Range Shelves. — Have near the range a shelf to hold the many things needed in cooking, as pepper, salt, and other seasonings, flavorings, and the like, to save steps to the pantry or to the shelves over the kitchen table. Have another shelf covered with zinc on which to put down hot kettles and articles taken fresh from the baking oven.
Rolling Table.—Have made at home or by a carpenter a small, strong table about 2 feet or 2i by 3 feet, mounted on large casters or small wheels, which can be bought at small expense at a hardware store. Have a shelf part way down in addition to the top. When clearing or setting the dining room table load this serving table and draw it to and from the kitchen. Thus one trip will do for all.
Kitchen Slate.—Try making a pro gramme each morning of the things to be done through the day. Or jot down from time to time those that must be done at the first opportunity. You will be surprised to find how quickly these things will be disposed of. When cooking or preparing com pany dinner, make a list of the arti cles to be prepared, and glance at it occasionally.
Homemade Receipt Book.—Have at
hand a blank book in which to paste or copy valuable recipes. Cover this with white oilcloth neatly pasted on. Have a special part of this book or a separate book for menus. This will help to solve the problem of what to have for dinner.
Kitchen Lounge.—Remove the old sofa to the kitchen, and put in its place a modern couch with an artistic couch cover.
Or make a homemade lounge out of a long packing box or tack together two of the right height. Put on a cover with hinges. Line with wall paper or building paper. Make a suitable mattress which may be stuffed with straw, husks, or any convenient material, and cover with any suitable material as cretonne, baize, or calico. Or use washable material, as red-and white bed ticking. The mattress may be adjusted so that the lid can be lifted and the inside used as a re ceptacle for various purposes. While waiting for the kettle to boil, for bread to rise, and the like, drop down on the kitchen lounge and rest. It is just such little economies of strength that in the long run save time and preserve health.