Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1919 — THIS FIRM HOUSE WILL SAVE STEPS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THIS FIRM HOUSE WILL SAVE STEPS

Kitchen Arranged for Convenlence of Housewife, MUCH WOMAN-POWER WASTED Other Portion* of yome Shown In Thl* Design Have Been Planned for Convenience and Economy. By W. A. RADFORD. /Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and Rive advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only Inclose three-cent stamp for reply. In this age of conservation one of the most appalling wastes Is the waste of woman-power In doing housework — especially housework In the farm home. In the shop and factory, experts are constantly on the watch for any unnecessary waste of effort, to see that human power Is not used for anything that mechanical power, which Is cheaper, could do. The average farm htftne Is run entirely by wom-an-power, the most costly kind of power to be found anywhere, while a little planning and not a great deal of money could put in a new equipment or rearrange the old to relieve an endless amourft of weariness. Take the arrangement of the kitchen. The average woman wastes a lot of energy In useless walking. The kitchen furnishings are arranged around the wall In such a way that she crosses and recrosses the central floor space from one to another. The position of windows, doors and stationary furniture sometimes makes It difficult to adjust things in the most

convenient way, but It would pay every housekeeper to sit down and consider just how things could be planned to require the least walking. Conveniences for Kitchen. A medium-sized house, 20 by 38 feet in size, Is shown here, which has a splendid kitchen occupying the rear corner of the house where it has plenty of light and ventilation from the different windows. The connection between the kitchen and pantry Is intended toßnake these two rooms into a very satisfactory workshop with superior conveniences for doing the housework. There is a bakery work table in front of a targe window in the pantry for making pastry that

takes this kind of work out of the kitchen. Another feature that farm housekeepers will appreciate is the washroom for the men in the entry between the kitchen and the side porch. This entry also provides a good corner. for |he refrigerator. It is not necessary for the men to go into the kitchen at meal time. The entry from the side porch gives a passageway directly into the dining room. However, the kitchen is large enough to hold a small dining table if desired. There are often defects in kitchen furniture and fixtures that make trou-

ble. One of the major worrtea of architect* and contractor* In town la the placing of the' kitchen sink —women seem to be Inexplicably fussy over such a small affair. The kitchen sink, however, 1* not a trifling matter to the woman who uses it three times and more a day; no wonder she want* to have It In the right place. What she generally overlooks and what Is more Important 1* the height at which It Is placed. Not one sink In a hundred Is

set high enough for a woman of average height and the stooping and bending over working surfaces that are too low puts possibly more drudgery Into housework than any other one thing. Arrangement of Sink. - The sink should be adjusted to stilt the height of the woman who la to use it; it should have a short shelf for stacking dishes at the right and a wide drainboard at the left, with a cupboard above; this Is the only arrangement that provides for no unnecessary work In the process of dishwashing. There should ae no cupboard under the sink—It is dark and

hard to keep clean, and It means stooping almost to the floor to reach into it. An arrangement that will be a constant comfort to the housekeeper is a cupboard or closet about two feet wide beside the cook-stove, running from the floor to a height of about six feet, with hooks, racks and shelves for holding cooking utensils, and a similar cupboard for brooms, brushes, car- , pet-sweeper, vacuum cleaner, etc. A, well-planned kitchen cabinet, either a separate piece of furniture or built-in, is a concrete example of a mechanical provision for time and labor-saving; a woman can “turn out a whole baking” without moving a step to reach any of her supplies. The dining room and living room should be finished in the same kind of woodwork, in such a way as to make two very handsome rooms. The built-in sideboard should be constructed of the same kfnd of wood as the base-board, door and window casings and other trim of the dining room and living room. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a bathroom, with convenient clothes closets. Always the bathroom should be built in a farm house at the time of building. It is not absolutely necessary to put in the plumbing until later, but the room should be provided and the pipes laid in the partitions and under the floors, ready to connect with' the fixtures at any future time. The manner of building the roof is economical, because the bedrooms are taken from what would otherwise be waste space. This arrangement gives more room for the amount of money expended than any other style of house.

Second Floor Plan.

First Floor Plan.