House and Garden 
THE SERVANTS’ HALL 
Pleasant surroundings—productive of contentment 
The windows should also extend well up to the 
ceiling and cross circulation secured if possible. 
To prevent odors from penetrating to the other 
parts of the house there should be at least two doors 
separating the rest of the house from the kitchen 
department. These should each be well equipped 
with automatic closing and check valve. The sills 
of the windows should be not less than three feet and 
ten inches above the floor line to allow sufficient height 
for sinks, tables, etc., to be placed under them. 
! Make the kitchen as compact as possible and 
arrange the various fittings so that the necessary work 
may be accomplished with the fewest number of 
steps. This results in much time being saved and 
brings to the domestic in charge more serenity and 
contentment, which condition is soon reflected 
in the additional general comfort of every 
member of the household. 
When it comes to the selection of fittings and 
the general finish of the kitchen department 
every housewife will have some very definite 
ideas of her own which the architect will 
always be glad to receive. If the American 
housekeeper realizes, as our European sister 
has done, that the tiled kitchen is not a fad, a 
fancy, or a mere style, but on the contrary, a 
positive hygienic necessity, she will not rest 
until this sanitary precaution has been taken 
in her own kitchen. Every day animal and 
vegetable matter and other foreign substances 
are spattered or spilled upon the floors and 
walls of the kitchen and butler’s pantry. 
Much of this is absorbed by wood and passes 
beyond the reach of the scrubbing brush and 
soon develops countless colonies of 
disagreeable and dangerous germs. 
It is impossible to see these micro¬ 
organisms and it is also impossible to 
wash them out of the wood; but their 
presence is none the less positive and 
their effect none the less pernicious. 
The kitchen, butler’s pantry and the 
laundry should be tiled. Then all 
foreign substances which become de¬ 
posited in the floors and walls can be 
removed by a simple washing. The 
work of the housekeeper is a con¬ 
stant struggle against dirt, whether it 
be the ordinary dust which covers the 
tables and paintings in the drawing¬ 
room or the insidious and dangerous 
germs that are propagated in the 
kitchen. The reputation and pride 
of the housekeeper demand that 
every part shall be neat and clean; 
but the health and perhaps the very 
life of the members of the family de¬ 
mand that the kitchen shall be sani¬ 
tary, beyond the shadow of a doubt. So important is 
this now considered that nothing but the inability to 
incur the additional expense is considered an excuse 
for its omission. 
In selecting a sink from the varied line offered 
for the kitchen, a heavy one of iron, porcelain lined 
is about as satisfactory as any to be found. True, it 
will chip in time, if the iron pots and kettles are 
dropped or thrown into it constantly, but with proper 
care it will give the best of satisfaction and can be 
renewed without much cost after a few years’ service 
if it becomes disfigured. The soapstone sink finds 
much favor with many because it is not easily injured, 
but its appearance is not so cleanly. 
This also can be said of the galvanized and 
THE SERVANTS’ HALL 
The\help is given thoughtful consideration 
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