September, 
1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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tains a flour compartment which sifts any 
desired quantity of flour by merely pulling 
a lever, and another for sugar which acts 
in the same way. Then there are shelves 
and bottles for all sorts of spices, cereals, 
soda, baking powder, and the like; two 
extension table tops which may be pulled 
out at will; an extension bread board 
which is out of sight when not in use; 
three drawers for knives, forks and such 
implements; a white enameled bread box; 
shelves for cake and cracker boxes; and a 
large compartment for cooking utensils. 
All this takes up no more floor space in 
your kitchen than an ordinary kitchen 
table. It is certainly compactness and con¬ 
venience personified. 
Next to the kitchen cabinet is a little 
white enameled stand. On it are attached 
my electric iron and electric toaster. There 
may be two opinions about an electric 
stove, but there is no question as to the 
efficiency of an electric iron. Think of 
the ease of ironing all day without having 
your iron get cold, or having to change 
irons, or to stop and put coal on the stove! 
Electric irons come in different sizes and 
styles, and when you have selected one of 
a weight suited to your needs you will 
never go back to the old style. The toaster 
stands also on this little table. A glance 
at the picture will show how easily it 
works—by coils of wire which become 
red hot. Six large slices may be toasted 
at a time. 
Beyond the stand is a white enameled ice 
box, lined throughout with white porce¬ 
lain, and has wire shelves which pull out 
to be scalded. It is connected with the 
ether drain pipes of the kitchen, so that 
the bother of emptying an ice-box pan is 
eliminated. 
Use but a little imagination and you will 
see how few steps I take to do my work. 
Suppose I am making a cake. My kitchen 
cabinet stands right between my ice box 
and stove. I get out my mixing bowls and 
measuring cups from the lower part of the 
kitchen cabinet; my spoons, eggbeater. 
etc., from the drawer right above; my 
eggs, butter and milk from the ice box — 
all without taking a half a dozen steps. 
The oven is right at hand when the cake 
is ready, and the sink only three steps 
away when it comes to washing dishes! 
Mary Emery Smith. 
PRATT & LAMBERT VARNISHES 
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Bridceburg. Canada 
Established 65 Years 
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Quality Crops 
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to blanch, serves the purpose. The leaves 
will come up through the top of the tile, 
while the stalks will be in darkness, which 
is the condition required to whiten the 
green coloring matter in the stems and 
make the stringiness of the stalks change 
to that delicious brittleness for which cel¬ 
ery is appreciated. In blanching the ear¬ 
lier part of the crop, leave a small air¬ 
space at the bottom of each tile when plac- 
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