Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — Page 3

Home Course In Domestic Science

X.—The Modern Kitchen

By EDITH G CHARLTON.

In Charge of Domestic Economy, lowa i State College.

Copyright. 1910. by American Pre.. Association. CONSIDERING the importance of the kitchen to the rest of the home, It seems strange that it should very often be the least attractive room from every point of view In the house. We find it tucked off in some dark corner with little or no ventilation, its wall and floor covering dark and dingy and its equipment so meager it would be impossible to find any pleasure in working with them.

The kitchen is the workroom of the home. Its arrangement, pleasant or otherwise, very often, gives the keynote of conditions in the home. My idea of a real kitchen is this: It should be as bright and cheery as any room in the bouse. I would much prefer a gloomy parlor than a dark, unpleasant kitchen. If possible I should have a north and east exposure. This would insure sunlight in the morning and a cool breeze on hot summer afternoons. Then I should be careful to have a good view from the kitchen window, something beautiful to look out upon, like a stately tree, a bit of green lawn or a trim vegetable garden. The outlook from kitchens jn towns and cities is too often brick walls of adjoining buildings, untidy back yards or high board fences. From kitchens in the country we often look out upon an unsightly woodpile or barnyard filled with a clutter of old farm implements. With such daily views it is no wonder If the women, who must spend three-fourths of their time in the kitchen, have very little love for housework.

There should be at least two windows and, If possible, an outside door opposite one window in order to have good ventilation at all times. The kitchen should not be unnecessarily large, but its size will depend on the number of persons in the family and the amount of work that is to be done

In it. Too much opace between the different pieces of furniture necessitates too many unnecessary steps. A suitable moderate sized kitchen is about 12 by 14 feet. The kitchen should be convenient to the dining room, either opening directly into it or, still better, having the pantry between the rooms, in the latter case there should be a cupboard with sliding doors opening Into both kitchen and pantry for convenience in setting the table and removing dishes to the kitchen. The cut gives a plan of a convenient kitchen, showing position of windows and doors, also the larger pieces of furniture. In this plan note the position of the refrigerator, which can be reached from the outside so that ice may be put into it without coming into the kitchen. There is also a window In the cool room to which a window cupboard can be attached. This room with its cupboard will take the place of the refrigerator in winter and may be used as a baking room in hot weather.

The eink, with draining board, is located on the side next the pantry. Sliding doors are arranged at the back so that dishes washed in the sink may be placed on the pantry shelves without going into the pantry itself. Another convenient feature in the arrangement of this kitchen Is the position of windows between range and work table, giving good light and ventilation. If possible avoid having a door leading upstairs opening in the kitchen, because in such cases it is almost impossible to keep the odor* of cooking from penetrating to the upstairs rooms. I; Wall and Floor Covering.

The kitchen to be sanitary in every particular should be finished tn some way that will permit of frequent washing- The best wall covering is the simplest and most easily cared for material that can be purchased. There is nothing better for this purpose than sanltas, a material similar to oilcloth. The first cost is a little more than paint or tinting, but when carefully applied It is more lasting. Sanltas is put on with paste in horizontal strips around the room. The edge of each piece must be pasted down securely, and care should be taken to avoid wrinkles. If a tablespoonful of molasses is added to each quart of paste it will stick more firmly. The painted wall is suitable for kitchen and pantry provided a flat finish is given and a color used In preference to white. A glossy surface, par-

Hcularly 'a white one. is hard on the syes and becomes very monotonous. Wall paper is not a desirable covering for a kitchen wall because It absorbs moisture and odors and cannot be cleaned satisfactorily. For the floor the best covering is inlaid linoleum. This to my mind is better than the polished floor, which is always slippery and is bard on the feet Then there Is the painted floor, which has both advantages and disadvantages, chief among the latter being not very durable qualities. The kitchen floor should not be covered with carpet, because that Is insanitary, neither should it be devoid of any covering and so require scrubbing. This is one of the items of work which should be eliminated from the houseschedule. -The white sanded floors,, tables, etc., are attractive to the eye and a joy to a certain type of housekeeper, but they represent too much energy and labor to be included in modern methods. Floors should be covered with some material easily cleaned, and tables, sinks, shelves, etc., should be painted or covered with zinc, tile or oilcloth. The zinc table and the tile sink are a lasting pleasure and lessen work to such an extent that they soon more than pay for the initial cost

Kitchen Furniture. This should be simple, durable and adequate for the needs of the housekeeper. The kind and number of pieces will largely depend on the character of the home. But in every kitchen there should be a good range, at least one work table and a convenient sink supplied with running water and modern plumbing. These three articles should be near neighbors because they are so frequently used at the same time.

