The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-05-05
Home Demonstration
Department.
Emma Jane Warn, Agent.
The Woman's Workshop.

forming the daily task in the nome.
cleaning, cooking, serving meals
laundry work, etc., We flnd that ABOUT
7O% of the housekeeper' time is
spent in the kitchen. Usually the
kitchen is the least desirable room IN
the house and is responsible to large
extent for the attitude that women
have towards their work. A conVen-
lent, we'll regulated kitchen will DO
much to insure the comfort OF the
family and should receive first con-
sideration in Ipanning the home. The
kitchen is the woman's workshop and
it has been truthfully said "A smll-
ing kitchen makes happy cook.
At the present time most house
wives are forced to do their work,
hence the necessity of better arrang-
ed and equipped kitchen. The kitch-
en- of today should be convenient, we'll
lighted and we'll ventilated, easy to
keen clean, comfirtable and attrac-
tive. The windows should be planned
to give plenty Of air, but care should
be taken to prevent draft over the
stove. The walls should be of pleas
ing color, either calcamine or white
wash colored with yellow ochre or
dye makes a good covering for walls
that are not plastered.
The floors should be such that
could be easily cleaned and not
have to be scrubbed often. Linoleum
or floor oilcloth makes a good cover
ing which can be wiped up with mop
or if the floors are fairly smooth,
light coating of boiled linseed oil
makes a good finish and easy to clean.
The kitchen should be planned SO
the chief articles of furniture, the
stove. sink, work table, should be as
near each other as possible. Whether
or not a house is supplied with run
ming water sink is necessity. Inc
galvanized iron sink with 100 feet OF
drain pipe cost a very small sum,
porcelain lined or enameled slnk'
while little more expensive is moro
desira BILE. The plumbing below the
sink and drain board should be lett
omen to avoid furnishing a hiding
rlace for bugs and place Tor dirt
to collect. Water bugs and roaches
will not come in a house unless they
have place to hide. A inch terra
Gotta drain pipe should carry waste
wafer a safe distance from the house.
On the right of the sink should be
drain board and rack, this fixture
saves more work than any other small
item Of the kitchen and does away
with the dish cloth. Hot dishes Will
drain rapidly and dry in few min
utes. This does away with the tire
some process of drying the dishes.
A kitchen cabinet is designed prl-
marily to save the housewife time
and labor and keep her off her feet
as much as possible. The handy man
around the house can make one with
very little expense, using a Kitchen
table and building cUpboards above
and below. Tables built for kitchen
use are a great addition in modern
furnishing. They are supplied with
drawers for knives, spoons and small
utensils. The drawer increases the
expense slightly but the advantage
far outweighs the additional cost.
Zinc or oilcloth makes a good COW
ering for the kitchen table, the zinc
being preferable as hot things can
be set on it. All working surfaces
should be of convenient height for
the worker, low working surface
means a crouched, uncomfortable po-
sition and unnecessary fatigue in
bending and STOPPING. Working sur
faces of tables and stoves may be
raised by placing blocks underneath
them.
A high stool should always be
part of the furniture of the kitchen
so that as much work as possible may
be done sitting. The heights of shelves
where equipment is put away is i'm
portant to avoid much STOPPING down
and stretching up.
Oakland Poultry Club.