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- fTrfHERE arethousands of women who prefer one room witn the joy
' oum bathroom to boarding houses. The majority can't
"jf itV in cpartmet Jiotsk, you fcnoto. jyou ar a ouatne-8
- uwnan, with a yearning for your own things within your own
'four walls, this article will appeal on account of its emphatically good
tense and ite convincing facte. "The photographs are eloquent in their
. beauty and practical worth. Let not the fact that you are "alone" pre
clude the possibility of being comfortable and happy.
Here are the argument in favor of the one-room apartment. Whdl
do you think about itt
By Caroline L. Hunt
y Ow-Mtlo Science Writer, Jamaica Plain. Man.
THEJ .one-room Apartment, which
la iU best form consists of a
' Uvtnj room, -with bathroom end
kitchenette attachments, (s
v Crowing- In popularity, partly, no
doubt, because It gives to the busy
woman who works for her living- the
opportunity to have a home of her
. own and to be the center of a little
hospitality.
- Other reasons also help to create
the demand for these little homes.
One Is the growing unwillingness of
- the fastidious woman, as of the fas
tidious man, to use the same bath
tub that others use. t)f all manlfes-
tations of that Increasing demand for
luxury about which we hear so much
nowadays, and which Is by some peo-
pie considered a menace, the desire
for a private bath may be looked
upon with least apprehension. The
.benefits of "the cool silver shock of
the plunge"' In the morning tub are
doubtless partly psychical or "In the
mind," as we say. For this very
reason they are likely to be lost If
:,, the circumstances are unfavorable;
If, for example, the slightest sus
picion of uncleanllness lurks about
.' the tub, or If the plunge or spray
must be preceded by a long period of
;; tub scrubbing performed with the
consciousness that others are impa
tiently waiting their chance at the
. bath. A bathroom of one's very own
part of the joy -of Irving, ana It
, may also be for the workers of the
world the price of continued health,
or, to use a term which is rapidly be-
. coming hackneyed, continued effi
ciency. Another reason for the growing
. popularity of one-room apartments
Is the difficulty which the working
woman experiences in making her
mtaWmes conform with those of
MENUS
t , inia oepanment win oe tn charge of a different instructor every
month. The vlan will aive the housewife tha httnnfit. nt
experience, and will present topics of
- " By Alice Loomis
Department of Home Economics,
verlty ol Wisconsin.
Unl-
N AMERICAN consul in a Ger
J man city deemed the fireless
' cooker of sufficient Importance
to Include a description of It and a
statement 01 us advantages in nis
"report to his government. Among
the advantages he mentions the de-
crease of suffering of the entire fam
ily where much cooking must be
done in the home In hot weather. ,
If there is not a tireless cooker in
...the house. It will pay to Improvise
one, which will he quite satisfactory
- f of a month or two. The cooker has
- it limitations, but If used Ir.teill
slintly, the family will not beg the
cook to "use the real oven " Baking
' In the oven in more expensive and
usually more bother than bakincr In
' a, small oven over a gas, gasoline,
kerosene or alcohol stove. A radiator
or plate Is required for baking, and
since everythlTig else desired can oe
. done without 'he radiator, it Is not
riK(i.iiopir rn ha va r.na in t Via 1 m r Vi . -
vised cooker. X.Tsually, dt does not pay
4r,e t l a innker fn f r i ' u that -i ri
be boiled In less than half an hour.
If there la not a hot-water heater In
the house, one of the greatest uses of
the cooker Is In heating a supply of
list water. Whenever a meal Is pre-,
pared or the stove Is used, a kettle
of hot water may be placed In tho
, cooker. It will be hot enough six
hstirs later to wash dishes In after a
reld lunch or to heat the baby's milk,
at It Is forgotten, no harm Is done,
as in the case with foods, which will
-tiStniHy-decompose if allowed to cool
Irt" the cooker.
Jn. the following menus, the dishes
' most easily prepared tn the fireless
rooker are marked with a star (.
r. MONDAT
BREUKFAST
. .. B1 Raspberries
'' . 'Wheat Cereal
- " Outlet , Toast
Luncheon
CjjcktB and Vl Salad Creamed Salsify
, 'Rice Pudding;
, " DINNER
i; ' ' fFo Reast TOtt Vegetables
" . r-.lrry-.n4 Cucumber Sid
Oraiae JUisrbet Hermits
- Collet
others. Perhaps she works or plays
(and occasional playtimes are neces
sary -to good work) far into the
sight. If so, she may wish to sleep
through the bieakfaat hour. Or, pos
sibly, she does her best work in the
early morning before the regular
breakfast-time. If so, she tray find
it convenient to have at hand the
means for brewing a cup of coffee,
toasting a' slice of bread or boiling
an egg. (
-' As the demand increases, architects)
and builders are rapidly perfecting these'
miniature homes, and adapting them
more closely to the needs of their ten
ants. To name some of the changes
they have made and the Improvements)
they have Introduced may help to guide
the prospective renter In her choice.