Whatever the fuel—coal, wood, gas or gasoline—it should be burned in a good range, one that is perfect in all its parts and equipped with a good baking oven. No part of the housefurnishing is more Important than the kitchen stove and no piece of farm machinery, however necessary, should be bought by sacrificing the new stove. Since the preparation of food for the table Is an absolute necessity in every home, the stove, whatever its style, should be as good as any part of the equipment of the entire establishment 'The work table should be high enough that the worker need not stand in an uncomfortable position while Ironing or baking. Kitchen tables are made thirty inches high, which is not enough for a woman five feet six inches in height and to bend over it, as she always must results in an unnecessary weariness or backache. Either the low table should be set upon supports or a higher one should be ordered. The high stool is a simple piece of furniture which should be in every kitchen. It can be slipped under the work table when not in use and is a convenient seat while preparing vegetables, Ironing and doing the numberless other tasks which can be performed sitting just as well as standing. A clock Is necessary in the kitchen, also a pair of strong scissors, a pincushion with pins and some coarse nee dies and thread, both white and black. These are constantly needed, and it makes unnecessary steps to be obliged to go to the living room for them. It is hardly possible to have too many drawers, shelves and cupboards, and yet these ought not to be used to encourage disorderliness. There is sometimes a temptation to hide away things in cupboards or drawers that would better be destroyed at once than have them add to the task of straightening up later on.

The modern kitchen may have other useful pieces of furniture in addition to the above, if there Is money enough to provide them. Among these may be mentioned a water or electric motor or even a small one horsepower gasoline engine, any one of which will run the washing machine mangle, churn, cream separator and can be attached to th? sewing machine. This little contrivance is not so expensive that it need be excluded from even moderate homes, considering the amount of Work it will accomplish and the strength It will save. When a woman Is obliged to do all her housework It ought certainly to be counted as one of the necessities. The kitchen cabinet with separate compartments for all kinds of groceries and supplies is sometimes preferred to the pantry. It is entirely a matter of personal preference which should be chosen, for both are most convenient Reasonable care must, however, be taken not to leave groceries lying about loosely In the cabinet, for these will attract Insects as well as mice. But the housekeeper endowed with even the most ordinary degree of order may easily avoid such a misfortune.

The electric or gasoline iron is a handy little appliance for making kitchen work lighter and is inexpensive when usefulness and labor saving qualities are balanced with dollars and cents. In the country, of course, the gasoline iron is generally the only one possible, but these have now been brought to a degree of perfection that makes them satisfactory. Ths Use of the Kitchen. One last important point to remember In furnishing a kitchen is that its real purpose Is a workroom, not a living or dining room. A workroom should have its tools conveniently arranged within easy reach of the workman. All utensils and evidences of kitchen work should not be kept tn other parts of the house or stowed away in obscure places in order that the room may be presentable when strangers comd. The modern kitchen is not intended to fill the place of a reception room, and only In exceptional cases should it be used is a dining room.

A TARIFF ON DAYLIGHT

Illuminating Industry Not Sufficiently Protected. CAPITAL FAVORS ITSELF. How Employment Might Bo Found For Millions. of People by a Consistent Application of Protectionist Principles Applied to People’s Needs. Since the protective principle Is such a good thing for our people, giving them plenty of wofk at high wages, It would seem that we ought to have more of it If that principle is true there is one industry at present unprotected which employs about 50,000 people, but which if it were properly protected in the manner hereafter suggested would easily find employment for five or six millions of our people. So that here exists an opportunity for courageous protectionists to earn the everlasting gratitude of the wage earners by consistently carrying out their policy as regards this one industry. The industry I refer to is the illuminating industry. Ido not speak of mental illumination, since that and protection do not go well together. I mean physical illumination, such as that afforded by gas and electricity. Reference to the statistical abstract of the United States for 1907 shows that the average number of wage earners engaged in the gas. illuminating and heating industry in 1905 was 30.566 and that the total wages paid to them was $17,057,917. If to these figures we add those for gas and lamp fixtures and gas machines and meters we should get a total of 41,381 employees receiving a total annual wage fund of $22,828,098. This works out to an average of $551.66 a head, by the way, which is not so bad for a nonprotected Industry and compares favorably with the wages paid in some protected industries, such as cotton.

