The Washington times., 1922-09-11
join KITCHEN .
WITH LAUNDRY .
|SLATEST plan
Electric Devices Make II Pos
sibIe to Concentrate
Home Facilities.

That popular call Come out rof
the kitchen, Jane" will have 20 be
modified for certain modern house
! keepers. Come out Of the basement
up into the kitchen" would he
more appropriate for an increasing
number of home-managers who pre'
fer their laundry and kitchen to-
gether in a two-in-one room.
or course, there are any numter
| OF women to whom this association
Of laundry work and kitchen work
will not appeal. For large families
and IN exceptionally limited space,
the combination may not be practical
But many are finding the Kitchen
laundry a compact, convenient STEP
saving arrangement.
To those who have become ac-
customed to the first floor laundry,
! Il now seems inconceivable that they
used to make weekly underground
excursions into damp, dark cellar
with poor, inadequate light. Every
time the telephone or doorben rang
or there was some other errand TO
the upper part of the house, they hAd
a weary flight of stairs to mount
The refinements of construction or
modern electrical equipment nave
made Il. possible to locate washing
and ironing machines right In the
cheerful kitchen where there Is day
light and sunlight and a warm. dry
floor. generally with linoleum
covering that Is less tiring than the
basement concrete. Moreover a
kitche laundry has the convenience
of a nearby range wnere starch ana
soap solutions may be prepared.
Plumbing connections can be made
inc .pensively from the sink pipes.
There are several round washing
machines with diameters well WITHIN
twenty y-seven inches. Such machines
fit snugly into kitchen corners
which previously served no usetul
purpose. One such has a seh-con-
tained wringer and would therefore
need no stationary tubs. however
many New York apartments solve
the problem Of kitchen stationary
tubs by fitting over them a hinged
table top which fastens onto the wall
when the tubs are in use and CON
yerts the tubs into the base for
good workable when laundry work
is not going on. Certain cabinet
machines can be placed right next 20
the sink and operated and plumDed
from there. A swinging wrlnSer
which folds Under the fiat cover out
of sight when not in use is feature
of a 'junior" washer which occupies
floor space about II by Is inches.
There are likewise ironing ma:
chimes designed for economy OF
space. One ironer takes up about
the same space as an ironing board
forty.six inches. This ironer Will do
the whole washing, including large
sheets.
For the dweller in two-room
apartmentette there Is a tiny washer
which can be attached to any sink.
Though a pigmy this little washer
will take blouses. shirts. underthings'
baby's wear, table napkins, towels
and the like. II is not large enough
for dresses, sheets. or tablecloths. -.
Made, 1t would seem, to so with
this small washer is a miniature
ironer three feet by fifteen inches.
This ironer is portable and may be
placed on the kitchen table or on any
other convenient surface.
The modern home-maker willing %
break away from the traditional will
find many makes OF electric s-rV'
ants adaptable to- the kitchen laun-
dry plan.