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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Colonial 
  Kitchen 
  and 
  the 
  Diet 
  Kitchen 
  Beyond 
  

  

  time 
  to 
  time 
  to 
  guests, 
  when 
  

   arranged 
  for, 
  and 
  are 
  served 
  

   as 
  were 
  the 
  old-fashioned 
  

   dinners 
  of 
  Colonial 
  days. 
  

   The 
  atmosphere 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  

   carries 
  one 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  days 
  

   of 
  our 
  ancestors. 
  

  

  Against 
  the 
  side 
  wall 
  fac- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  entrance 
  door 
  is 
  a 
  

   dresser, 
  a 
  duplicate 
  of 
  one 
  in 
  

   the 
  Van 
  Cortlandt 
  Manor. 
  

   Its 
  shelves 
  are 
  filled 
  with 
  

   treasures 
  of 
  china, 
  pewter 
  

   and 
  brass. 
  An 
  old 
  coffee- 
  

   pot 
  from 
  Dresden, 
  and 
  old 
  

   vvillowware 
  from 
  Peters- 
  

   burg, 
  Va., 
  harmonize 
  with 
  

   the 
  old 
  pewter, 
  many 
  pieces 
  

   of 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  great 
  value. 
  

   The 
  window-seat 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  latticed 
  windows 
  is 
  al- 
  

   ways 
  gay 
  and 
  cheerful 
  with 
  

   flowers 
  and 
  potted 
  plants. 
  

   Tea 
  is 
  served 
  at 
  this 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  room 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  

   every 
  day. 
  

  

  Leaving 
  this 
  room 
  we 
  ex- 
  

   perience 
  the 
  transition 
  from 
  

   the 
  old-fashioned 
  homestead 
  

   into 
  the 
  up-to-date 
  rooms 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  the 
  latest 
  ap- 
  

  

  chicken 
  jelly, 
  sandwiches 
  of 
  stale 
  bread 
  and 
  scarped 
  beef, 
  pliances 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  Above 
  the 
  

   and 
  putting 
  up 
  sterilized 
  milk, 
  which 
  is 
  poured 
  into 
  half- 
  old 
  kitchen 
  are 
  the 
  offices 
  and 
  sterilizing 
  room, 
  where 
  the 
  

   pint 
  bottles 
  made 
  air 
  tight 
  with 
  rubber 
  stoppers. 
  These 
  are 
  bandages 
  and 
  appliances 
  are 
  stored 
  and 
  sterilized. 
  The 
  

   placed 
  in 
  pasteboard 
  boxes 
  divided 
  into 
  partitions, 
  and 
  are 
  walls 
  are 
  hidden 
  by 
  cases 
  with 
  glass 
  shelves 
  upon 
  which 
  are 
  

   wrapped 
  and 
  sealed 
  ready 
  for 
  delivery. 
  placed 
  the 
  various 
  outfits. 
  Disinfectants, 
  too, 
  are 
  stored 
  in 
  

  

  Leaving 
  the 
  diet 
  kitchen 
  we 
  retrace 
  our 
  steps 
  into 
  the 
  end 
  these 
  rooms, 
  

   of 
  the 
  low 
  farmhouse 
  kitchen 
  with 
  its 
  peaceful 
  atmosphere 
  On 
  the 
  floor 
  above 
  are 
  suites 
  of 
  rooms 
  for 
  invalids 
  and 
  a 
  

   and 
  old 
  time 
  furniture. 
  The 
  

   floor 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  old- 
  

   fashioned 
  rag 
  carpet, 
  while 
  

   the 
  room 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  an- 
  

   tique 
  pieces 
  of 
  furniture, 
  

   picked 
  up 
  in 
  Newport, 
  Pet- 
  

   ersburg, 
  Va., 
  and 
  Panama. 
  

   Genuine 
  old 
  Windsor 
  chairs 
  

   and 
  Dutch 
  chairs 
  all 
  have 
  

   their 
  history. 
  The 
  old 
  settle 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  is 
  

   over 
  one 
  hundred 
  years 
  old, 
  

   and 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  rickety 
  

   building 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  heap 
  of 
  

   rubbish. 
  On 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   whitewashed 
  walls 
  is 
  a 
  mir- 
  

   ror 
  which 
  once 
  belonged 
  to 
  

   Washington 
  Irving, 
  and 
  be- 
  

   side 
  the 
  mantel 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   lantern 
  which 
  hung 
  in 
  front 
  

   of 
  De 
  Lessep's 
  house 
  in 
  

   Panama. 
  Many 
  rare 
  iron 
  

   implements 
  and 
  cooking 
  

   utensils 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  around 
  

   the 
  fireplace, 
  while 
  relics 
  of 
  

   the 
  war 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

   old 
  musketry 
  above 
  the 
  man- 
  

   telshelf. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  

   Home 
  Bureau 
  is 
  the 
  famous 
  

   farmhouse 
  dinners 
  which 
  are 
  

   served 
  in 
  this 
  kitchen 
  from 
  Fireplace 
  Copied 
  from 
  One 
  in 
  the 
  Van 
  Cortlandt 
  Manor 
  House 
  

  

  