But I am arguing for protection to this Industry, and my reasons are as follows: Sunlight is on the free list, and so is sun heat They come to us from the east, the very place where all our pauper made foreign goods come from. They flood this fair land regularly year in and year out for one-half of the twenty-four hours with the withering blight of free sunbeams In utter defiance of our protectionist policy and to the great injury of the artificial light industry. How long are we going to allow this condition to last? Supposing England and Germany manufactured this light and not the sun. Would we not shut these nations out? And shall we not also shut out the sun? Cheap goods made by pauper labor are wicked enough in all conscience, but goods for nothing at all,, and such useful goods, too—how can any nation stand that? Indeed, the wonder is that our whole trade has not been ruined long ago. Of course free traders will tell us that cheap light is a benefit to everybody. But did they not say the same of cheap meat, cheap socks and cheap blankets, and did not our people scout the idea? It is the old story again—the perverse stupidity of free traders that prevents them from seeing that It is not cheapness the nation wants, but work—work at American wages regardless of anything else. The light thus dumped upon us by the sun could be made just as well in our own country In our gas and electrical lighting works and would, as above stated, give employment to several millions of our people at American wages, of course. Thus we could be independent not only of other nations, but even of old Sol himself, which, in addition to the economic advantage gained, would be another glorious feather in Uncle Sam’s cap. The way to go about it Is simple. We cannot put an ad valorem duty of 100 per cent on sunlight, nor can we prevent the earth from turning on its axis once in twenty-four hours—not for the present, at least But we can pass a law compelling all householders in the land to keep shutters on their windows In the daytime, and we can draw a thick awning over all towns so as to shut out all daylight. Then there would be a boom in the gas and electric light business the like of which no man ever saw since God first said. “Let there be light” The American match industry, too, would receive a tremendous Impulse, and I have said nothing about the manufacture of awnings, which, instead of employing 3,500 men, as at present would be employing 3,500,000 under the new conditions.

What a boon all this would be for American labor! Of course some will say it would be difficult for men to carry on their multifarious tasks under artificial light But that’s just our point Difficulty is what we want for the more difficulty there is the more work, and have we not already said, that work and everything that makes work is what we are after and that such things as ease and cheapness are things the protectionist never considers—except when he is paying his help, of course. The outline here given is Imperfect I admit but the idea is there, and the reader can develop it at his pleasure. If ever there was a clear case for protection this is it Remember that the light we get from the sun Is doing us as much harm as if it was made in Germany and shipped over here. Remember also that no foreign competition ever ruined American trade one-tenth as much as this solar competition has ruined our illuminating industry. Protectionists, where is your consistency?

THOMAR SCANLON.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. I want to say to anyone needing anything in the Blacksmithing line, that I have employed yMr. Wm. Lowry, an expert horseshoer of wide experience. Also have added a trip-hammer to our machinery department, and guarantee that it will do better work than can be by hand. We also have a new disk sharpening machine, the best there is made. We have now 18 labor-saving machines in our shop, 'Which enables us to do firstclass work on short notice. We are located on the river bank, near the river bridge, or adjoining the Rensselaer Garage. Good hitching place in rear of shop. Respectfully, M. L. HEMPHILL & SON.

BARKING, HACKING, RASPIN' COUGH can be broken up quickly by Allen’s Lung Balsam. This old, reliable remedy has been sold for over 40 years. Ask your druggist about it. PUBLIC SALE OF DAIRY COWS. As I will quit the dairy business, owing to the scarcity of pasturage, I will sell my entire herd of firstclass cows at Leek’s Hitch Barn in rtensselaer, commencing at 2 p. m., on SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1910, 14 Head of Cows and 2 Calves—--1 red and white roan, 4% gallons milk per day, be fresh Sept Ist; 3 Herefords—one 5 years, fresh in 3 weeks; one 3 years, be fresh June Ist, giving 2% gallons per day; one 8 years, giving 7 quarts per day, be fresh in May; 1 red and white roan, 8 years, 2 gallons per day, be fresh in June; 1 red cow, 9 years, 11 quarts a day, be fresh in May; 1 red and white spotted Shorthorn, 4 years, will be fresh in April, a 6-gallon. cow; 1 red and white spotted Jersey, 8 years, fresh by day of sale; 1 red and white cow, 5 years old, giving 3% gallons per day, he fresh in August; 1 red and black spotted Holstein cow, 8 years, 11 quarts per day, be fresh in June; 1 biack and white spotted Holstein, 7 years, giving 7 quarts a day, be fresh in June; 2 black cows, 3 and 5 years old, will be fresh in early summer; 1 red heifer, 3 years old, will be fresh in April; 1 red and white spotted heifer, 11 months old; 1 high-grade Jersey bull calf, 7 months old. These are an especially high-class lot of cows. I have selected them from thirty head I have owned during the past two years because of their excellence. The herd test for butter-fat is 4% per cent. Lots of fine family cows in the lot. A credit of 9 months will be given with approved security, without interest if paid when due; otherwise 8 per cent from date of sale. 5 per cent off for cash. M. J. THORNTON. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk.

