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Show Do You Remember? .. . By MAUDE H. BENEDICT Do you remember when the kitchen kit-chen was the real living room of the home? The other day, Invited to a luncheon lunch-eon at the home of a friend, we found just such a kitchen. Modernized as to a coal-gas range, refrigerator, and a motor-driven motor-driven sewing machine, the other aspect of this modern old-fashioned kitchen is a charming combination combina-tion of both. One of its outstanding features is its home-invented gadgets, that are the last word in convenience and time-saving. A thing which intrigued in-trigued us is a set of strings hanging hang-ing from the stove rod, on the ends of which are spools, a ring, and other trinkets, for the cat to play with! to brighten dark and dreary days. Another window on the same side of the room is also filled with many varieties of cactus, gathered from Mexico and California. An Ivy spread its graceful leaves over a delft-blue vase, running Its streamers in every direction on the shelf. And in a corner nearby, the sewing machine sets. This Is a work-shop in itself. Cushions for needles, pins, safety-pins, and sewing sew-ing machine needles, each kind having a separate cushion. These can be found and identified in the dark, if need be, as can any other thing in this kitchen of conveniences. conven-iences. A scissors holder shaped like an open-mouthed fish hangs handily by the sewing, machine, the drawers of which are a model! of neatness. Eie-ht-Dennv nails i linoleum reflects the light from the tall windows curtained with tie-backs. tie-backs. With all, this kitchen impresses im-presses one as a place of tranquil and gracious living; a place of step-having, utility plus comfort. A braided rug adds to its cozi-ness, cozi-ness, as does the yellow cat playing play-ing with its ball of string. The spicy odor of fruit cake pervades the room. The owner of the above-described kitchen is a marvelous cook, an artist who models pictures from plastics, and designs plaques, weaves rugs, knits, crochets, runs a high-powered sewing machine, and keeps up a large home for her family. If you need a pattern or a recipe she can get it for you in a moment. She is Katherine Davies, of whom you may soon hear much in the field of entertainment. Remembering the answer to last So we began to explore, and these are some of the unusuals we found: On the gas pipe behind the stove, bent wire hooks (homemade) (home-made) for hanging the stove poker, a whisk broom and similar articles most frequently used near a stove. A low shelf, overhanging the table, holds an old-fashioned cruet-stand; cruet-stand; an oblong cracker dish, like a small trough, just wide enough to hold the regular sized cracker, placed diamond shape. A toothpick tooth-pick holder, salt and peppers, a small vase of blue home-made flowers, and a mustard pot. A small, low table for the electric elec-tric toaster, a set of shelves held neatly - folded wrapping paper, shopping bags, and string saved from every package that came in the house. String made into balls, always at hand when needed. The top shelf came flush with a long, deep window, the ledge of which had been widened to hold a veritable garden of flowering and beautiful leafed plants, in every size, shape and color of artistic flower-pot. The southern exposure let all the sunshine through, making mak-ing a lovely picture in the kitchen punched through cardboard make a neat holder for spools of thread. No tangled thread in this drawer! Another for buttons only, and one for hooks and eyes, zippers and all kinds of fasteners. Patterns have a special bag made of mosquito netting, so the wanted pattern may be found without with-out the usual trouble of hunting through a lot of unwanted ones. Under the "leaf" of the machine a neatly-covered box holds every kind of quilt block pieces, rug materials ma-terials and patches. The housewife says she can put a patch on while you wait. (Our family usually waits, too, while we mend a sock, as they yell for it from the bathtub). A crochet bag hangs on an end table near the sewing center, and a wicker mending mend-ing basket rests near the low rocking rock-ing chair, conveniently close to remind re-mind you that you may darn while you rest! The chair, by the way, is so comfortable you hate to leave it. A pencil sharpener, knife sharpener, sharp-ener, and can opener are attached to a corner table where also is found the food grinder. (We told lend more utility and charm to this room. There is no sense of crowding crowd-ing here; the room is large and well spaced for furnishings. Warm-toned week s quiz poem nappiness lei us look for it, think it, and we shall eventually secure it for ourselves. our-selves. Do you remember? her the can opener would have a nice rest since we are rationed on canned goods). There is a low ladder lad-der too for the rather short, on the heavy side, housewife. A small radio adds another modern touch, where one may work and still not miss the favorite programs. A cuckoo clock and a waste basket |