| Show I r If Q g If fi fill lID Q ilK n g A at alt the Changes That Have Come to Family Uy o IK lira the e Co Corn se of Tweety Years Years' I I I Wl TY years ars ago o In a n suburban I T IT TWENTY district of or Salt SnIt Lake Lale a n. family InI in I well-to-do well circumstances built called I I themselves a n house The plans for a n kitchen of or th the tho usual dimensions of ot the da day 16 by 16 feet Anything l less lessa ss I a would have s seem seemed em d crowded for tor the numerous num rous culinary operations of ot tho the household which had not yet et departed from the ways flys of ot an earlier period Thero There was no flO evidence of ot modernity In iii the tho kitchen n furnishings The town had city water w. electric lights and q I Bowers but these improvements did not extend to tho neighborhood whore where a tho the now new house was built builL o owners w ro not troubled b by this fact they I Iliad had not experienced the conveniences and the old ways were good enough for tor them It was in fact fifteen years later when a n married Ilau daughter re returning returning re- re turning from a distant city for tor a n visit to her parents induced them to Install a D. few modern Improvements Though the tho city furnished a good market this family prided itself Itsel on Its prepared home t d foods A small orchard I garden poultry yards ard and barn were on tho the place and provided fruits ve vegetables vegetables vege vege- 6 tables and dairy products for tor tho the taIo ta- ta Io blo In addition this household dried and corned Its own beef beer smoked its v 4 hams put down salt snit pork made cidar p. p vinegar ar soft sott soap and wine trl tried II out Its own lard Jard bought green reen cof coffee o which was browned brown d and ground at home dried apples and stocked the cellar with bar- bar 0 of ot apples and potatoes winter e a. a pickles and preserved d fruits Comparatively little food tood was purchased purchased pur- pur chas chased d at the stores except fresh meat and staple groceries i 1 Harking bac back to an earlier period a v It the ancestors of ot this household had hadi p i been pioneer s settlers and their ways of ot ln lI living had descended with Ith little change save that of abandoning tho the practice of ot spinning and w weaving The I kitchen was vas a mod model l of at Inconvenience and Its furnishings almost primitive In one corn corner r stood a sink and pump I A small cooking stove high cupboard i. i washstand and leaf drop completed ther the tho r furnishings s. All AU this was less than a quarter of ot a n century ago alo and not two miles from the business district of ot Salt Lake Rea Recently Recently Re- Re a that same kitchen ri has been re re- re modeled Tiling and porcelain have reI rc- rc I placed the moth-eaten moth wainscoting and I I. sink fittings s. s A gas range rans-e. kitchen cabinet fireless cooker in built-in cupboards cupboards cup- cup boards water and electricity aro are among the modern conveniences of ot the place lace to which tho the mother of or the family fam ram ily lly grown own old In service to housekeeping housekeep housekeep- ing ideals of ot a bl bygone one da day finds but butone butone butone one objection in her new state of or mind The Thc kitchen Is too large and she sl sighs hs for lor the small buffet quarters of It her daughters daughter's apartment home She no longer lons-er slaves s In the kitchen as in earlier ear ear- Her lier days but spends a few tew pleasant hours there preparing the family meals of food which as far tar as possible Is purchased In convenient form for use From the be beginning this family kept no servants Its women-folks women did the i. i work of ot the house houe arid and were busy about U It from morning until nl night ht They ignored Ignored Ignored Ig- Ig nored ways was that were vere better than their own until age e and tailing falling health made easier living a necessity It was the married d daughter who showed how housekeeping could bo be done in one- one third the time and with one half the labor of ot former days das Once committed d to the Improvements they became a n fad tad with this family which was one of or the first in the tho city clU to own a n fireless legs cooker The mother and housekeeper housekeep r found that she sho could get Jet her cv evening m meal al Tead ready yet have havethe havethe the afternoon for tor neighborhood calls I or entertainment Her cooker has electric elec- elec trie connection though the one she sho I. 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F j k 1 b I ii L 4 e. e P- P ct l- l 2 4 c j 1 L No first tried was Wl a a. primitive o affair soon to be followed tollow d b by the most recent model Nowadays this housewife bal bakes pies cake and bread roasts meat and cooks 5 vegetables es tables with the minimum of ot labor But since the tho family Is still large the theas gas as range is the most valuable asset of the kitchen as a labor and heat sav say er Doing DollIS' nothing b by halves and pleased to find an nn outlet for the accumulated accumulated accumulated savings of or y years ars this household household house house- household hold Installed the latest Improved model It has two baking baking- ovens a broiling oven finished In white porcelain porcelain lain with Innumerable improvements ments designed for tor ease case an and convenience nce A removable oven has glass doors so that the housewife may mar watch her bread or roast without lowering tho temperature of ot the oven b by fr frequently opening the tho door Self basting roasters and aluminum alum alum- mum cooking utensils arc aro among the theother theother theother other modern appliances of or this home homo Paper bag bar cooking cooking- was Introduced In Salt Satt Lake Laka by this family Though unable un un- able to obtain the bags bass here the they sent to the eastern eastorn manufacturers and have tried out the novelty to their own edi edl f cation catlon and that of at man many trl friends Paper bag cooking s seems ms to be the last word In the culinary art Tho The scheme was Invented in Europe and its ad advantages advantages advantages ad- ad vantages are so 50 apparent that cooks and house housewives arc taking ing it up allover all allover allover over thle thie countr country Meats br breads ads ve vegetables vegetables vege vege- e- e tables and fruits are encased in airtight airtight air air- tight t paper ba bags s especially pr prepared and are placed on the he hc gas as oven shelves There the bags are arc left lett until the food Is Is' done The oven fires are aro only turned on halfway and the cooking Is simply simply sim sun ply a a. matter of taking the food tood out at nt atthe atthe the specified time It is claimed that this method preserves the Juices and flavors of ot food and that there Is no rio odor from the cooking I In In the laundry laundr an ele electric washing machine and flatirons have reduced work to a minimum Rubbing and wringing clothes by tho the old hand method have been eliminated The method of ot op operation Is simple After Arter the first batch of clothes is el cleaned the tho lid is raised and the clothes run I through the tho power wringer Into the tho rinsing water A fresh batch of ot clothes Is placed In the washer the tho lid is closed and the machine started The first lot is th then n run back through I Primitive tt ve Lake I t I L I j 11 i r rk k L 1 Li t the wringer on top of or the tho machine removed re removed re- re moved d to the clothes ba basket and hung huns out to dr dry By the time the clothes are hung the second batch Is ready so that with this machine a large days day's washing can be done quickly quick and easily Housecleaning tho the time old-time terror of the tho home has h been en made easy by the tho vacuum cleaner This appliance is of ot recent introduction but its use is now widespread An el electrically operated machine I is In the home homo of or this Salt Lake family and and ork work Is performed L by it in a short time that formerly took weeks to accomplish Chemically treated mop-cloths mop dustless dustless dust dust- less dusters electric toasters and chafing chatIn chat chat- ing In dishes long handled d dust pans and I steam dish washers are among the the theother theother S other conveniences of ot this now thoroughly thor thor- modern home homo The women have I b been cn emancipated from drudgery ory and II I tho standard of ot living commensurably raised |