The number of square feet which aa
owner can afford to let out to a tenant
for a given sum is beyond the control
of either party to the transaction. The
division of floor space, however. Is tin
other matter, and this is one of the
particulars In which experience is bring,
lng wisdom. Inexperience says: "Cuf
down everything but the living room,
and make that as large as possible."
Experience, however, cays otherwise. 1
insists that, contradictory though U
may appeal"; the result of taking space
from the living room is often to make
It seem larger. Experience, therefore,
cuts oft first a generous bit of apace fort
the bathroem. enough to give room not
only for the usual fixtures, but also for
a chiffonier or dressing table, shoe box
and soiled -clothes basket, not to speak
of a place In which to dress. It does
th!s!n the belief that a very few feet
added to the bathroom may be the means
of relieving the living room of all signs
of the toilet and of rendering the re
maining space much more available for
living, working and entertaining pur
poses. Similarly, too, a foot or two added t
AND RECIPES FOR A"
interest to alL
TTJESDAT
BREAKFAST
. Com OereU
Tnnon Totst Coffee
LUNCHEON
Creamed Kidney Suocotasll
.v Raspberry Phortcak
DINNER
Ragout of Beef Mashed Potatoes
xotitir Carrots
Plum Bavarian Cream
WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST
Iced Cantaloupe
Creamed Oodflh
Toast
v;onee
LUNCHEON
Salmon Toaf with Temato Sauce
Lelturo Salad Rolls
Prune Whip Iced Tea
DINNER
Breaded VeaJ Cutlets Creamed Potatoes
Younc Oniotii Tomato BaladV
Fruit Tapioca
THURSDAY
BREAKFAST
Grape
Otrel Bacon
Coffee Toast
LUNCHEON
Chowder
Apple Celery Salad
Glncerbread Iced Cocoa
DINNER
Roast Veal Rice
Touns Turnips
Blackberry and Apple Snow
IFBJDAY
BREAKFAST
Apple Sauce Corn Caraal
Scrambled Egta - Toast
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Btuffed Tomatoes' 'Sweet Potatoes
Bwedlab Holla Tea
DINNER
Fish In Casserole Brussels Bp routs
Pea and Carrot Salad Ginger Pudding
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST
Wheat Biscuit and Blackberries
Soft-Bolled Efia
Coffee Toast
LUNCHEON
Macaroni Cucumber Salad
Cookies Tea "
DINNER
Bpleed Ton rue Mashed Potatoes
Cantaloup and Rhubarb Pickles
Creamed Turnips
Oreen Apple Pis and Cheese
the closet may male 1s possible to stow
. away many articles which are used only
occasionally, and which would other
wise have to be kept in the living room.
Remember that the uppermost parts of
the closet can be used for storage pur
poses, and that, therefore, one square
foot of floor space there may provide
three or four times aa many oublo feet
of storage room as the same floor space
in the living room. 51
Nor is lHtle spaoe cut off for an
entryway to be considered wasted, par
ticularly If it makes dt possible to have
two doors between the living room and
the publlo h,all, for the sound of foot
falls has muoh more difficulty penetrat
ing two doors than one, and the air
spaoe co-operates with the doors to ex
clude noise.
The kitchen, on the other hand. Is a
good place In which to economise room.
Unless it Is possible to have a real
kitchen, with back door and all the
other app-urtenances. the space reserved
for the purpose need be little larger
than that required to hold sink, stove
and kitchen cabinet. These should be
so arranged that they will be brought,
ihto view In a row when the double
doors into the living room are opened,
A window Is, however, Indispensable.
If this Is lowered at the bop, a draught
is produced when the stove is in use
which keeps the odors of cooking mov
ing upward and outward Instead of
living-room ward.
