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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  March, 
  1907 
  

  

  for 
  sixty 
  or 
  ninety 
  days, 
  after 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  thrown 
  off 
  all 
  im- 
  

   purities. 
  It 
  is 
  then 
  made 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  a 
  filter 
  of 
  felt 
  and 
  

   cotton 
  batting, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  thick, 
  pure 
  white 
  bag, 
  the 
  oil 
  

   of 
  commerce, 
  liquid 
  amber, 
  drips 
  and 
  drips. 
  One 
  can 
  hardly 
  

  

  Chinese 
  Picking 
  Olives 
  

  

  conceive 
  anything 
  more 
  beautiful 
  than 
  these 
  pellucid 
  drops. 
  

   But 
  this 
  does 
  not 
  satisfy 
  the 
  oil 
  maker. 
  He 
  forces 
  it 
  again 
  

   through 
  chemists' 
  filtering 
  mats. 
  Clear, 
  and 
  absolutely 
  

   perfect, 
  it 
  goes 
  to 
  the 
  bottler. 
  I 
  shall 
  always 
  remember 
  the 
  

   sweetness 
  of 
  this 
  room, 
  into 
  which 
  it 
  seemed 
  a 
  profanity 
  to 
  

   walk 
  with 
  shoes, 
  the 
  slow 
  drip 
  of 
  the 
  amber-like 
  oil, 
  the 
  

   delicate 
  aroma, 
  something 
  quite 
  different 
  from 
  anything 
  

   else, 
  suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  poetry 
  of 
  the 
  olive 
  and 
  its 
  culture. 
  

  

  At 
  Elwood, 
  there 
  are 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  olive 
  orchards 
  in 
  vari- 
  

   ous 
  kinds 
  of 
  land, 
  some 
  in 
  black 
  adobe, 
  some 
  in 
  loam, 
  others 
  

   in 
  sand 
  and 
  loam 
  and 
  at 
  different 
  levels. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  olives 
  arc 
  

   made 
  to 
  ripen 
  at 
  different 
  times, 
  but 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  soil 
  does 
  

   not 
  appear 
  to 
  affect 
  the 
  grade 
  of 
  the 
  oil. 
  

   Those 
  who 
  are 
  familiar 
  with 
  certain 
  im- 
  

   ported 
  oils 
  will 
  probably 
  not 
  like 
  the 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  product 
  at 
  first. 
  The 
  reason 
  of 
  this 
  

   is, 
  that 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  what 
  pure 
  olive 
  

   oil 
  is, 
  certain 
  importations 
  being 
  made 
  of 
  

   cotton 
  seed, 
  or 
  diluted 
  with 
  it, 
  but 
  the 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  oil 
  is 
  the 
  clear, 
  pure 
  essence 
  of 
  the 
  

   olive. 
  

  

  Elwood 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  the 
  only 
  olive 
  

   orchard 
  in 
  Southern 
  California; 
  it 
  is 
  

   merely 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  and 
  beautiful 
  type 
  with 
  

   charming 
  environment. 
  Some 
  large 
  groves 
  

   are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  Pasadena, 
  at 
  San 
  Juan 
  

   Capistrano, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  great 
  valleys 
  

   down 
  by 
  Santa 
  Ana, 
  California 
  will 
  soon 
  

   be 
  able 
  to 
  supply 
  America 
  with 
  pure 
  olive 
  

   oil 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  olives. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  two 
  million 
  

   five 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  trees 
  planted, 
  each 
  

   tree 
  producing 
  theoretically 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  fifty 
  thousand 
  pounds 
  of 
  olives. 
  What 
  

   this 
  means 
  is 
  readily 
  seen. 
  Making 
  a 
  very 
  

   conservative 
  estimate, 
  allowing 
  a 
  crop 
  

   _ 
  ■■'.-- 
  . 
  —.. 
  - 
  - 
  every 
  other 
  year, 
  and 
  twenty 
  per 
  cent, 
  for 
  

   unseen 
  losses, 
  we 
  should 
  then 
  have 
  two 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  fifty 
  million 
  pounds. 
  Assuming 
  

   that 
  one-half 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  pickled 
  and 
  dried, 
  

   and 
  we 
  have 
  four 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  barrels 
  of 
  fifty 
  gallons 
  

   each, 
  or 
  six 
  thousand 
  carloads. 
  

