Show ToyStory Kitchens The plan of building houses with kitchens kitch-ens at the top however advantageous it may be in keeping unsavory odors from theest of the house is not likely to be I e p O I come general in Washington When the Metropolitan Club was built some sis or eight years ago it was the first building in town of any size to have the top floor given over to the uses of a kitchen At the time the subject was discussed j pro j i and con and many prophesied that the I new idea would be very generally followed follow-ed Time has proved the fallacy of those predictions as the buildings which have since been constructed on a similar plan are few and far between while in private houses there are no kitchens on the top j j i floor except in the handsome brownstone brown-stone residence erected by exsenator I Palmer Last winter the property was leased by Secretary and Mrs Elkins who I though otherwise pleased with the pleasant pleas-ant sunny house have experienced no j end of trouble because the kitchens are on the top floor The servants object as they are cut off from all intercourse with their friends who remain away rather than mount so many flights of steps At the Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Club the cooks j with their white caps and aprons present a most attractive ap I pearance during warm afternoons when assembled for a chat in the balconies un I der the eaves Whatever may be said for or against I kitchens in that portion of the house they will certainly never be popular with the majority of servants who do not re lish the opportunity thus afforded for lookin down on humanity in general Fields Washington I |