The one-room apartment which I
know best measures little more than
sixteen feet square; It is, in fact, hardly
bigger than the parlor in the childhood
home of Its occupant. The total floor
space of 265 square feet Is divided ap
proximately as follows: The living room
occupies J It tie more than half, or 143
square feet (1113); bathroom, 60 square
feet (6x10); two closets, 25 square feet;
kitchenette, 21 square feet (3x7); and
entryway, 26 square feet The living
room is on the corner of the building,
and has windows on two sides.
The bathroom and closets are on one
of the two remaining sides, and the
entryway and kitchen on the fourth
side. The room is, in fact, an isle of
quiet, completely cut off by a continu
ous line of email rooms from the noises
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Off 'hem fhc Livng&oom Und:sirable Sounds
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
Mulberries or
Rice With
Toast
Blueberries
CofT
DINNER
Roast Chicken Bleed Potatoes
Crwuned Peas In Tlmbaies
Green Corn
Orape Sherbet Aui Food Cake
8 UPPER
Tomato Salad
Tont-ue Sandwiches Olives
Iced Tea
Ragos of Beef
Two cups cold beef cut in 1-lnch cubes,
1 tablespoon onion minced fine, 1 cup
stock or 1 cup -water and 1 bouillon
cube, 2 tablespoons fat, butter or bacon
fat, 1V4 tablespoons flour, 1 cup cooked
vegetables diced, 1 teaspoon salt, 4
teaspoon pepper.
Brown the onloa in the fat. Add the
flour and after cooking 2 minutes add
the stock slowly. When thick add the
meat and vegetables. Boll 6 minutes
and place in the fireless cooker for 40
minutes or simmer for 20 minutes.
Here news Macaroni
One cup macaroni in -hich lengths.
1 tablespoon minced onion, 1 cup tomato
pulp' or juice, Vi cup grated cheese,
cup mushrooms or strips of green
pepper, 1 beaten egg.
Cook the macaroni in boiling salted
water until tender. This requires from
to to 30 mlnutea Place the butter In
cooking vessel. Add the other lngre
dlents; except the cheese. Stir until the
mixture is steaming hot, then add the
cheese, stir for a minute more and serve
at once.
Creamed Kidneys
The kidney of veal is almost as deli
cate as the sweetbread. Wash the kid
neys and soak overnight tn an abun
dance of water. Cut thenv open, rinse
well and place In boiling salted water.
Boll 1 or 2 hours on the stove, or, after
6 minutes, place In the flrelees cooker
for 6 hours. Remove the veins and
membranes and cut into dice. Use equal
parts of cream and the liquor in which
the kidneys were boiled. Thicken with
. 1V tablespoons of flour to each cup of
liquid. Add butter and pepper ad
- serve hot. -
Fish in Casserole
One oup cooked flaked fish, 'l' cup
mashed potatoes, J hard-boiled eggs cut
in dies, cup tomato juice, table
spoons butter, 1 teaspoon salt, tea
spoon pepper, oup buttered crumbs.
Tlace the fish, potato and eggs in al
ternate layers In a buttered baking
In neighboring; apartments, whether
of crying babies, rattling dishes or
mechanical pianos. Even, the strains
of "When the Midnight Choo-Choo
Leaves for AlabanV " are powerless to
penetrate.
The rent of an unfurnished one-room
t apartment usually dlffetrs very little
from that of t furnished room of the
same size in a boarding house in an
equally good neighborhood. "When a
'home-seeking woman, therefore, moves
from a boarding house to a" one-room
apartment she exchange furniture and
the . daily care of her room for the
privileges of a private bath and the
advantages of a kitchenette; and if
her Income is small, It may take some
ingenuity for (her to regain what she
has . sacrificed. She may have to
economize her pennies very carefully
in furnishing her rooms, and to count
the steps she takes and the motions
she makes In cleaning them and doing
the necessary housework. Either task,
howevor, is likely to lead her Into
pleasant place, the one Into the fas
cinating seclusions of . second-hand
stores, and the other into the field of
soientlflo management and efficiency.
At least, such has been the experience)
of one ex-boander.
The oouoh is, of course, the one indis
pensable article of furniture, and since
that must be bought first-hand, there
need be little delay about moving In.
After that has been purchased one may
exist for some days without other fur
niture In an apartment already supplied
with the conveniences of the bath and
with closets and cupboards. In the
meantime, one can be prowling about
among the places where household
furniture Is for sale cheap.
