South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-24

To the average woman who keeps
house. the kitchen is one Of the most
important rooms in her domain; she
may not say so aloud. or even think
much about IL consciously. bat the
fact is apparent. nevertheless. When
she builds a house or when she rents
one she lays particular stress on
that fact that the kitchen must be
light and conveniently arranged
apartment And. when she goes a
visiting and is shown through the
homes of her friends she invariably
inspects with especial interest their
kitchens
A French or Dutch kitchen par
tIcularly one in a small town or
country village, is "a most interesting
place TO visit I'm fact it is quite
"a fascinating apartment its walls
hung with shining copper casseroles
of many sizes. all so beautifully
polished that they reflect the sun
shine streaming in through the win
dows and mirror everything within
their range. If one has any liking
for cooking, the sight of those at
tractive things TO cook in makes one
want 20 get TO work at once. OF
course. these cOppcc things are
found i'm home kitchens of other
lands and they may also be found
in the culinary department of many
"a modern hotel. as we'll
Copper cooking utensils. however,
date from very early days ancient
specimens having been discovered in
many countries. In England. es-
pecially in Cornwall. much copper
has been mined. Centuries ago il
was discovered that metal which
was found satisfactory for many
purposes. could be made by trans
fusing tin with the copper; thus
bronze. Of which many early imple-
ments of various sorts and for many
uses was evolved. Those energetic
explorers and traders. the Pheoni-
clans. became keenly interested in
this industry and made voyages 20
Britain 20 obtain the metals mined
there Cooking vessels of copper
and brass. and also many of bronze.
have been dug mp by antiqUarians
in England, Greece, italy and vari-
uI~ other countries. and they say
that many OF these ancient things
are surprisingly similar 90 the mod
eru dishes Of today Coppersmiths
were prominent craftsmen i'm ancient
times
In those medieval days. which we
associate with So much EorEeousness
fn material things household inn
Elements are said 90 have been
rather scauty. so much so. i'm fact.
even i'm the homes OF the wealthy.
that. when the mobiles went visit
lng from one great castle 90 another.
they we're accustomed TO take their
own copper and brass Kettles and
other cooking vessels along with
them. They usually carried most of
-heir household furnishings. too. on
such occasions. 10 iS said. Some OF
their caldrons or boiling pots must
have been enormous affairs. iudEins
from the large numbers of people
t was customary 20 feed in one
household. not only the inhabitants
of the castle. but the hungry folk
who aocked i'm from the surround
fre countryside some of these
cooking utensils of early DAYS We're
Inscribed with notices
king George ~ OF England IS
credited with having dt-ed ou, the
great kitchen Of Windsor Castle with
. generous assortment of copper pots
and pans. adorned with the ROYAL
monogram The same metals We're
used. also for the faSh.onirs OF
rn.ny other articles ef household use.
especially candlesrck~ lamps lHr-