Evening star., 1922-04-14
The Stars Household
Expert Gives Some
Pointers on Arrange
ment and Necessities.
to Save Steps-La-
bor-saving Devices.

bor-savlr1g Devices.
Make your kitchen into q pretty
room II you have to work there your
self and you will md that there is a
pleasant side to the work. Arrange
it 30 that with a minimum OF labor
q maximum OF results can be OBJ
tanned. Many kitchens are fitted out
with too many articles made for the
same purpose. After reducing the
number Of utensils, arrange those
you want In the most convenient
places and have the walls, woodwork
and noor-covering of the kinds best
suited for good work. II you use
linoleum on the floor, have it var
nished or waxed and it will not need
to be scrubbed as often and will wear
much longer.
Even If linoleum Is old. vanishing
will be worth while; An enameied
will be easily kept clean. and white
Is best for spotiess kitchen. Paint
ed walls can also be cleaned and are
much better to have than papered
walls. It iS best to have all the
est kind. For window curtains. make
marquisette. which will stand fire.
quent tubbings and steam vapors
Made very plain and hanging from
straight nickel rods: such cur curtains ann,
nishings and do their part toward
making the labor of the housewife In
this, her own domain, as pleasant
and easy as possible.
With gas and electricity taking the
place Of coal and wood as a means
Of heating. kitchen Is made pleas
ant and altogether endurable, even
in the hottest weather. The house
furnishing department OF q big store
| Is perhaps the most enttcing OF all
the departments to the woman VINO no
kitchen. New inexpensive and prac-
tical labor-saving devices are con-
stantly appearing. while improve
ments in the old. everyday articles
are the order of the day.
The Kitchen Table.
Put rollers under your kitchen
table II you want to save y0urseni sell
the table near the sink when you
are washing dishes, into the pantry
when you are making cake. biscuits,
or bread and want to be near the
-four supply. or in front Of the china
closet when you are giving 1t the
weekly cleaning and want a place Tor
the contents Of the shelves while you
clean them. A roller table is sur
prisingly convenient In the kitchen
rollers on the table that you already
! have To save the work Of scrubbing
| the top of the table, have piece OF
| zinc tackled smoothly on it.. leaving
no sharp edges to dc do orK m,sehlei and hot
kettles. and cooking utensils will
| leave no marks.
| You may want to cover your table
with white oilcloth. If SO. it can be
sionally o y given Ven a coat Of white enamel
paint. Be sure that the surface is
perfectly clean and dry before ap-
plying the paint. Enamel the inside
Of your cupboards also. They will be
| easier to keep clean. and the paint
! will close up cracks, 80 that there
will be little chance for insects to
| gain access.
More table room can be made in a
| attaching to the window casing by
small but strong hinges smooth
board. sixteen inches wide by forty
inches long, SO that when 1t is
raised 1t may be on an exact level
! with the top of your kitchen table. In
the front edge Of the shelf insert two
! strong screweyes, and in each one
fasten three feet of small chain. In
! the free ends Of the chains put
small brass rings. and at the proper
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brass hook in each side of the casing.
Finally, slip the rings over these
hooks. A hinged shelf in the kitchen
| is q great convenience also.
the wall over the sink and cooking
| table. At the top nail q narrow
] molding into which screw a num-
| Der of brass hooks on which to hang
the soap shaker, basin and other
things.
Vaiue Of Brushes.
Keep several small brushes for diff
ferent purposes sush as caes,nin cleaning
paint, the kitchen sink, the range
and other articles. and mark each
brush plainly, SO that you won't be
liable to scrub the floor with the
brush that you use for washing vege-
| ferent sizes, ,also some brass hooks.
Put the screweyes in the handles of
al lof your brooms and brushes and
put the hooks in convenient places
to hang up all brushes.
To provide place for sweeping
utensils, get a smoothly planed board
about four feet long. six inches wide
and one and one-half inches thick and
have four holes made through 1t at
equal distances apart. After apply
ing two coats Of varnish. securely
fasten 1t to the wall In an out-of-
Brooms and mops and dustless dust
ers can be placed upright in such a
rack, and dustpan and brushes can
hang from hooks screwed along the
edge.
If you are cramped for space in
which to store your kitchen utensils,
have some shelves put up along the
side of your cellarway, and have a
lot of hooks screwed into the wall.
On these shelves you can keep a good
many articles that you have no room
for in the kitchen, but which you
are using more or less frequently.
On the hooks you can hang kettles
and other articles that have handles
A simple pair of tin tongs is a
very handy contrivance for the
kitchen. Any tinsmith can make
them for you from heavy piece Of
tin about twenty inches in length.
one-half an inch at the points, and
three .fourths of an inch in the middle.
where It is to be bent. Have the
tinsmith corrugate each side Of the
tongs at the points. 80 that they will