The ex-boarder's first , find was a
chiffonier for ft a well-made, substan
tial article of furniture with a good
glass. It Is. stained bright green, to be
sure, after some one's strange fancy,
but this serves to give a sylvan and
not ungrateful aspect to the bathroom,
and 'With the assistance of a palm and
a hanging vase of wandering jew
helps to create an Illusion, that "the
morning plunge" Is taken from the
grassy banks Into a "pood's living
water," instead of into a tub of tap
An antique mahogany corner cupboard
The Opening ofdflou&fcDoor irto fix tocncncffc
WEEK FROM AN EXPERT IlNf COOKERY
dish. Add seasonings to the tomato and
pour over the mixture. Cover with
buttered crumbs, if the dish is baked
in the oven; otherwise omit the crumbs,
place the dish on the rack in the fire
less cooking vessel and surround It with
boiling water. Hodl 6 minutes and place
In the fireless cooker for 45 minutes.
Salmon Loaf
One cup salmon and 1 cup breadcrumbs
or 2 cups of baked fish and dressing, 2
eggs. & cup of milk, lemon sauce or
tomato Juice, 1 teaspoon salt, tea
spoon pepper, 1 tablespoon chopped
parsley, 1 teaspoon lemon Juice. Put In
a mold and set on a rack lnthe fireless
cooker kettle. Surround with boiling
water. Cook 5 minutes and place in the
fireless cooker for 1 hour. Berve with
hollandaise sauce. If salmon loaf has
been disliked because of its dryness, this
loaf will be found to be much more ac
ceptable than tho recipes In which no
liquid is added.
Prune Whip
Soak prunes 48 hours in the Icebox or
soak overnight and cook until tender.
Prunes which have been soaked two
days do not need to be cooked. To 1
cup of the pulp add 1 tablespoon lemon
Juice and the beaten whites of 8 eggs
and 4 cup sugar. Beat until light and
cook in a double boiler 15 minutes or tn
the oven 10 minutes.
Chicken and Veal Salad
Boll a veal knuckle in a small amount
Of salted water to . which 1 cup of
chicken stock has been added. Cool and
cut the meat into half-inch pieces. Add
to an equal quantity of chicken,
marinate In French dressing and chill.
When ready to serve, add mayonnaise
dressing, mix lightly with lA the volume
of celery and serve on head lettuce.
Spiced Tongue
Cover a pickled tongue with' boiling
water. Boil 10 minutes and place In a
fireless cooker for 4 or 6 hours. Re
move from water, sklnand place In a
mixture of half cider Vinegar and half
water to which has been added 1 tea
spoon each of cloves, allspice, . mustard
and pepper. Bring to the boiling point
and return to the fireless cooker for 8
hours, or until it is tender. -This may
be served either hot or cold, and is
especially good for sandwiches. It may
also be used In salad in combination
with celery or cucumbers. . t
Succotash
' BosJk 1 .oup of ttma tk&ne overnight.
XttaJLa, rinse and cover -with boiling.
for $10; a bookcase for $1.60; chairs for
75 cents apiece followed, but the most
interesting article of furniture was a
roomy $6 desk, because it gave a long
desired opportunity to get experience in
wood-finishing. The man who sold the
desk apologised a little for the finish,
assuring the purchaser that when it was
delivered she would be able to see her
face in rt. She received the assurance
calmly, not realizing that the coat of
varnish wmch was to be added would be
like the straw that broke the camel's
back. Layer after layer she removea,'
including the one which had made a
mirror of her desk, using first ammonia,
then a paten varnish remover, and fin
ally falling back on amttlOnJt' She gave
all her spare hours for a week to the
work, and then the desk stood forth In
all the glory of a good piece of black
mahogany. The Joys of varnish remov
ing, it may not be out of place to say
here, are much like those of Ironing
damask, for Just as the hot Iron brings
out the beauties of the pattern of the
cloth, so the scraper discloses the beau
ties of the grain of the wood.
Fallowing the advice of a friend, the
ex-boarder bought two 16-cent cans of
oil stain, one black walnut, the other
mahogany; the mahogany to give
warmth to the walnut, and the walnut
to temper the brilliancy of the mahog
any. With this mixture of stains ap
plied, and followed by a coat of wax,
the IS desk was a most presentable
piece of furniture, except for the top,
which was, unfortunately, made of
cheap pine wood1. This was covered
with two sheets of blotting paper, wood
brown In color, the only neutral tint
that manufacturers of blotting paper
seem to use. The ex-boarder found that
If the blotting paper was carefully fas
tened down with thumbtacks, It re
mained in good condition for months.
