Show MRS ROOSEVEL TS KITCHEN the folla of be the for bl I 1 Ir irel mrs roosevelt may personally play housewife or not just as she pleases if it suits her to establish anny personal control of the kitchen itie i tie will find one culinary equipments in the of the best country that be has dome such in Is indicated by her first action on becoming mistress of the white house she did not go about the matter with any blow of horns or flourish of trum pets but she brought her housekeeper from oyster bay who went with her oter the house from garret to cellar after a few days of their quiet in steward sinclair appointed by mr cleveland was told that bis services would be dispensed with and a colored man of the name ot who had long been in mr roosevelt s employ waa put in his place mrs roosevelt herself will have a general oversight of the bouse the servants will be under the supervision of the housekeeper and the jurisdiction of the ateward reduced to its normal brov ince mrs roosevelt a kitchens that Is the kitchens la the dent a house are under the family dining room and butler 8 pantry in the north nest corner of the basement the original kitchen which was used as such from the time that abigail ad ains was its mistress until mrs lan coin s re eline wag in the central part of the basement in which Is now the engine room the areat fireplaces brick ovens and beat lot crannies are still there but the room Is just under the shadow of the wide front porch and must have been a dark place for w ork at its best that was probably the reason why mrs lincoln had it changed to its present bunny corner there are two kitch ensa email one to the west and the main one leading out of it M alch Is about forty feet long by twenty five wide both rooms haie cement floors the nails are wainscoted to the height of six or with allea these rooms are Bup ann every modern kitchen appliance bide of the large bouen over on the covering hooded ranee room la a great provided anil entire wall the almost antl warming baang numberless alth Is a room center ot the in the ovens the rom suspended long deal table and belling directly over it Is a mammoth which are hanging on swing circular ami kettle the choung utensils brass like burnished glass pans side or the the north over on belll ig reaching from are two closets ht hi 1 are parts to floor their upper crockery and filled with and into flour divided Is while the lower with other corn meal and cereal bins and so salt spices for sugar forth side are the adouth the over on while dishwashing and appliances for big win the underneath on the north dowa with their ground glass panes are the bide tables ot the family northeast corner in the Is furnished on a small kitchen the lir or scale in the same ng the danab alter one Is the ger bent up to Is food for the dining room the butlers pantry |