South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-23

Kitchen Economics
SOLVING SOME KITCHE-NETTE
COMFORT PROBLEMS.

I II
From necessity rather thar from
deliberate choice many housekeep-
ers are taking kitchenette apart
nlents, and weird and wonderful
are the ways In which cooking
is accomplished in some CT them
For despite the fact that a small
kitchen Is more tirne-sav1ng and
step-saving than the old fashioned,
large. "roomy'' ones. there is a point
az which condemnation OF space
means decrease OF comfort
have no illusion about apart
ment kitchenettes as they are being
made IN apartment houses IN the
large cities They are usually crowd
ed into the most impossible OF small
spaces. frequently dark. and invar
iably inconvenient II IL entirely UP
70 the housekeeper herself TO make
cooking q possibility In some of
these places.
A word Of warning SIS TO the selec-
ton OF kitchenetee- The most de-
sirable, OF course, are those in which
a, stove. sink and refrigerator are
grouped in one place. I have seen
and used genuine kitchenettes Of
this sort. and they are by far the
most convenient Of all cooking
places. But they are rare. A real
kitchenette OF this sort makes IL
possible 10 have within arms reach
everything needed for the. prepare
ton OF food-shelves with supplies,
water, stove and refrigerator close
together. II gets a bit crowded at
times. especially during the dish
washing hour, but on the whole il
Is convenient.
In Tiny Space.
Less comfortable, and far more
common, are the so-called kitchen
cites which are really nothing but a
shelf for a gas plate. Now 1t is a
mistake TO believe that il will be just
as convenient TO run TO the next
room for supplies. elsewhere for wa
ter, and still otherwhere 10 the
refrigerator. Give preference TO the
apartment kitchenette that has
some space wherein you can erect
shelves or place containers.
II is astonishing how much can be
crowded into a little space with a
bit OF ingenuity. IN one kitchenette
space only 24x2s. the use OF a small
gas plate on a 5inc-lined shelf al
lowed sufficient room-small though
IL was-to use the shelf as a pre-
pairing table as we'll Above there
were two shelves. one quite low. on
which stood condiments o. several
kinds, and such staples as -four, rice,
breakfast cereals, coffee. tea etc
On the upper shelf were , canned
goods and other seldom used star les.
Look for These.
No kitchenette could be used with
even the smallest degree OF conven-
m q
lc@er shelf Of this kitchenette rows
OF cup hooks made 1t possible 10
suspend within convenient reach
such small articles as egg-beater,
spatula, can opener, pancake turn
e., and an assortment OF kitchen
knives that had screw eyes in their
handles On the sides OF the Kitchen
cite wall were large screws on
which the pots and pans we're sus-
pended. Pots and pans should al
ways be hung fat against the wall
in the MISUNDERSTANDING them
centrally from shelf means that
they take up more space than is alb
solutely necessary.
Underneath the zinc shelf con-
} tanning the gas plste-this shelf be-
ing as high from he foor as n or
binary table-there was room for a
very small ice box with a door OMEN
ing outward instead OF from the tor
This ice box rested on the floor, and
on top OF II the ingenious house
keeper had a large tin in which
/ bread, cake and crackers were
/ kept This was absolutely the most
I compact kitchenetIe for the space
/ available. II had every convenience
within arms reach except water.
which had TO be brought from the
next room.
Keep a watchful eve ont for the
I inconvenience of the kitchenette
/ before moving II. for these small
affairs require more ingenuity than
| the large ones