118 



A Serviceable Hot Water Heater 

 Which Can be Made at Home 



A SERVICEABLE hot water heater 

 can be made in the home, and it 

 will give as satisfactory results as the 

 more expensive ready-made heaters 

 which are directly attached to the boiler. 

 Pipes should be led from the center and 



The home worker can make the 

 connections and install this heater 



bottom of the boiler, joining in a U- 

 shaped pipe. Brass unions should be 

 used as joints, being installed at the 

 back of the stove. The water front, or 

 heating unit, consists of the U-pipe, bent 

 in a small enough radius so both sides 

 , are in range of the burner. It should be 

 packed in place with fire clay. 



How a Course Dinner Can be 

 Served Without a Maid 



A CLEVERLY devised china closet 

 is built into the wall between the 

 dining room and kitchen, a long serving 

 counter and the dish-storage shelves 

 above it opening into both rooms, the 

 linen and silver drawers opening into 

 the di-ning room only. The sink and 

 drainboard are on the kitchen wall ad- 

 joining the cupboard, which makes easy 

 the putting away of dishes after wash- 

 ing. The range is as near as possible 

 on the second adjoining wall, to save 

 steps in dishing up a meal and placing 

 it upon the counter. 



Popular Science Monthly 



The unique feature of the cupboard i? 

 that the dining room front of the serv- 

 ing counter is hidden from view, when 

 desired, by three sliding doors. The 

 kitchen face of the counter is uncovered. 

 In serving a meal the housekeeper lays 

 the table with the first, or soup course; 

 places the second, or meat and vegetable 

 course on the counter behind slide B ; 

 and the third, or dessert course, behind 

 slide C. 



Without returning to the kitchen she 

 can later remove the first course and 

 place it on the empty counter behind 

 slide A; remove the waiting second 

 course, which has been concealed by 

 slide B; later, place the soiled dishes of 

 the second course back behind this same 

 slide B; and serve the dessert that is 

 ready behind slide C. When the meal 

 is finished she can put the remains of 

 the dessert back upon the counter at C. 



In preparing to wash the dishes she 

 finds, upon reaching the kitchen again, 

 that they are on the counter at her right, 

 as they should be, and she scrapes and 

 piles them upon the drainboard at her 

 left. This makes it possible to route 

 the process of dish cleansing from right 

 to left, which is most efficient. 



A china closet 

 which makes it 

 possible to serve 

 course dinners 

 easily without a 

 maid and can also 

 serve as a pantry 



DINING ROOM 



SERVING COUNTER. 



KITCHEIN 



