Evening star., 1927-11-04
Better Kitchen Utensils
The Wise Housewife Is Always on the Lookout
for Labor-Saving Household Equipment.

very smooth. There is also another
variety of primrose color. In addition
to casseroles, fish dishes, and others
there are tea and coffee pots, cream
tpitchers and bowls and other china
articles for the table, all made in
| glazed ware.
Fireproof Glassware.
A few articles Of fireproof glassware
are very useful and give variety to
the earthenware and china equipment
golden.tinted and transparent fire.
proof glassware. The glass from
which these utensils are made ex-
pands so little that it is not affected
by the oven heat and does not break.
1t is also tough and durable, and the
surface is hard and smooth and does
not flake. Being made of glass. these
| utensils are not absorbent of flavor,
and they do not burn and look worn
and dilapidated like ordinary china
used in the oven. Food in f1reproof
| glassware cooks evenly, and the
progress of the cooking can be
watched. AS it requires less heat than
either earthenware or metal. hreproof
| glassware is an economizer OF fuel,
and time and trouble are saved, as it
| is easy to clean and to keep clean.
Dishes of various shapes, such as pud-
ding dishes, pie plates, entree dishes,
and casseroles, and many small bowls
and cups and ramekin cases, suitable
| for custards, egg preparations, and
| little individual dishes, are made in
this ware.
Tea Wagon Very Useful.
A tea wagon can clear away in one
journey all the dishes and food used
during any meal. All traces of the
meal may be swiftly removed to the
kitchen, articles of diet left in the
pantry, unused dishes put away as it
proceeds to the pantry and used
dishes then placed in the sink for
washing. Taken to the kitchen,
dishes and other articles can be
placed on it when cleaned and quickly
wheeled to their destination. One
soon learns to arrange things on it SO
that they can be left in correct order
for a return journey.
This wagons uses are many and
varied in addition to kitchen and din.
ing room uses. Its swivel wheels
make it easy to push or pull the
wagon anywhere, from room to room,
in very accommodating manner.
When taken outdoors, it can be
wheeled over path or lawn to the de.
sired position without difficulty and
only needs an> occasional drop of oil
to keep it in smooth running order.
1t will hold sewing materials, books
and other things one may need out.
doors temporarily. Possessing one OF
these wagons, many most unexpected
uses for it will occur to the owner,
and it's services, once indulged in, will
not be dispensed with willingly.
Two wagons, one for general use on
the ground floor and the other up
stairs, would be ideal as far as con-
venience is concerned. The one used
upstairs need not be new. A second
hand one would do just as well. It is
really surprising what a number of
duties the one upstairs will perform
in connection with the bedrooms and
the bathroom. When cleaning has to
be done, busters, brushes, and cleaning
materials can be placed upon the
wagon and taken easily from room to
room as occasion demands. In case
OF illness in the family, the wagon re-
ceives the invalid's tray at the top Of
the stairs and carries 1t to the bed.
side. where the wagon is used between
meals for the accommodation of books
and writing materials.
Too often mothers care for their
babies In a different manner because
baby equipment is so very expensive
and is so quickly outgrown. Here is
where the upstairs wagon could be put
to excellent use also. The mother of
one heavy, lusty baby has solved the
problem by purchasing a substantial
metal tea wagon. With a soft old
blanket for a pad. baby is placed on
the wagon for his bath and for dress.
ing. This is SO much easier than hold
ing the baby on the mothers knee.
Towels and clothing may be hung over
the bar at the end, while the lower
tray holds the powder box, pins,
brushes and needed extra articles. The
bath over, everything is removed from
tine wagon and baby's basket is tied to
it. Here he is placed for his nap.
Here he lies contentedly when his nap
is over, his mother working around
where she can constantly see him. 1t
is an easy matter to push the wagon
from one room to another or to the
cool upper porch in warm weather
This tea wagon has saved a great
many steps and much carrying Of a
heavy baby, and when no longer need.
ed for the purpose it may revert back
to some other upstairs use.
In the Bathroom.
Here tile floor, porcelain tub and
bowl, glass towel rods, several large
white porcelain hooks, and an enam.
elled wall cabinet with glass shelves
for toilet necessities make it easy to
keep the room In order Linoleum is
a good floor covering for a bathroom.
Instead Of all white, some tone of yell
low on walls and decorations gives an
effect of sunlight.