Big Public Sale. The undersigned having rented his farm and expecting to move to North Dakota will sell at Public Sale at his residence, 8 % miles due north of Rensselaer, on gravel road, commencing at 10 a. m., on Tuesday, March 29,1910, 17 Head of Horses and Mules— Consisting of 1 Bay Mare years old, wt. 1 Grey Mare 4 years old, wt. 1100; 1 Bay Mare 6 years old, wt. 1100; 1 Bay Mare 3 years old, wt. 1200; 1 Sorrel Mare 4 years old, wt. 1000; 1 Sorrel Mare 5 years old, wt. 1100; 5 Mares coming 2 years old, wt. each 900; 2 Geldings coming 2 years old, wt. each 900; 1 horse colt 1 year old; 2 mules coming 2 years old, wt. 900 each. 17 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 15 Dairy Cows, some fresh, others will be fresh soon; 1 two-year-old steer; 1 two-year-old bull. 30 Head of Sheep—Consisting of 29 Ewes, some with lambs at side, others to lamb soon; 1 Registered Buck. 45 Stock Hogs—Weighing from 40 to 200 lbs.; 6 sows heavy with Pig. 5 Turkey Hens; l Gobler. 7 or 8 Dozen Chickens. 1 Good 5-Passenger Buick Automobile. 1 Large Size DeLaval Cream Separator. Implements, Buggies, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Hog Rack and Hay Ladder combined; 1 Feed Grinder; 1 good double End-gate Seeder; 1 good Binder; 1 good Hay Rake; 1 new Rock Island Corn Planter, 80 rods wire; 1 new 6-foot Mowing Machine; 1 2-horse Weeder; 1 new Disk; 1 new Litchfield Manure Spreader, never been used, 1 Potato Planter; 1 Potato Digger; 1 Sulky Breaking Plow; 1 new Walking Breaking Plow, 14-inch; 1 good 3-sectlon Flexible Harrow; 1 good steel 2section Harrow; 1 Top Buggy good as new; 1 good Buggy; 2 good broad tire Wagons; 1,000 bushels extra good Corn; 12 tons fine Timothy Hay in stack and mow; 400 bushels fine assorted Green Mountain and late Rose Potatoes; 12 stands of Bees, several empty hives, supers and fixtures; Household Goods and other articles too dubious to mention. A credit of 9 months will be given on rams over |lO, with usual conditions; 5 per cent off for cash. HARVEY DAVIBOON. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.

_ tzd —l —— r * * • • X \ \ ' \ \\\ THE OLD CABINET MAKER SAYS: TpHAT the one piece of furniture which combines the highest degree of utility and beauty is the Davenport. When emergency calls it may be opened to serve as a bed and it makes a luxurious one, too. Closed, it becomes a handsome piece of furniture—an ornament [in any room. In our store we have Davenports of many kinds, at many prices. You will have no trouble in finding what you want at the price you wish to pay; and, if you have had experience with the cheaply constructed Davenport, or the old fashioned kind, you will be surprised at the simple mechanism of’the’new ones, and the ease with which they are operated. You can] find any number of pieces of furniture at our store, in which there is so much value for the money, that the economy of buying with us is truly apparent. 0. M. WORLAND'S RELIABLE FURNITURE STORE

Wabash Portland Cement • Great Strength, Durability, Fine Color. Best for Sidewalks, Foundations, Floors, Walls Concrete Blocks, Bridges, Etc. WABASH PORTLAND CEMENT CO. n '" c w»iT's"irX™d Mlch Sold by HIRAM DAY, and O. B. JOHNSON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Remington, Indiana-

