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House & Garden 
EQUIPPING THE KITCHEN 
The Question of the Proper Tools for Culinary JVork in Three Diffcredit Sizes and 
Types of Homes May Be Settled by These Tables of Prices 
DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH 
W HEN j\Ir. Man-of-the-House goes into 
laisiness for himself great things hap- 
])en. There is much mention of the word 
“equi])ment”, and the hackneyed term “to pro¬ 
mote efficiency” is often used. In other words 
—P’ather is fitting up his office. 
Has he a guilty feeling of extravagance? 
Certainly not! 
Does he completely justify these numerous 
expenditures? Of course, he does. And why 
mannerisms. No longer does she consider it 
more imperative to sit at home to watch the 
pot boil than it is to hear the lecture which 
will teach her to be a more helpful citizen. 
The pot will boil. Never fear! But it will 
be because the pot is of the best style, the 
kitchen range tempered to just the correct heat, 
and the day’s house plan definitely laid out 
by an executive—“Mrs. Man-of-the-House”. 
In the evening then when P'ather comes 
gestions for the housewife who is interested 
in running her establishment in a truly execu¬ 
tive manner. The first list is for a rather 
pretentious home. The second suited to a 
smaller family, and the third for those be¬ 
ginners in household arts—the brides who, 
lacking experience, must depend so utterly on 
“good tools”. 
These figures are based on the latest avail¬ 
able Chicago prices. 
not? 
It has been proven that good equipment does 
promote efficienc}'—trite as the saying is. And 
Father’s business must be made to pay, you 
know, therefore this time-and-labor-saving 
equipment is looked upon as an investment. 
Very simple. 
But what about IMrs. !Man-of-the-House ? 
How about her equipment ? How about mak¬ 
ing her business pay? Foolish, you say. Not 
a bit of it! Her business is making an at¬ 
tractive home. A home to which Father returns 
in the evening, tired after the cares of a busi¬ 
ness day. It behooves her then to put this 
business of hers on a paying basis, so that 
Father will have no real excuse for feeling a 
superior creature. 
No, of course, I don't mean for Alother to 
take in boarders! I mean that if when keep¬ 
ing house, by having the proper working 
equipment you conserve as much energ)- as is 
possible, if you oil the machinery so that it 
runs without hitches, you are making that 
housekeeping pay. 
Let us take an average case. We will say 
that there is a family of four, and that one 
general housemaid is employed. This IMrs. 
]\Ian-of-the-House has a managerial brain. 
home he is greeted by an intelligent, wide¬ 
awake companion, and the table talk does not 
revolve around the trials attendant on the pop- 
overs not popping and that “the flour is not 
what it was six months ago”. Shades of past 
ages! 
Business Methods at Home 
So you housewives of today, hear ye! 
Hear ye! Get joy out of housekeeping! 
(After all it is a most delightful sphere for 
woman.) But do it as an executive. Order 
the mechanism to work, don’t be forever dab- 
Ifling in things yourself. Employ a good maid, 
tell her just what you want to have done, fol¬ 
low it up, see that it is done, l)ut if it isn’t, 
don’t try to remedy the situation by doing it 
yourself. Picture Father trying to type his 
own business letters! As a growing business 
considers an adequate office force a necessity, 
you in your home be sure your working force 
is sufficient. Don’t try to do with one pudding 
pan if three are really necessary, and look 
upon the extra skillet not as an extravagance 
but as a time saving purchase. Mr. Man-of- 
the-House wouldn’t think of doubling up on 
his filing cabinets. 
Following are three lists got together as sug¬ 
For a Pretentious Home 
Kitchen stool . 
Kitchen chairs (2) . 
Kitchen table . 
Kitchen cabinet . 
Refrigerator . 
Fireless Cooker . 
1- qt. lipped sauce pan . 
2- qt. lipped sauce pan . 
3- qt. lipped sauce pan .'. 
6-qt. covered kettle . 
10-qt. preserving kettle . 
Cover . 
8- qt. covered sauce pan . 
5-qt. tea kettle . 
1-qt. double boiler . 
3-qt. double boiler . 
9- cup percolator . 
7" fry pan. 
10" fry pan. 
Heavy skillet . 
Griddle . 
Waffle iron . 
Pudding pans— V/z qt. 
Pudding pans—3 qt. 
Bread pans (3) . 
Sq. cake pans (2) . 
Rd. cake pans (3) . 
Tubed cake pans . 
Biscuit pan . 
Muffin pan . 
Melon mould . 
Pie pans (3) . 
Drip pan . 
She has seen that !Mr. M. O. T. 
H. studies his office force, and 
where it is possible to save their 
time by the use of labor-saving 
devices that they ma}^ better con¬ 
centrate on more important work, 
he does so. Therefore she studies 
her working force and realizes 
that with the best ecjuipment the 
Ijest work can be accomplished. 
Consequently, in the home equip¬ 
ment should be looked u])on as 
an investment. 
The Modern Housewife 
What kind of a Mrs. IMan-of- 
the-House is this, you ask? One 
who wishes to shirk her house¬ 
hold duties the better to be able 
to gad? Bless you, no! She is 
just a modern housewife tre¬ 
mendously interested in her home, 
l)ut one that keeps up with the 
march of progress and realizes 
that the housewife of today is as 
much of an executive as her hus¬ 
band is in the business world. 
And because she does realize this 
fact she is the more interested in 
her home. 
Ah! the Twcaitieth Century 
housekeeper has ^lO time to in¬ 
dulge in any Alice-sit-by-the-fire 
Double roaster . 
Collander . 
Strainer . 
Strainer . 
Measuring cup . 
Funnel . 
Ladle . 
Skimmer . 
Cake turner . 
Spoon—10" . 
Spoon—12" . 
Spoon—14" . 
1-qt. measure . 
Flour sifter . 
Flour dredge . 
Salt & pepper shaker set. 
Biscuit cutter . 
Doughnut cutter . 
Domestic Science cutlery set.. 
Meat saw . 
Cleaver . 
Family scale . 
Apple corer . 
Set skewers . 
Ice shaver . 
Ice pick . 
Can opener . 
Table spoons (6) . 
Forks (6) . 
Knives (6) . 
Teaspoons (6) . 
Knife sharpener . 
Iron pot-roast kettle . 
Lemon reamer . 
Glass butter dish. 
Scallop knife . 
Grape fruit knife . 
Chopping knife . 
Corkscrew . 
Potato ball cutter . 
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