Evening star., 1944-02-25

You may remember week ago
we discussed in this column living
plan for the future Two readers,
with opposite ideas about today's
effort and tomorrow's demands pre-
sented their viewpoint This week,
one very interesting letter comes
from another lady, in which she
frankly says she wants something
In between" and will try to select
what she needs from the past and
the present to make her future
home. She writes:
your article, What of Our Fu-
ture?" hits on the head the nail we
have all been talking and thinking
about.
Il think each of the women you
mentioned did exactly right for their
own problems At the present I
have an old house in the country,
three preschool children, no imme-
diate members of the family in the
service. The house still needs much
In repair, the expensive kind, and
has many inconvenience. but also
a charm that makes me trudge
many extra steps daily very gladly.
With a nice fat sum for remodeling
I'd like to live here forever. How
ever, with no fat sum and three
children readying for schooldays I'd
like my postwar home thus
Fairly large, no more of this tiny
kitchen and bathroom sort OF thing
Of seeing how much you can cram
into the smallest space.
mo period architecture-no mod
ern, 18th century, Colonial or other
wise-but a compromise OF the best
features of all. The charm of earlier
day design with the convenicnces Of
modern equipment, built-in cup
boards in all rooms so that furnish
ing house will require no bureaus,
cabinets, chests. bullets, ETC., except
as desired for decorative purposes.
Think of the work saved II there
were no heavy chests to shove
around, clean under and about
Also the space saved in each room
not space to be done without, but
space to add to the charm and
grace of the other pieces Of furni-
ture and to give more living room
A house fully lived In acquires too
many things anyway, In the course
of years, so the barer you start, even
with q full complement Of storage
space-the better.
There may be jewels Of maids
after the war to help us service our
houses, but I am quite sure they
will still be too expensive for me
Also I like the house to myself to dc
as please without having to cater
to a maids cleaning program, her
personality, and so want my house
designed for my convenience and
not that of the Elusive maid who
may be here, and may not. There
fore. the kitchen. as it is the nerve
center of the well-run house, needs
the most careful attention in de-
sign and equipment. I want mine
big. Perhaps II feet square would
be alright, facing south for warmth
in winter and breeze in summer
Large windows, one next to built
In eating spot, one at the sink, and
probably the remaining wall space
in cupboards. The stove, sink, re-
frigerator and counter space
grouped together. The rest of the
space would house washing ma
chine, ironer, desk space with type
writer. I would like bins for flour
apples and potatoes, and a wood
burning range combined with an
electric stove. This would be q
comfort for warmth in winter as
we'll as an excellent way of burning
trash.
THE news accounts of cold-stor-
age units for family use sound won
derful. I want one to hold my
garden produce and to save many
grocery shopping trips.