1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
27 
A MODEL KITCHEN. 
T he Ledger says that this one was 
neither elaborate nor expensive, 
but just such a kitchen as almost any 
housekeeper might reasonably hope for 
and expect. The vroman who presided 
over it declared that it cost less than a 
couple of new bonnets, aside from her 
ingenuity and faculty of utilizing the 
means within her reach. 
The kitchen proper was very small, so 
much so, indeed, that for years she had 
found it very inconvenient. Opening out 
of it was a room which had been used as 
a sort of catch-all and was really of very 
little account except as a kind of deposi¬ 
tory for odds and ends, Tne space was 
not actually required for either wood¬ 
shed or laundry, as there was an abun¬ 
dance of room already set apart for such 
purposes. The wall was cut through so 
as to make a doorway about eight feet 
wide. It was but little trouble to case 
this up, and a heavy curtain was hung 
there. Into this adjoining room, which 
was about 8x10 feet in size, the kitchen 
sink and pump were moved. A shelf 
three feet wide and eight feet long, with 
a slight pitch forward and toward one 
end, was so arranged as to fill the nar¬ 
row end of the room, the sink being so 
placed that the front corner of the shelf 
projected over it. This furnished the 
necessary drainage. 
The shelf was made of matched dear- 
stuff lumber and put together with paint 
and putty. A strip about an inch wide 
was nailed around the shelf and the 
joints carefully filled in with the paint- 
and-putty mixture. This shelf furnished 
ample room for dish washing and as a 
place for clearing up and putting in or¬ 
der articles taken from the table. At 
one side of the room was a large cupboard 
with doors. In another portion of the 
room stood a wardrobe, which was not 
required for the upstairs rooms. This 
piece of furniture was placed on a thick 
plank foundation in which were very 
heavy castors. A simple push of the foot 
would move it, so there was no excuse 
for dust accumulating under it. In this 
were placed the shawl, cloak, bonnet, 
hat, gloves, rubbers and similar articles 
of apparel required for stormy weather, 
or for hanging up clothes or for other 
duties out-of-doors. The shelves of the 
wardrobe were devoted to kitchen tow¬ 
els, tiblecloths, brushes, house-cloths 
and all of the similar fittings of the 
kitchen. A lower shelf held the kit of 
tools which eve y well regulated house¬ 
hold requires. 
Against one side of the wall s‘ood the 
china wagon, which wiL one of these 
days be considered as necessary a portion 
of the house equipment as the kitchen 
table. This wagon is merely a cupboard 
mounted on rubber wheels and is rolled 
from the kitchen to the dining-room and 
back, and upon it can be placed all of 
the dishes and food when the meal is 
finished, A couple of wood-seated chairs 
made up the furnishings of this apart¬ 
ment. Ther- were a couple of small 
cupboards with doors where cooking 
utensils and the like were kept; the 
windows had wire screens, and the door 
opening from this room to the laundry 
was double and hung on hinges that al¬ 
lowed the door to swing both ways. The 
door between the dining room aud kitchen 
was similarly arranged, and as both were 
made of wire screen, it was a very easy 
matter to keep out the flies. 
The kitchen contained the range, a 
rcouple of tables for dishing up and ar- 
jranging food, and a large closet let into 
tthe wall had shelves for china and glass. 
There was a trim little shelf with a second 
shelf underneath. The upper one held 
the lamps, clock, and a vase or two for 
flowers, for even the kitchen appreciated 
such beauties. On the shelf underneath 
was a work-basket and, don’t be amazed, 
a number of interesting books. A pretty 
rug lay on the floor in front of the shelf, 
and on this were a comfortable rocking- 
chair and a pretty stand with a cover. 
There was not in the whole equipment 
of these two rooms, after they were put 
in order, one single article which would 
attract flies. Every door closed tightly, 
and there was an arrangement which was 
wonderfully convenient, a sliding cover 
over the sink with a drip-way in saucer- 
shape under the spout of the pump. One 
could pump a pitcher of water without 
uncovering the sink. This improved the 
appearance of the room by covering up 
what is usually the most unsightly por¬ 
tion of a kitchen furnishing. The walls 
were painted with several coats, then 
enamel-finished. The moldings were 
very plain and also done in paint and en¬ 
amel. A single dab of a cloth wrung out 
of soap suds would remove almost any 
spot or stain on the wall or woodwork. 
There were shades and, of course, win¬ 
dow-screens and awnings on the.sunny 
side. 
<‘TflE GREATER LEARNING FOR WOMEN.” 
