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It should not be in the kitchen, yet near it. Often it can be located in the pantry. 

 In any case it should not back up against the chimney or any other hot place, and 



it it can be filled 

 from the outside, or 

 at least without 

 going through the 

 kitchen or pantry, 

 it is a decided ad- 

 vantage. It makes 

 little difference as to 

 whether the chest be 

 of the movable or 

 the built-in sort; it 

 is purely a matter of 

 taste. T h e latter 

 may be planned to 

 suit any individual 

 whim of the owner. 

 The former, it may 

 be added, can be 

 isolated from the 

 inroads of ants by 

 placing the legs in 

 tins of water. 



The relation of 

 the cold closet to 



the kitchen is also important. It is best located at the foot of the cellar stairs, 

 where it will save as many steps as possible; the help must be considered. 

 Often much can be saved in the way of steps and the size of the refrigerator 

 (which will not hold everything anyway) by the use of a cold box. This is not 

 advisable as a window ornamentation. On the contrary, its best form is in the 

 shape of a lift provided with shelves, lined with zinc and screened to keep out the 

 roving freebooters of the insect kind. It is preferably located in the pantry and 



lowered from thence to the cold closet 

 or some other specially built contriv- 

 ance. If it seems desirable to con- 

 nect it with a draught box, it is best 

 that this should come below it so 

 that the lift will not get the dust (see 

 F.g. 28). 



All the standing finish and hard- 

 Fig 21 Section ,hrou K hdr.uh. box .nd cooter f h kitchen suite h ^ be as 



a. Cooler b. Case c. Draught box d. Window e. l-oundation f. Floor 



simple as possible, that it may be 



cleaned with ease. The woodwork is best in the natural finish, and not done 

 too light. The walls, if of plaster, are easier to take care of if painted; 

 they would have to be painted anyway in the end, as the kitchen accumulates 



Everything U simple and to the point. The two doors lead into the pantry and the china 

 closet. The floor is laid in composition blocks 



