Show HOUSES eftim 0 efm FUTURE E R HICHENS C H E JIL ald J ER BATHROOMS BAT S one of tha dally monotonous task all coffee lal A toa t in to ly s breakfast nook aitho A A i A A A ig in stearl 4 t the i I 1 con elec inary 44 0 x 7 cleancy it 60 lisher the tiresome ara dirty I 1 T modem bat brooms are well ta of and in f W A 0 nd macht nes 11 7 1 16 architectural exhibitions this winter emphasize an over whelming trend toward smaller kitchens and larger bathrooms there Is no particular connect alon between these opposite ten ton dencler den cles except that both bave have sound basis and are interest t ing illustrations ot of american leadership in everything that makes tor for efficiency and good living alvic small kitchens are in general more con aburn i than large ones fifty years ago the tho average american kitchen was often raters the largest room in the house an expanse ot of vast open pace space frequently used as a general sitting room as a laundry and ET as a playroom for or the children distances from one point to another were so great that food preparation became a task re quiring the combined efforts of several persons an inquisitive husband rho trapped strapped a pedometer to hia his s wrist found that she walked more than a ter of a mile while making a custard pie in such an old fashioned kitchen the modern kitchen Is designed tor for the almost utmost conservation of time and energy and the ideal gize size for the average home ac cording to scientists Is an oblong room no moro than 8 by 12 teel feet the oblong shape Is bolter better than the square because fewer steps arc are required in crossing the room from one work center to another science also dictates the arrangement of the 1 equipment everything Is arranged tor for purposes of step saving most alost women work la in a right to left motion the order of their kitchen Is fixed first gathering up the raw food from cupboard and refrigerator second preparing it for the stove third cooking it and serving it fourth removing the dishes washing them and putting them away this fixed order Is reflect reflected cd in the arrangement of the kitchen furniture first refrigerator and food cupboard second work table third stove fourth serving who table fifth sink and dish cupboard adfield the scientists prescribe that the walls shall fleet be lined with all the equipment in the order alered named so that work proceeds exactly like the assembling of an automobile on an endless belt bell and the kitchen of the future will be as mall small as it can conveniently be and meet these requirements biller and bitter boller bathrooms on the other hand bathrooms just naturally tend to increase In creage in size bize and importance the modern bathroom has come to bo be one of the tho most attractive rooms in the house veil well lighted well ventilated and luxuriously equip ped pod and decorated the american bathroom has no precedent in tho the lives and customs of people of other MA 1 2 thae tha ara ar so no barini in bath rooms to copy the bathroom la Is a development of the past 35 years and architects have only oni y recently begun seriously to study the equipment and decorative treatment of this modem modern american room originality in bathroom architecture was held hold back for a long time by the casual and undistinguished beginnings of the room itself A generation ago when a it home owner became converted to its importance as a factor in health and comfort he ho would order one installed in bis his house usually converting conr erting another room a large closet or a back hallway into a bathroom and this attitude toward the bath baa has left its mark upon archil architects lecam an lad ad builders up to very tory recent years in planning clerk new tow houses or remodel remodelling remo delling ing old ones they gave gare the least possible consideration to the bathroom caple it was tucked away in any old corner slad nd grudgingly given a small obscure window times are tha hanging nging however and today architects and builders have begun to realize that the bathroom Is so essential to the well being of the whole family that from the very I 1 con starting of the plans tor for a house it should be A of a part of that home and should receive r Is attention fl of in the houses of the future this particular a oil room will be planned and built as a bathroom arth with more light more air and more sunshine ahn than ever before it will have plenty of space bv and will be frequently equipped with such machinery of health as exercisers weighing out machines and tun sun lamps fiort C of IM science and invention ban havo worked so many miracles in the dally daily life of the twentieth ce n century that people sometimes fall to realize par their supreme contribution to the noble task ct of abolishing household drudgery la in an nour hour the modern home maker can accomplish things 61 7 7 k refrigeration helps every hott to achieve 7 economic 2 that required days and weeks in the days of her mother and grandm grandmother othor first came the electric iron and the att steps ps it saved from the stove to the ironing board and back again amounted to sr several iveral miles a year for or every hone home maker next came the washing machine not only saving time but also contributing to human happiness by abol ashing aching backi backs and cracked knuckles then the vacuum