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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1911 



A pie plate wMch ensures a well-baked under crust 



the pie. It is easily removed from the 

 tin plate to an earthen one when cooled, 

 and the result is a crisp, well-baked 

 under-crust. 



A most satisfactory utensil for poaching 

 eggs is shown in the illustration. Steam 

 from the water in the lower pan rises 

 through the hole in the centre of the plate 

 and cooks the eggs. The cover fits 

 tightly over the pan. Each egg-pan may 

 be removed separately by its handle, 

 and the egg easily slipped to a plate 

 without breaking. 



The Kitchen Livable 



THHE kitchen years ago was the most 

 -*■ comfortable, most livable room in 

 the house. We do not care to return to 

 those days of kitchen-living with a parlor 

 like a tomb. But we have almost re- 

 versed the situation. 



If the kitchen was as much of a problem 

 for comfort to the housewife as the living- 

 room is, would this not help the servant 

 question? The kitchen should be one of 

 the lightest, cheeriest rooms in the house. 

 Cleanliness, warmth, comfort should reign 

 supreme. 



I once saw a kitchen the walls of which 

 were painted gray. Now that gives you 

 all a shock. It sounds gloomy and dreary. 

 But it was not. The gray was a light one. 

 It was soft and pleasing to the eye. The 

 advantage of the painted wall is the ease 

 with which it may be cleaned by washing. 

 This is a great point since the kitchen 

 is the one room 

 where the walls 

 are most likely to 

 get much soiled. 

 The kitchen in the 

 house where I live 

 always presents a 

 most spotless ap- 

 pearance even 

 when preparations 

 for dinner are well 

 under way. The 

 walls are bricked 

 half way up and 

 painted with a 

 creamy yellow en- 

 amel. The cup- 

 boards, doors and 

 all woodwork are 

 painted gray, as 

 well as the chairs 

 and tables, the 

 walls and ceilings 



being done in a lighter gray. A gray 

 and white oilcloth floor covering completes 

 the scheme. When you do your kitchen 

 over this spring, try these colors for a change. 



If one could afford a hard wood floor 

 in but one room that room should be the 

 kitchen. The woman who does her own 

 house work deserves that comfort. The 

 maid of all work has to save time and labor. 

 A 'deck mop may be used on such a floor 

 for it is possible to keep it as nice as the 

 dining-room floor. 



If the kitchen is small and saving of 

 space is an object then substitute drop 

 shelves for tables. Such a shelf-table is 

 merely a board or boards, the final width 

 being that of a table top. This fastened by 

 hinges to the wall may be pulled up and 

 held in place by a stick like the leaves of 

 an old-fashioned table. Now it is ready 



A convenient grater with 

 small, medium and large 

 sized holes 



A chumer which will make butter, whip cream, 

 make icing for cake, pancake batter, etc. 



for use. After using, the stick, which 

 is also hinged, is folded back against the 

 wall and the iDoard top dropped. 



Do you know how clean the kitchen 

 stove may be kept with newspapers? 

 After broiling the steak or doing any other 

 grease-spattering work rub the stove im- 

 mediately with newspaper. The grease 

 disappears, the stove looks as good as 

 new again. 



People blessed with porcelain sinks 

 know nothing — yes , nothing — of the 

 trials one has with the old iron sink. It 

 rusts, and it soon looks badly. It need not. 

 If one keeps the sink dry and occasionally 

 oils it there is little trouble. By dry I 

 mean really dry. This state of complete 

 dryness is reached by the vigorous appli- 

 cation of a rag. In order to keep these 

 rags sweet and clean one must have a 

 good supply of them. Scrape the sink 

 down and then wipe dry. 

 ' If once a month you pour down the sink 

 hole a nint of kerosene the nines will be 



Measuring spoons in four sizes which may be folded 

 together, and an initial aluminum cake mould 



kept clean and open. The oil cuts grease, 

 which often adheres to pipes and traps 

 and thus causes stoppage and a plumber's 



bm. 



Keep a little charcoal in the ice box 

 and so have a sweet smelling chest. This 

 charcoal may be kept in a saucer in the 

 lower part of the box. Renew the char- 

 coal monthly. If you have just come to a 

 house where there is an ice box already 

 installed, try this: Before you use the 

 chest wash and scald it out thoroughly. 

 Then place in it a saucer of formaldehyde. 

 Leave this for forty-eight hours in the chest 

 with all covers and doors closed. Then 

 remove the saucer, and wash and air the 

 chest thoroughly. 



New York. E. E. S. 



How to Make a Covered Box 



THE shirt waist box is the greatest 

 sort of help where closet room is 

 limited. Do not think that one has to 

 have the carpenter make a box just the 

 right shape and size. Of course, that is 

 the nicest sort of box. But a low, flat 

 box from the corner grocery will answer 

 the purpose. This will cost perhaps 

 twenty-five cents. 



Hinge the cover on, line the box with 

 new sheets of brown paper, and sprinkle 

 in some lavender. Creton makes the best 

 kind of covering for a bedroom box. Per- 

 haps one can nearly match the wall paper 

 or other furnishings of the room. 



You should allow a httle fullness in 

 the covering material around the front 

 and ends of the box. The back needs 

 no creton if the box is to be put against 

 the wall. Buy enough material to go just 

 twice around the three sides of the box. Box 

 plait the material on, and be sure not to 

 make it too full. 



The top needs just a straight piece over 

 it. It is well to put a piece of cloth under 

 this, tacking the cloth to the box cover, 

 so as to prevent wear. Padding and up- 

 holstering the top is not at all necessary. 



The box might be lined with the ma- 

 terial instead of the brown paper, but it 

 is rather difficult to do neatly. 



The top piece may be tacked on with 

 brass headed tacks. Do the same to the 

 side and end pieces, plaiting and tacking 

 as you go along. 



Such a box covered with monk's cloth 

 or denim looks well in a dining-room 

 and can be used for table linen. A box 

 upstairs for bed linen helps out closet 

 room. ' 



