38 Miracles Ahead! 



hind two other bottles or dishes. A lot of dispositions were 

 ruined by balky ice-cube trays. 



The refrigerator of the future could be divided into a series 

 of drawers spread out along the kitchen counter. Each drawer 

 would hold a certain kind of food at its own ideal temperature 

 and humidity. There would be a drawer for milk, butter, and 

 cheese; another for frozen foods; another for meats; and an- 

 other for vegetables. Glass tops in the kitchen counter would 

 permit you to see the contents of a drawer without opening 

 it. Ice cubes might be obtained by pressing a button or turn- 

 ing a crank. 



The Hamby "Kitchenless House" 



The basis of William Hamby's work is that the home must 

 be improved for the one who uses it the most the housewife. 

 To get rid of kitchen drudgery, he has abolished the usual 

 kitchen. He's streamlined the kitchen and brought it out in 

 the open so that it becomes part of the spacious dining area. 

 It forms the end wall of the dining room. No longer would 

 the kitchen be a room shut off from the rest of the house, 

 where a woman "stands over a hot stove," wears herself out 

 stooping and stretching to get things out of cupboards or the 

 refrigerator, and keeps busy early and late washing dishes. 



"Don't think for a minute," Hamby hastens to add, "that 

 this arrangement handicaps the kitchen by restricting it to 

 makeshift methods or that it spoils the dining room by litter- 

 ing it with pots and pans. This is an entirely new kind of 

 kitchen, with far more facilities of every sort than the low-cost 

 home has ever had before. And, like nearly all things that 

 work better, it looks better, too." 



When you enter the Hamby "kitchen" you immediately 

 notice the long horizontal arrangement of counter, sink, and 

 cupboard space. All the staples and heavy utensils are on the 



