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Show A 8 ARE AT LOVE through small-, small-, ai?' est channels will tind its surest way; It waits not state occasions, which mas not come, or may; it comforts and it blesses, hour by hour and day by day." The Kitchen Furniture. The essential articles of furniture (or the kitchen are stove or range, sink and table with cabinet or closets for dishes and supplies and a refrigerator. re-frigerator. A kitchen should be well lighted and airy, for in no room of the house is light and air so essential. In choosing a permanent place for a sink or range, thought and judgment should be used as time an 1 strength will be wasted if they are placed without with-out a right relation to each other. Da not let the dealer or plumber decide: where you are to set your stove or sink, for you are the one to use it and many steps may mean very weary hours when the position is not well chosen. In placing a sink, have It high enough to use so that the back need not be bent while washing dishes. Have a high back to the sink to save the wall and no woodwork to be water-soaked. The kitchen table should be high enough to use without stooping. A high stool is a useful piece of furniture furni-ture to be used to save standing. Many things may be done at the table ta-ble while sitting on the stool. Getting Get-ting vegetables ready, cleaning silver and many processes in cooking. The floor and walls of the kitchen should be finished in such a manner that they can be easily cleansed. Steam loosens paper so that a painted paint-ed wall is very desirable, though it is hard to clean. Oil cloth paper is used by many and if a little glue is used in the paste makes a very durable wall covering, which may be cleaned as a painted wall. A small rocker or a steamer chair in which the tired housewife may drop for a few minutes and relax is a great relief to a tired body. The ideal kitchen Is a small one, just a workshop large enough to perform per-form the work of the household, as too much space means many steps which is a weariness to the flesh. How to Make Round Steak Tender. Let the steak lie in a little sweet olive oil and vinegar, turning it, occasionally. oc-casionally. Let It remain an hour or so before cooking. Broil quickly on both sides to hold in the juices, then cook slower. Serve with butter creamed with chopped parsley and a little lemon juice. Fried Chicken. Clean and scrub the chicken with a small brush, cut into pieces ready for frying, roll in flour and fry in butter and lard until brown, season with salt, pepper and a grating of nutmeg. When cooked add cream to the frying pan. Use a little flour before adding the cream. Strawberry Foam. Crush one quart of strawberries, add one cup of sugar and let stand for a while; beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth with two table-spoonfuls table-spoonfuls of sugar and stir with strawberries. straw-berries. Place on ice until ready to serve. Serve with sponge cake for dessert. A Nice Breakfast Dish. Cut firm, ripe tomatoes into rather thick slices. Dip in flour and egg and fry in butter. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot. This is nice with sausage. Helpful Hints. Dip a cut lemon In salt and rub the Ivory handles of knives, wash immediately imme-diately in warm water, and the handles han-dles will be white again. Coffee stains may be removed by rubbing the spot with glycerine and water. When cutting apples that have worms in them put first in cold water and the worms will come to the top of the water. Use soap In boiled starch by stirring stir-ring the soap shaker through the hot starch. It makes it less liable to stick when ironing. Keep a piece of pumice stone on the sink to rub over dishes that need scraping. It is also a fine thing to use to rub off stains on the hands. Disappointed. "I overheard my husband talking in his sleep last night," remarked Mrs. Trigger to her closest friend. "Oh, how interesting!" exclaimed the friend. "Did he mention some itrange woman's name?" "No," snapped Mrs. Trigger; "he nras dreaming about a baseball game." |