cleaner which at one stroke abolished the tiresome and dusty task of sweeping finally the automatic refrigerator whose possibilities are only just beg be nning to be realized by home makers for it not only saves time and energy but actually takes a part in the preparation of fod adding a long list of intriguing contributions to the dally daily menu the automatic refrigerator has brought a new touch of luxury and attractiveness to the home table it has added a note of color and zest to all departments of domestic hospitality with its aid the technique of food preparation approaches perfection we havo dIsCO discovered that cold Is 13 just as lin pontaut la in the kitchen as heat heal it improves many fruits and vegetables it makes meats more healthful and appetizing it enables the home maker to keep her prepared dishes longer and to do her work further in advance it brings to the ordinary family hundreds of recipes never before within their command it helps every housewife to the achievement of new now successes and now economies the importance of a good refrigerator Is nn an questionable annual yearly waste of foodstuffs foodstuff s in the united states Is 24 20 percent of the total and half halt of this Is waste in the home due to spoilage from frosts desserts tho the first englishman to taste a frozen sherbet was richard tho the lion uon hearted in the year 1111 while he was crusading in palestine he be was treated to this delicacy by the leader Sa saladin ladia richard could hardly believe hia his tongue when he tasted so 10 delicate a dish one of the tall tales told by marco polo when he be came back from his travels was about a frozen pudding thi dat tasted like sweetened snow nobody believed bel eved him until he showed a vienna cook ho v to do it it about years later one of his recipes was used by catherine de do medici as ile lle climax of her wedding feast today with the aid of the automatic refrigerator tte tle humblest home may have with alight slight effort aad and expense dishes which years ago were served only to kings and emperors and to them only on the most important occasion occasions T today CA it Is no more trouble to make maks a biscuit than a rice pudding ilg lade easy aas the bugbear of housecleaning has been practically driven out of american life j y the mod ern spirit of efficiency and labor saving now tools and machines have bavo been developed old implements and materials have been improved and bouses houses are built so 10 that it is easy to keep thia clean the modern washing machine the vacuum cleaner the self wringing mops and dust cloths are instruments which make it a practical working principle to keep clean rather than to make clean if the dally daily household routine Is carefully planned if the jiing of furnishings that are aro easy to keep lean eean are chosen and handled in the right way and U 2 provision Is made tor for keeping all the dirt possible out of the bouse house there Is no longer any need tor for worrying about those periodic upheavals chica used to I 1 ita 1 I 41 t 14 4 bo be known ai as hous housecleaning eclea ing timo the modern woman Is a great A bel believer leTer li it preventive low cleaning clean frig which means a study ot of where ditt dirt comes cowes from anil and an aa effort to stop it before it enters another household invention which Is just beginning to find a wide following among architects and home makers Is the ceicil Ush Rasher in a ques tionna lre mailed maled maletto to 1000 housewives 3 a asking their opinion as to the most disagreeable and monotonous no task la in housework 29 20 mentioned dishwashing it Is a task of course that must be faced three times a day seven times a week 1095 tines times a year no other task la in housework consumes the time required by th ts one operation somebody bag has estimated that an electric dishwasher actually eaves saves the average woman 40 44 working days of eight hour hours each out of every year A dentist scientist has figured that old fashioned methods of dishwashing cost a year tor for P family of tour four people when don electrically th the cost Is 1 importance Import of soil soft wafer water among household hoise hold inventions invention which have cot yet gained recognition architects are now emphasizing the value of water softener water Is so essential in every phase of modern life and it bears such an important relation to health and personal comfort that everyone should know more about those characteristics of water that make mike it desirable or detrimental for or household and personal use water Is the create greatest known to man that Is it will r rily aebly a greater nun num ber of sub substances tian tan any other liquid and ad tor for that reason always contains many imparl ties aa As water alls falls from the sky in the form of rain it gathers up all tle particles of duit dust easke and gases that have risen from the ground and are floating abacut in the air water from springs elle wells or rivers gathers up min eral oral impurities probably the time wll will come whon when water asod in homes will be filtered altered through a water softener to remove the impurities that bardea the water and hamper the lathering qualities tle of soap in the laundry soft valor imparts a snowy now dry and a egweet ling cleanliness to the wash that 11 absolutely unknown to hard water uen users |