The manufacturer of blotting paper
unwittingly helped to determine the
color scheme. The paper was dull green,
and so green and brown, suggestive of
the woods, were decided upon as the
colors for the living room. Mere color,
however, Is a poor substitute for the
real genuine out-of-doors, and the ex
boarder began to look about for some
beauty on the outside which could be
brought in for the decoration of the
water, to which X teaspoon salt, tea
spoon white pepper, Vs teaspoon mace
and Vt teaspoon soda have boon added.
Boll 10 minutes and place in the fireless
cooker 4 hours. Add 2 cups of canned
corn and 1 tablespoon of sugar or 2 cups
of fresh sweet corn. Simmer 10 min
utes. Plum Bavarian Cream
Choose sour wild plums if possible.
Cook 1 quart of-the fruit in water
enough to cover. When eof t put through
a coarse sieve. To 1 pint of the pulp
add cup of sugar the amount must
depend on the acidity of fhe plums.
Soften tablespoons of gelatin in
cup of water and dissolve over hot
water or pour V cup of boiling water
over 2H tablespoons of powdered gela
tin. When the gelatin Is dissolved,
mix -with the plum pulp and cool. When
the mixture s the consistency of very
thick cream, beat with a Dover beater
until foamy. "Whip 1 cup of thick cream
and add to the plums. Beat until thick
and, pour Into a wet mold. Beaten egg
white may toe used in place of the
whipped cream.
Any fruit or combination of fruits can
be substituted for he plums. The
amount of sugar must be varied, and
lemon Juice added If the fruit is not
sufficiently acid. The Bavarian cream
may be served with a fruit or lemon
sauce or with whipped cream.
Blackberry and Apple Snow
Set the fruit with geLatlm, as la the
case of Bavarian cream. Whip until
nearly stiff and mold without the ad
dition of cream or egg white. This
makes' a muoh lighter dessert than the
Bavarian cream..'
Orape Milk Sherbet
1 quart of milk, 1 cup grape Jelly, 1
tablespoon powdered gelatin dissolved
. In 4 tablespoons boiling water, ft oup
sugar.
Warm the Jelly and dissolve the sugar
in it. Add the dissolved gelatin, chill
the milk and add the Jelly mixture to
it. Freeze In a mixture of 1 part salt
and 8 of Ice. x
Tomatoes)
At this season of the Tear tomatoes
ere becoming .quite cheaft. While this,
vegetable does not' ihave much food
value, compared to- bread, potatoes,
eggs and meat, it is valuable for Us
mineral salts and can be used 1n many
appetizing ways. The most nearly per
fect tomatoes may be used for salad,
or they may be stuffed and baked. The
greater part of the food value of a
salad is in the dressing, especially if
the French-or mayonnaise dressing Is
used. Soms people who do .not oars
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sf Cazy Corner
room. Above an ugly row of roofs shs
discovered a line of treetops. Bhades
would cut these off entirely from her
eight, so she decided to reverse the
usual process and to cover the lower
parts of the windows and leave the
upper parts open as much aa possible.
She made two sets of sash curtains, one
for the lower and one for the upper
sashes. The use of brass rings makes
the adjustment of these curtains an
easy matter, and causes the curtains
to be what curtains should be, but sel
dom are a means of regulating light
instead of the means of permanently
Shutting light out in certain places. The
lower set protect her completely from
the gaxe of outsiders, and for this
reason are usually kept drawn. The
upper set are needed only for the regu
lation of light, and are usually thrown
back to reveal the beauties of sky,
clouds and trees.
After the excitement of prowling
about second-hand stores came the in
tellectual Interest of planning her house
work in accordance with those princi
ples which are set down in the litera
ture of efficiency and scientific manage
ment. Many of these principles she had
not grasped, but she had learned enough
to be Impressed with her obUgatlon to
save motions and steps, and to shorten
routes of travel wherever possible. She
early learned not to make one trip to
the front door to set out her garbage
pall and another trip to bring it back
again. Instead, the eoraps, freed from
water, are wrapped In a piece or news
paper and placed outside the door
when she leaves In the morning. In
this way two round trips between kit
chen sink and front door are saved.
After having advised women for many
years not to feel that they must wash
dishes three times a day, she came to
the conclusion that there are circum
stances under which the motions in
volved are greatly increased in number
if the dishes are not disposed of Im
mediately after they are used, if, for
SOLITUDE
TODAY the lorjely woman, who translates her woman's yearning fori a
home into a one-room apartment is considered. Tou see, this page for
gets no type of reader. Milton says: "Solitude sometimes Is best
society." We are at least attempting to make solitude bearable by suggesting
a.suitable environment. Every woman owes that to herself. The one-room
apartment has a practical, enthusiastic advocate in IDss Hunt, who substan
tiates her arguments and suggestions with photographs that convince. We
feel that this page is worth while.
