Show BETTER KITCHENS HELP THE HOMES Some Points That Make for lor forI I Convenience Given Prepared by tho United States Department Deportment 0 of A Agriculture In line with suggestions from man many ourOS g for making better homes are several points on kitchen planning from the bureau of ot home economics of If the United States Department o of Agriculture operating co-operating with Better Detter homes In America One Oue of or the first things the homemaker homemaker homemaker home- home maker thinks about In a better home Is a well arranged well equipped kitchen That does not mean that she Is minded kitchen either It means menns rather that she knows where convenience conven conven- fence lenco counts most In a n house In Inmost Inmost most family kitchens at least 1000 meals are cooked during the course of every year car Surely S for any Job that comes conieS as regularly and often as ns getting three meals a day every step step- saving U time saving arrangement possible possible possible pos pos- sible should be Included in the plan and the equipment The points that make for convenience conven conven- lence Jence In the kitchen arc are as follows according to the bureau of home economics First last and all the time In plan- plan fn equipping a kitchen says the w iti J I b 1 S I View of a Way Two-Way Closet Between Dining Room and Kitchen think about the tho work to be S one in it ft If It building or remodeling a kitchen I make ake it oblong and with no more floor space k space than actually needed A kitchen kitch kitch- en en Is a workroom Spaciousness Is V r paid for in miles of useless steps 5 Study the relation of ot the kitchen to the rest of the house Slake Male a direct connection from kitchen to dining room in the comm common m wall wail between them See to it also that there Is easy access to front and und buck back doors to the telephone and to the stairs to the cellar and the tue second floor Arrange Arran e for tOl adequate ventilation In all weathers and for good lighting at atall atall atall all work centers at night as well as during the day Screen windows and doors against household pests Flies Files particularly are a menace to health Choose finishes for tor floor walls and woodwork that are durable suitable in color and can be kept clean easily Select furnishings that fit the wall wan walland walland and floor space and will pay for themselves themselves themselves them them- selves in usefulness Weigh the pros and and cons of in built or movable pieces and compare pi prices ices careful carefully y Make sure that there Is an abundant supply of hot and cold running water and a sanitary drainage system Decide on the most comfortable height of ot working surfaces Group all equipment large and small Into compact work centers for preparation of raw-food raw cooking servIng serving ing lag clearing dealing away and dishwashing and any other activities done regular regularly ly and often In the kitchen Arrange these groups from left to right following the order In which the various Jobs are done lone The kitchen Is above all else a place to prepare and serve serve food Limit the kitchen to this use if possible and arrange for laundering and such work worl to be done In another nother pl place ce |