DORNBLASER, No. 4664. BLACK PERCHERON STALLION. * Pedigree:—Foaled August 21. 1903, bred by J. D. Dornblasser, Hume, Ill.; owned by John A. Witt, Hillsboro, Ind.; Got by Rabelais 50545, he by Theudis 25015 (40871), he by Besigue (19602), he by Brilliant 111 11116 (2919), he by Fenelon 2682 (38) he by Brilliant 1271 (755), he by Brilliant 1899 (756), he by Coco II (714) he by Vieux Chaslln (713), he by Coco (712), he by Mignon (715). he Jean - iwSHflssK '' Blanc (739). MMmM Dam, Queen 4.463. got MF Ts W nand 17630, he by .Papillion 3 5 5 9 WVatgwi(379), out’ of Mary ,—TrT 8257. Papillion 3559 (379), by Brilliant (710), he by Brilliant 1899 (756), he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin (713), he by Coco (712), he by Mignon (715), he by Jean-Ie-Blanc (739). 2d Dam, La Rosa 3847, got by Confident 3647 (397), he by Brilliant 1271 (755) out of Rose by Coco II (714). Brilliant 1271 (755), he by Brilliant 1899 (756), he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin (713), he by Coco (712) he by Mignon (715), he by Jean-le-Blanc (739). 3d Dam, Rose 3317, got by Cathellneau 8173 (9729), he by Monarque 5149 (2428), out of Paule (9728), Monarque 5149 (2428), by Brilliant 1899 (756), he by Coco II (714). he by Vieux Chaslin (713) he by Coco (712), he by Mignon (715) he by Jean-le-Blanc (739). 4th Dam, Geneve, got by Condroy 5311. he by Charmant. Will make the season of 1910 as follows: Mondays and Tuesdays in Morocco, at the south feed barn. Wednesday and till Thursday noon at home. Friday and Saturday at Hemphill Stud Barn in Rensselaer. Terms: 315 to insure colt to stand and suck. 312 to insure mare to be in foal. Money becomes due when owner parts with mare or moves her from the county. Colts held good for service. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but I will not be responsible should any occur. BEN B. MILLER. 3-m-35 Owner and Manager. WATKINS’ STOCK DIP. Watkins’ Stock Dip meets the well known rigid requirements of all other Watkins’ preparations, sure, safe, simple and satisfactory. The value of dipping stock has been demonstrated so conclusively that there remains for ydu but one question: What dip shall I use? Watkins’ Dip costs you but a penny or so a gallon. You can get cheaper dips but will they give as good results? It is a dip, a disinfectant, a deodorizer, a germicide and insecticide, and a powerful purifier. Use It on your b'orses, cows, hogs and chickens, and see what fine results you get. Try It under our free trial plan and be convinced of its quality. Write or see me as the prices. V. M. PEER, Traveling salesman for Watkinc’ preparations in Jasper county, Kni-' man, Ind.

■ 1 lit!! H-H-l-l I I I 1 I INORTHJDAKOTA | I FARMS : • • The place for a poor man to • • ” get a home easily and quickly, • •• where there are no stumps to • • • • dig, is in the famous spring I •• wheat belt of North Dakota, / ” where two crops will pay for a J J .. farm, in a well settled country, * * ’; with good markets, free rural • • ' ’ routes, telephones, good water. • • j ’ For list of choice farms, • • ” easy terms and prices in Ro- • • lette county, No. D., write * :: GILES BROS./: / ROLETTE, NO. DAK. ” H"M I I I I ! I I | 1 ! 1 j h«|i.|..|. !■ I I | i. HIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIiIIIIIIfIIIim fFarm Insurance! | The Home Insurance Co., of New York = E Surplus to Policy Holders S E ■■ ■ 913,682,821.51 E E Losses paid over One Hundred = Million Dollars • E INSURES AGAINST LOSS BY S FIRE, LIGHTNING, = WIND-STORMS, AND TORNADOES. | E On the Installment, Cash or E S Single Note Plan, and refers E to any of the many thou- x E sands who have been prompt- E ly paid for loss by Fire, £ E Lightning, Wind-etorm or E E Tornado, or to any Banker g g or Business Man in America, S E THE BEST IS CHEAPEST | g INSURE IN THE HOME. I IR. D. THOMPSON, Agent I RENSSELAER, IND. The Democrat and Indianapolis News, each a full, year