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Show I '"' THE HOME. H Edited by Miss Hazel Love, A. C.U. H ft tt - H PLANNING THE HOME. H In this connection she notes that H in planning a home it is essential that H the rooms should be located with a H jivicw to convenience in carrying on B household tasks. "Be very careful B in making the plans that you put more B r! H money into convenience than you do B f into4 size. Many a prosperous farmer, H on rebuilding his home, has felt rich H nough to make a house so large that H his wife has not yet found time H enough for its proper care. Not only H arc ttycrc mor9 square feet of floor B to .be swept, but the stcp3 necessary H to Mb' 'the ordinary routine work of H thc'hoUse have been multiplied many H ' tinfcs." B In earlier times the farm house kit- B ch'ciT, commonly the largest room in B the house and usually a pleasant, B homelike room, oft-n served as a din- B ing room and living room as weiU B and one or more of the bedrooms B were' on the same floor as the kibchejn B This meant a saving o time smicu B the housewife had fewer rQeuas ta B for and fewer steps to take tha fe B hc,casc in the more modern &cm- B hdusc with n separate dining room B am! living room and with sleeping 1 rOftnis in the second: story. The m - more modem house undoubtedly has m its advantages and is in accord with H Aim ' H present-day standards of living, but B such an extension of space should be B counterbalanced by convenience of ar- H rangement, the use of labor-saving dc- Hj vices, and all possible household con- B v niences. As Professor Day points out, the M proper location of the kitchen and H dining room, the china closet, the kit- H chen sink, stove, and work table B means a saving of very many unnc- B i ccssary steps and much useless dabor. H If food must be kept in the cellar B I in summer time a dumb waiter with H i two or three shelves running from B nV H 'if tly;ytchen to the cellar is well worth m its cost. Of course, an ice box on the B f H ground floor would avoid the ncccs- H sity for keeping food cool in the cel- H w i an ce ox s use snou H 4iesoji located that it can, be oonven- B it -r i -- - - icntly fiJcd with ice and yet be near the kitchen. Convenient cellar stairs arc much less -common than they should be, and their location, lighting, light-ing, etc., arc questions which should always be taken into consideration in house construction. For use in cold weather "there Should be a pantry on the ground floor in which the food is kept, and this pantry should be within walking distance of the dining room and kitchen. kit-chen. If this is not possible, a box can be turned on its side and fastened just outside the kitchen window and the food kept in it." If your house has been built without care to step saving in the position of dining tabic, sinks, and cupboards, a small table on ra'lcrs, especially if Us capacity is increased by a lower shelf, will be found a great .convenience. .conveni-ence. It can be used to advantage in setting and clearing the table. It is also helpful to have near the sink when the dishes arc washed. They can be put on it and the table then moved! bo the china closet and empt-iudl empt-iudl Mhintjf a. woman who is now tired ff am evening woufd be fresh if she ueeil! (ai wheeled taWe like this and) a Ugh stool at the sink and work fable. , A recent writer who discusses the construction and arrangement of a house that may be conveniently cared car-ed for by the housewife herself insists in-sists that the rooms "in which daily work is done must be centrally located. locat-ed. Bring the living rooms near the kitchen and your own bedroom as close to both as possible." If a dinning din-ning room is the living room as a dining room in winter and a screened screen-ed porch for this purpose in summer is spoken of as an alternative. A cart with compartments and mounted on small wheels is mentioned mention-ed as a labor saver in the -preparation and serving of meals. As jm essential, essent-ial, hot water for bath and kitchen use in summer and winter is insisted insist-ed upon as well as few rooms to take care of, all the rooms being large except the kitchen, for within reasonable limits the smaller kitchen the fewer the steps which will be taken in the kitchen work. The model kitchen has four windows. win-dows. One whot'c side of the room is lined with cupboards some with glass doors, others of solid wood; beneath arc drawers and flour bins. The range stands conveniently near the work table, and there is also a large enameled sink with draining board. Between the large scrccncd-in scrccncd-in porch and the kitchen is placed the refrigerator, being filled with ice from the outside. The refrigerator doors open into the kitchen. Many times a day the cold storage has to be gone to, and this is an important matter, to have it right at hand. You will find that there is not any more ice consumed in a summer than if the ice chest was in the cellar. Why shoujd steps be multiplied in going to it? The kitchen in the labor-saving planned house is small. The more articles you can reach with fewest steps, the lighter your work will be. A narrow kitchen is i great labor-saver. One docs not realize rea-lize this until she prepares a meal in the large square old-fashioned kitchen; kit-chen; the extra steps count as mites in a day. o |