  

  The 
  balance 
  if 
  made 
  into 
  oil 
  would 
  produce 
  one 
  million 
  

   cases 
  of 
  twelve 
  bottles 
  each, 
  or 
  two 
  thousand 
  carloads. 
  The 
  

   use 
  of 
  olives 
  and 
  olive 
  oil 
  in 
  America 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  rich, 
  

   when 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  all 
  classes. 
  In 
  California 
  the 
  pure 
  

   oil 
  is 
  used 
  almost 
  exclusively, 
  and 
  few 
  green 
  olives 
  are 
  used, 
  

   the 
  black, 
  ripe 
  ones 
  being 
  considered 
  more 
  delicious. 
  

  

  Kitchen 
  Furniture 
  

  

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  moved 
  they 
  gather 
  dirt 
  instantly 
  and 
  they 
  offer 
  endless 
  temp- 
  

   tations 
  to 
  hang 
  things 
  up 
  over 
  night, 
  convenient 
  enough 
  so 
  

   long 
  as 
  no 
  damage 
  results, 
  but 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  dangerous 
  and 
  

   pernicious 
  practice. 
  

  

  Chairs 
  constitute 
  the 
  final 
  indispensable 
  articles 
  of 
  kitchen 
  

   furniture. 
  Once 
  more 
  space 
  decides 
  the 
  kind 
  and 
  number, 
  

   and 
  in 
  many 
  apartment 
  kitchens 
  the 
  area 
  is 
  so 
  small 
  that 
  

   room 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  for 
  no 
  chairs 
  at 
  all. 
  But 
  a 
  kitchen 
  with- 
  

   out 
  a 
  chair 
  is 
  a 
  difficult 
  apartment 
  to 
  work 
  in, 
  for 
  chairs 
  are 
  

   really 
  needed 
  for 
  much 
  kitchen 
  work, 
  and 
  they 
  certainly 
  ease 
  

   many 
  forms 
  of 
  labor. 
  This 
  in 
  itself 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  element, 
  

   for 
  the 
  kitchen 
  is 
  the 
  workroom 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  which 
  tends 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  work 
  easier 
  and 
  lighter 
  is 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  gain 
  to 
  the 
  whole 
  household 
  economy. 
  

  

  Rocking 
  chairs 
  are, 
  of 
  course, 
  not 
  needed 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  

  

  omitted. 
  They 
  are 
  sometimes 
  placed 
  in 
  large 
  kitchens, 
  but 
  

   houses 
  which 
  contain 
  such 
  large 
  kitchens 
  should 
  contain 
  

   other 
  space 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  rocking 
  chair 
  will 
  be 
  better 
  appre- 
  

   ciated 
  by 
  the 
  servant 
  than 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  kitchen. 
  

   Stuffy 
  chairs 
  of 
  all 
  sorts 
  are 
  also 
  prohibited 
  and 
  are 
  quite 
  

   useless. 
  This 
  reduces 
  the 
  chair 
  problem 
  of 
  the 
  kitchen 
  to 
  

   the 
  simplest 
  form, 
  only 
  plain 
  wooden 
  chairs 
  being 
  thus 
  avail- 
  

   able. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  comfort 
  in 
  these 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  re- 
  

   membered 
  that 
  the 
  kitchen 
  chair 
  is 
  not 
  intended 
  for 
  comfort, 
  

   but 
  as 
  an 
  assistant 
  to 
  work. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  room 
  for- 
  several 
  

   chairs, 
  those 
  of 
  different 
  sizes 
  and 
  heights 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  better 
  

   than 
  all 
  of 
  one 
  kind. 
  A 
  plain 
  office 
  stool 
  is 
  also 
  frequently 
  

   available 
  and 
  useful, 
  although 
  it 
  adds 
  one 
  more 
  article 
  of 
  

   furniture 
  to 
  a 
  room 
  which 
  really 
  has 
  little 
  enough 
  space 
  with- 
  

   out 
  it. 
  

  

  