were long arguments and conferences
with experienced housekeepers as TO whether
the range or the refrigerator should be near
est the dining room door, and as to whether
the kitchen cabinet or the dish cupboard
should be nearest the kitchen sink.
Can't you imagine the arguments for and
against each arrangement?
And then, after weeks of careful thought,
the two efficiency kitchens were born; and one
must be a far more experienced housewife
than Nancy or l to pick flaw in the result.
II is quite evident that the throngs of people
who attended the exposition felt the same, for
the crowd in front Of the exhibit was often
ten deep; and-woud you believe 1.-THE
men outnumber the women. This goes to
show-does it not?-that the kitchens are
practical
COMING TO ITS OWN
Do you realize that it is only recently that
inc kitchen has been given any thought in the
building Of the house?
1t would seem that women have been con
tent 10 60 on working in the same old incon-
yenent way that their grandmothers worked
trudging back and forth the length of the
kitchen from sink to stove and from stove to
ice box. The idea of equpping kitchen as
man fits up his workshop, so as to reduce
labor to it. minimum had never until recently
been given a thought.
But here in Pittsburgh it shines forth IN
all It's glory.
Come with Nancy and me to the exposi-
ton. You hate expositons? So does Nancy
and so do /.
Forget it's an exposition. Close your eyes,
and We will lead you through the gate and
the outer door of the great yellow building.
Smell the popcorn? Hear the hawkers?
Now. Open your eyes. You are standing
in front Of a velvet rope stretched across one
end OF an oblong room-a room, to be exact,
fourteen feet long and eleven feet wide Your
first impression is Of shiny white tiles, soft,
yellow walls and white enamelled fittings.
A pretty girl in yellow linen gown exactly
matching the walls and dainty white cap
and apron is the presiding genius of the
place.
Before YOU quite realize it all, a woman's
snrl voice pipes up just behind YOU
Young woman" it says, "ain't you afraid
yosll git a shock when you turn on that cleo
tre stove? Ny land! | wouldn't have your
JOB for million dollars"
50 TINS, then, is the electric kitchen
Ny but that's good looking thing, al
firms Nancy, in her soft Southern drawl' and
We all agree with her.
enE ELECTRIC KITCHEN.
The floor is covered with a wonderful new
material d composition of cork and rubber. IN
a warm brown, marked off into squares by
lines Of cream color, and with border III
three shades Of brown. 1t has a delightful
resiliency, which makes it real comfort for
tired feet II also has slight wax finish,
which makes it easy 10 keep clean, and alto
getaer il seems an ideal covering for a kitchen
hoor. Its only drawback is the expense, which
amounts 70 something over 50 square yard.
Yet when you consider that it never wears out
Or even grows shabby, it isn't so recklessy
extravagapt after all.
The walls are wainscoted up four feet with
| amy white tiles. Above this they are painted
mn washable paint in lovely soft yellow.