OCTOBKR. 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



be in a dry place. This is also a fine place 

 to put bread to rise. 



On the lower and narrower shelf are kept, 

 over the sink, soaps, cleansin^r powders, 

 steel wool, etc.; and farther along at the 

 right of the range are the teapot, coffeepot 

 with their respective canisters, salt shaker, 

 pepper box, and some of the smaller cooking 

 ntensils. 



This lower shelf is studded with more 

 little brass hooks, 3% inches apart from 

 which hang, in the places where they will 

 be most convenient, soap shaker, dipper, 

 spatula, perforated spoon, pancake turner, 

 strainer, and small utensils. 



The little closet contained one shelf, ten 

 inches wide, six feet from the floor. Under 

 this was a flat molding in which were ward- 

 robe hooks. We put in another molding 

 lower down and added many more strong 



ture. The table dishes and silver are kept 

 in a built-in cupboard just inside of the liv- 

 ing room. 



Now, after working in a conventional kit- 

 chen with everything behind closed cup- 

 board doors and after a few weeks ' experi- 

 ence in my little cottage kitchen, I am 

 ready to admit that I can work more rapid- 

 ly and easily where everything is in sight 

 and at a convenient height to save stooping. 

 Of course in a house which is occupied the 

 year around there would have to be more 

 storage space; but for a summer vacation 

 home I find this arrangement ideal, and it 

 could easily be made suitable for an all-the- 

 year-around home by building a larger 

 screened porch and storeroom. A larger gas 

 range with the side oven and broiler would 

 also be more desirable for a winter home. 



Many housekeepers do not realize how 



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Plan of a convenient kitchen in which everything needed in cooking is hanging in plain sight. 



brass hooks. On these are hung frying pans, 

 assorted sizes, and some of the larger kettles 

 which did not look well on the kitchen 

 shelves. It is really surprising how many 

 utensils are made to hang from a hook. The 

 manufacturers evidently designed them for 

 hanging, and we housekeepers have been in 

 the habit of nesting them one within an- 

 other behind cupboard doors. In this closet 

 there is room enough for broom and other 

 cleaning implements and an ironing board. 

 In the little storeroom one of my boys 

 put up a couple of broad, convenient shelves 

 and a narrow shelf on the open part of the 

 screened porch. A little table at the op- 

 posite side of the kitchen from the working 

 equipment, a chair, a high stool, and a 

 waste basket complete the kitchen furni- 



much it lightens work to have the sink and 

 work table of the proper height. For my 

 height, 5 feet 51/2 inches in my shoes, I find 

 .Sl% or 32 inches enables me to work and 

 stand erect. A shorter person can also 

 work conveniently at that height, but a 

 taller woman should have the table and 

 sink proportionately higher. Eemember if 

 you wash dishes in the sink to have the bot- 

 tom of the sink the same height as your 

 work table. Plumbers do not like to install 

 a sink at that height, but plumbers do not 

 wash your dishes. Speaking of dishwashing, 

 in my little kitchen the dishpan also has its 

 appointed hook beneath the end of the 

 cabinet table next to the sink while a wire 

 drainer hangs beneath the drain board. 

 Many housekeepers are puzzled to know 

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