The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-11-09
THE wELL-PLANNED KITCHEN.
Prepared by the Office OF Home
Economics.
(By Miss Lena Bolt.)
USE

combination cookroom, Laundry, wash
room, passageway, and dining room !
It is better to use the kitchen oniy
as place for preparing food, and II
necessary, serving food. THIS Is
more sanitary and permits more com
pact and convenient. arrangement o.
equipment. Laundry, wash room'
and general storage room are some
times combined and used as a place
for men and children coming IN
from out of doors to leave "orh
clothes and muddy boots and ruo-
bers.
Is your kitchen convenientiypiao-
ed with respect to the rest Oh ehe
house, especially pantry, dining
room. cellar and storeroom! Inc
distance between these rooms shouio
be as short as possible SO as TO
save steps. Differences between
floor level of kitchen and dining
room. or kitchen and pantry are
sometimes necessary, but they waste
time and strength and sometimes
cause serious accidents.
Outlook
Is the outlook of your Kitchen
windows pleasant? If not can
Won improve it? Cleaning up the
hack ward will often help, and a
hodge or trellis OF vines can
sometimes be usedto screen unde-
sirable features. Also trim Walks
of concrete or some other permanent
material and well-seeded lawn about
the kitchen door keep much dust
and mud from being carried indoors.
Size
Is your kitchen Of such size tha'
Won can work quickly and conven-
;entlv? The, small, compact kitchen
is economical of the housekeeper 5
energy and time; by IL feet IS
good size. Many kitchens are
foo large. Partitioning off DIN
ing alcove, or an extra pantry or
even a laundry can sometimes oe
dome at relatively small cost and
pays in greater convenience
Floor. Walls and Woodwork
Are the floor, walls and WOODWORK
IN vour kitchen smooth, free trom
cracks, and easy to keep cieah
The kitchen floor needs durable
finish or covering that grease ana
water do not affect, and that is
aasv to clean, comfortable to walk
and stand on, and not slippery.
Painting, oiling, or covering tpe
floor with some washable mater'a,
such as linoleum has been 1ouhu
satisfactory. For walls and WOOD
work. a washable finish OF attract
i've color. such as can be given
nv good quality of oil paint Is
perhaps best.
Doors and Windows
Are the doors and kitchen IN
vour kitchen well placed? Badly
PLANNED doorways waste wall space
and make unnecessary passing
through the room. Broad, snort
w;ndows placed about IL feet
above the floor are propaoiy 'he
hest type for most kitchens.
Ventilation
Js YOUR kitchen we'll ventilated
in winter as we'll as in summer
SANITY rooms are fatiguing to work
IN and are sometimes the cause OF
headaches and colds. Simple WIN
dow yentilators and screens that
admit outside drafts may be maze
81 home. (See Farmers Bulletin
6o7, Transoms over doors are also
on excellent means of letting out the
heated air near the ceiling OF the
room.
Lighting
Are sink, stove, work table, and
other parts of your kitchen wei.
Eohted? Every kitchen needs good
artificial lighting as well as plenty
of daylight and sun during some
mart of the day. Dark, gloomy
Kitchens may often be transformed
into cheerful Yorkrooms by cutting
an additional window or even oy
nainting walls and woodwork a color
that reflects rather than absorps
light. Reflectors behind wall lamps
and lights help in throwing hgnt
where it is most needed.
Water Supply
Have you hot and cold running
water in your kitchen? A good
supply of running water helps more
than any other one thing to hgneen
kitchen work. If running water
Is out Of the question, can you no.