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which catch the dirt, a white painted 

 finish is not at all difficult to keep 

 clean. 



Work counters, sink drain-boards, 

 window stools, etc., should be of ma- 

 hogany, birch or white ma- 

 ple stained and oiled. The 

 finishing hardware used in 

 the kitchen, such as door 

 knobs, butts, drawer pulls, 

 etc., should always be of 

 solid or stamped bronze 

 metal. Plated steel, so 

 commonly used through 

 false economy, soon rusts 

 in the kitchen and becomes 

 unsightly. 



The accompanying illus- 

 trations of typical kitchen 



and pantry cabinets, cases, etc., exemplify some ideas of 

 kitchen equipment which have been found to work excel- 

 lently in practice. The front of a case of drawers under 

 a table or work counter should be recessed toward the 

 bottom, i n 

 order to al- 

 low room 

 for the feet 

 when stand- 

 ing, a point 

 o V erlooked 

 in most kit- 

 chens and 

 p a n t r i es. 

 The lower 

 shelves 

 above the 

 counter of a 

 built-in cabi- 

 net should 

 be compara- 

 tively nar- 

 row, in or- 

 der to clear 

 the head of 

 a person 

 working at 

 the counter; 

 the upper 

 shelves 

 above head 



height may be ten or twelve 

 inches wide. 



Where proper jars and 

 receptacles are provided 

 for the various supplies and 

 materials, it is more con- 

 venient if doors be dis- 

 pensed with in connection 

 with these shelves. A great 

 convenience in the kitchen 

 or cook's pantry cabinet is a 

 series of three or four deep 

 "bin-drawers" with flaring 

 fronts just below the coun- 

 ter, arranged to pull out al- 

 most full length on hard- 

 wood anti-friction slides. 

 Fitted with removable 

 bright tin linings, these 

 drawers make most con- 

 venient receptacles for 



Fig. 5 — A kitchen in small house with a minimum service pantry and 

 an extra large drain board and counter 



Fig. 6 — Sketch showing swmgmg cupboard for pots 

 and pans on a left-hand sink drain board 



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Fig. 8 — A transverse section through a sink 



drain board fitted to a marble back so as 



to be easily removed by tipping 



upward in front 



sugar, pastry flour, corn 

 meal, oat meal, etc. In the 

 average small suburban 

 home, flour is nowadays 

 seldom bought by the bar- 

 rel, and can therefore be 

 conveniently kept in a large 

 tin flour can fitted with a 

 rotary sifter in the bottom. 

 A flour can of this type can 

 be set into the shelving at 

 a convenient height above 

 the counter, where it is out 

 of the way and always 

 ready for instant use. For 

 a very heavy can or flour 

 barrel, a revolving plat- 

 form or tilting bin may be 

 provided under the kitchen 

 counter. In addition to bin-drawers and a space for flour, 

 the remaining space under counters and also under drain 

 boards of sinks should be utilized for drawers and cup- 

 boards. The most convenient type of sink cupboard for 



pots and 

 pans is the 

 ^ ^ s w i n g i ng 



cupboard il- 

 lustra ted 

 h e r e w ith, 

 which was 

 devised b y 

 the writer 

 because o f 

 the some- 

 what dark, 

 i n c o n V e- 

 nient and 

 u n s anitary 

 character of 

 the ordinary 

 pot closet. 

 A s shown, 

 the swinging 

 cupboard is 

 practically a 

 rather wide 

 and low 

 paneled gate 

 s t r o n g 1 ^• 

 hinged o n 

 one side with several shelves on the inside, the largest at 

 the bottom, for pots, pans and covers. By means of a large 

 bar-pull, which serves as a handle, it may be easily swung 

 out into the full light of the kitchen for easy access, inspec- 

 tion and cleaning. When closed, it is neat and simple in ap- 

 pearance. There is little new to be said about the equipment 

 of a good serving and china pantry. A convenience 

 sometimes overlooked is a suitable storage rack for 

 tables leaves or a deep pocket for the sections of extra 

 round table tops. As to the relative merits 

 of swinging or sliding glazed doors for china 

 cases, it is easier to secure fairly 

 satisfactory results with the swing- 

 ing than the sliding doors, owing 

 to the difticulties involved in keep- 

 ing the latter in nermanent good 

 working order. The floors, walls 

 and woodwork of pantries should 

 be covered or finished substantiallv 

 as in the kitchen. 



Fig. 7- 



-Sketches of a liberally planned working case 

 or cabinet for the pantryless kitchen 



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 S^CTIOAi, 



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