S CARCELY is the delightsome Japan¬ 
ese baby, so beloved of Mrs. Bram- 
halTs heart, become a maid of even ten- 
derest years, ere she is set to learn of her 
future status and duties from “The 
Greater Learning for Women.” From 
Mr. Chamberlain’s translation of this 
basal document Mrs, Bramhall quotes 
freely in the Harper’s series before no¬ 
ticed, From these quotations we abstract 
literal bits, in the hope that our women, 
if they be not convinced as to woman’s 
duties, may be at least edified, and per¬ 
haps made both thankful for their own 
happier estate, and sympathetic with 
their dainty Japanese sisters who must 
tread such a narrow way : 
“The only qualities that befit a woman 
are gentle obedience, chastity, mercy, 
and quietness,” 
“The five worst maladies that afflict 
the female mind are indocility, discon¬ 
tent, slander, jealousy and silliness. 
Without any doubt, these five maladies 
infest seven or eight out of every ten 
women, and it is from these that arises 
the inferiority of women to men. The 
worst of them, and the parent of the 
other four, is silliness.” 
“ A woman should be circumspect and 
sparing in her use of words ; and never, 
even for a passing moment, should she 
slander others or be guilty of untruth¬ 
fulness. Should she ever hear calumny, 
she should keep it to herself and repeat 
it to none ; for it is the retailing of cal¬ 
umny that disturbs the harmony of kins¬ 
men and ruins the peace of families.” 
“Easy is it by reproaches and disobedi¬ 
ence, to lose the love of those who, 
like a woman’s marriage connections, 
were all originally strangers; and it 
were surely folly, by believing the prat¬ 
tle of a servant girl, to diminish the 
affection of a precious father-in-law or 
mother-in-law.” 
“ It is the chief duty of a girl living in 
the parental house to practice filial piety 
towards her father and mother. But after 
marriage her chief duty is to honor her 
father in-law and mother-in-law — to 
honor them beyond her own father and 
mother, to love and reverence them with 
ardor, and to tend them with all practice 
of filial piety.” 
“ As a woman rears up posterity not to 
her own parents, but to her father-in- 
law and mother-in-law, she must value 
the latter even more than the former, 
and tend them with all filial piety. Her 
visits, also, to the parental house should 
be rare after marriage.” 
“ A woman must form no friendship 
and no intimacy except when orderea 
to do so by her parents or the ‘ middle¬ 
man.’ Without her husband’s permis¬ 
sion she must go nowhere; neither should 
she make any gifts on her own responsi¬ 
bility. If her husband should inquire of 
her, she should answer to the point—to 
answer in a careless fashion were a mark 
of rudeness.” 
“ The great lifelong duty of a woman 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething, It is the Best.— Adv. 
is obedience. If only she satisfactorily 
perform her duties as a human being, 
she may let prayer alone without ceas¬ 
ing to enjoy the Divine protection.” 
A portion of the closing exhortation 
reads: “Barents! teach the foregoing 
maxims to your daughters from their 
tenderest years! Copy them out from 
time to time, that they may read and 
never forget them! Better than garments 
and divers vessels which the fathers of 
the present day so lavishly bestow upon 
their daughters when giving them away 
in marriage, were it to teach them thor¬ 
oughly these precepts.” 
And of the whole Mrs. Bramhall says: 
“ Which lines, be it remembered, with 
their demand for a sacrificial death and 
burial of female self, are not lightly 
taught, superficially learned, or easily 
forgotten, but spring readily to the lips 
of old and young, and are worn within 
the heart of the dutiful wife as a price¬ 
less jewel.” 
Men Cooks Better Than Women.—T e 
woman who must depend on her recipes 
for cooking, says Mrs. Rorer, will sel¬ 
dom be a good cook. Women ordinarTy 
care little for cooking, and know so little 
of chemical processes that they must 
depend on a recipe. Men are, as a rule, 
better cooks. What say our readers to 
this ? It is a fact that all or nearly all 
the chefs of the great hotels and restau¬ 
rants, as well as .many of those of our 
wealthy private bouses, are men. 
The Davis Boys.” —One never reads a 
new item regarding the sons of Rebecca 
Harding Davis without thinking what 
these young men owe to their talented 
mother. With a mother who is a writer of 
note, and a father who holds a high posi¬ 
tion in journalism, we should indeed feel 
that they had made a failure in life did 
they not, by continual upward steps, jus¬ 
tify themselves and honor the inheritance 
and the superior advantages which have 
been theirs from the beginning. The 
latest honor which has come to the 
younger is thus referred to by Harper’s 
Bazar: “Mr. Charles Belmont Davis, 
the younger brother of Richard Harding 
Davis, has been for several years a suc¬ 
cessful journalist, and a contributor to 
the magazines, his stories revealing a 
marked individuality. President Cleve¬ 
land has just appointed Charles Davis to 
fill the post of Consul in Florence, The 
choice is felt to be a happy one by all 
who know Mr. Davis, and it is especially 
gratifying to Philadelphia, where L 
Clarke Davis and his gifted wife, Re¬ 
becca Harding Davis, have long occupied 
a distinguished position in literary and 
social circles ” 
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