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"liOME AND FLOWERS 



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Vol. XIA^ MAY, 1903 No. 1 



Copynghted. 1903. by the Floral Publishing Company. Entered as second class matter at the Springfield. Ohio. postofRee. 



Decoration in the Home 



AS TO ITS SILENT BUT POWERFUL INFLUENCE 

 BY J. BLAIR RIDINGTON 



III. hospitality's lIEADQUARj'ERS 



^T^HE evolution of the modern pantr}^ 

 I .-eenis to have been by way of the 

 storeroom and its freedom from the 

 smoke and din of the kitchen, first as a 

 safer pastry room, and then as an absolute 

 necessity for the storage of the finer dishes 

 ■which became possible as pottery advanced. 

 At j^resent every home should have a good 

 pantry, a store closet, and, if room will 

 permit, a pastry room. "Where space will 

 permit these should Ije entirely separate, 

 the pantry should be fitted up with a 

 sink, china closet, and a table or drop- 

 shelf, which may be used as a pastry- 

 board, with plenty of small shelves and 

 otlx'r conveniences for the utensils and 

 condiments required. 



A very pretty way and a thoroughly 

 hygienic plan is to have a '''Dutch kitchen" 

 in which all the kitchen utensils are hung 

 in a more or less glittering array from 

 hooks in wide boards against which the 

 pots and pans rest, and where these can be 

 arranged over the sink in a shallow alcove 

 they form a very pretty and sensible 

 kitchen decoration. The sink should be 

 of enameled iron on brackets, - with the 

 drying and drip-tables entirely separate 

 so that they may be lifted out into the 

 room for cleaning. The back should be 

 of slate or some other impervious material. 

 The new all-porcelain sinks and backs are 

 very pretty, but are as yet quite expensive. 



By all means provide the range with a 

 hood, or have the ceiling of the kitchen 

 sloped up to a ventilator, or, what is still 

 better, have the range built into an alcove 

 with an ample ventilator, so that all the 

 fumes may be drawn out and not pene- 

 trate the kitchen at 'all. So much for the 

 utilities. For the artistic it is well to 

 have the windows, or at least a portion 

 of them, as triple or quadruple casements 

 with small panes and a broad shelf under- 

 neath on which a few bright flowers may 

 be placed. 



The pantry should have a place for the 

 ice-box, with a drain to some convenient 

 outlet. A cold-closet may be hung out 

 under a window. This should be tightly 

 enclosed, with the bottom made of slats, 

 and a slat shelf with doors on the inside 

 will be found an invaluable help for cool- 

 ing puddings and keeping things that 

 would melt too much of the ice in the 

 refrigerator or which do not demand the 

 cold of icing. 



The china pantry should be abundantly 

 supplied with glass-fronted closets, and, 

 Avhere steam or hot-water heating is used, 

 should have a hot closet. The pantry sink 

 is best of solid porcelain with a slate or 

 marble back and drip. A good scheme 

 to prevent the dishes being broken on 

 this form of drip is to lay a heavy towel, 

 three or four double, for the dishes to 

 drain on, or to use a rubber drainer. 

 Under the china closets should be drawers 



