House and Garden 
A KITCHKN WITH WALLS FACED WITH ENAMELED BRICK 
French range with a hood which admits light 
skillets, the gridirons and the various sized and shaped 
stewpans. This closet should have an outside window 
if possible for both light and ventilation. 
The Cool Room or Storeroom. — This room 
should be located on the coolest side ol the house and 
away from the kitchen or other chimney. It should 
he supplied with shelves, on one section of which 
doors covered with fine wire cloth are placed -an¬ 
other section will have glazed doors in front of the 
shelves, w hile under a window will be the pastry table 
under which are the tilting flour bins. We advocate 
a piece of heavy plate glass for the top of the pastry 
table, the edges should be ground and it should lie 
on a double piece of heavy white cotton flannel or 
white felt. 
The glass will not absorb grease or acid as mar¬ 
ble will do and is easily kept clean. Re¬ 
newal of the flannel or felt can he made at any 
time. I bis storeroom should be located so 
that the refrigerator in it may set against an 
outside wall or the rear porch, or a passage 
way, so that it may be loaded with the ice from 
the outside without its having to be carried 
through the kitchen or any part of the house. 
Manufacturers of all first-class refrigera¬ 
tors will supply them of any size required and 
with doors for rear loading in such location as 
the architect may designate. 
The Butler’s Pantry.— In the equip¬ 
ment of this room many conveniences can be 
installed to facilitate proper serving of the 
meals. A plate warmer and a steam table will 
be found indispensable to the successful hand¬ 
ling of a course dinner, while on the opposite 
side an ice box for water and other liquid re¬ 
freshments is necessary. In this room also 
should be set up the polishing buffers for 
silverware and knives. The counter shelves 
are frequently covered with plate glass which, 
while clean, is apt to cause more breakage 
than would occur if the hard wood shelf 
were used. These are matters of taste which 
every housewife will solve for herself. On 
the question of sinks for butler’s pantry there 
will be found a varied line to choose from. 
Where the fine china, glass and silver is to be 
washed, some claim that the “planished cop¬ 
per” oval sink is the most satisfactory, be¬ 
cause of its more flexible quality and conse¬ 
quent less breakage of china and glass to be 
charged against it. Others prefer the porce¬ 
lain sink, having a wooden slat frame in the 
bottom or a perforated rubber mat. Either 
of these devices would seem to overcome the 
objectionable features while permitting the 
use of a sink which most certainly looks 
better and really is more sanitary and more 
easily kept clean. 
The Lighting. —The matter of lighting in the 
kitchen and pantries is an important one. The fix¬ 
tures should be so placed that the light is evenly 
diffused and so that no shadows are cast upon the 
range, sinks, serving or work tables. Every closet 
where supplies or utensils are kept must be supplied 
with gas or electric light. If the latter, an automatic 
device should he installed w hich w ill turn on the light 
as the door is opened. Whenever possible such 
closets should have an outside window. 
The fixtures should be without ornament so 
that they can he easily cleaned, as the moisture 
and smoke incidental in the culinary department 
soon coats them with a film which must be fre¬ 
quently wiped off'. 
The Laundry. —The first requirements of the 
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