Next week! the big question of "Age and Food," by Mrs. Ida Cogswell
Bailey-Allen, will be presented to Institute readers.
for olive oil can use cottonseed oil,
which Is Just as digestible, and ' one
'fourth to one-third as expensive as the
olive oil. i
Tomato Salad
Wash and scald for 10 minutes in
simmering, not boiling, water. Peel, cut
away a small part from the stem end,
remove the inner pulp and seeds.
Sprinkle with salt. Invert and chill.
vihen ready to serve, the tomato may
bo filled with various combinations,
care being taken to avoid a mushy con
slstency. Sections of the pulp from
other tomatoes may be mixed with
chopped pecans or peanuts and mayon
naise dressing. Chopped green peppers
and celery may be used or celery salt
and very tender cabbage. Equal parts
of diced cucumbers and celery may be
combined with a teaspoon of chopped
pepper for each tomato.
The juice of the tomato, which will
spoil the appearance of the salad,
should not be discarded. It will im
prove the flavor of soups and gravies
and can be substituted for other
liquids in making omelets, moistening
the dressing for fish or fowl and In
meat loaf. One of the excellent ways
of using tomato juice or canned to
matoes, which have not a good shape.
Is to put the pulp through a sieve and
make a tomato salad by the use of
gelatin.
Jellied Tomato Salad
1 pint tomato Juice or pulp, seasoned
with eailt and pepper; , 1"4 tablespoons
powdered gelatin dissolved in 4 table
spoons boiling water; cup shredded
green pepper or celery or diced cucum-
Dlssolve the gelatin In the boiling
water and combine with the other In
gredients. Pour into moist Individual
molds. Wlhen ready to serve, place on
leaves df head lettuce and dress with
boiled or mayonnaise dressing.
Tomato Sauce
!FYr meat loafs, croquettes, etc .
1 pint fresh or canned tomatoes,,
peppercorns, k U square inch , bay leaf,
cloves, H square Inch mace, teaspoon -celery
seed or 1 tablespoon of dried
celery leaves, few grains, cayenne pep-
PCook the tomatoes with the spices
until tender, then put through a sieve.'
Brown 1 tablespoon of chopped onions
In 3 tablespoons of butter. Remove the
onion; add slowly' 2 tablespoons of
flour. Cook for t minutes and slowly
add the tomato mixture.
Bip Tdmato Pickle (Uncooked)'
. jrwo quarts of .tomatoes, peeled and .
-cnoppeo; 1 - tablespoon - celery, seed, 4
tablespoons minced onion, H cup sugar,
VA cups vinegar, teaspoon cinnamon,
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example, room Is limited, as hers Is, It
may be necessary to push the
dishes from place to place to
get them out of the way, thus wast
ing much energy. The ex-boarder has
finally -secured for herself a little din
ing table which can be lifted and placed
by the sink after the meal Is over. After
the dishes are washed they are placed
on this table ready for another meat
"Dust," some one says; but the dishes
are always placed upside down.
Speclflo examples of how She saved
energy might be multiplied . almost in
definitely, but the exJboarder feels that
she learned her best lesson in trying1 to
find a place for her hammer. In iher
father's house the tool chest had been in
a closet off a hall between kitchen and
dining room. Her hall closet, therefore,
seemed to be the natural place In which
to install the hammer and other tools.
In time, however, she noticed that all
the trips for the hammer were long, if
any trip in a one-room apartment can
be so called. Bathroom, kltohenetta
closets, living room were all far from
the hammer. Then she reasoned this
way: The hall closet In her father s
bouse had been In the center of all the
territory where the hammer was likely
to be needed. It was as near to back
porch as to front poroh; to cellar as to
attto. What she should have done, she
decided, was not to put her hammer in
a hall closet Just because her father
had kept his there, but to find" the cen
ter of her house as he had of his. A
drawer in her roomy desk, therefore,
was fitted up as a tool chest. This
serves to emphasise what all of us real
ise In our saner , moments that scien
tific management is not a lifeless set of
rules to be passed from one person to
another, but a llvlhg inspiration to put
intelligence into otie's daHy tasks.
A one-room apartment has not all the
advantages of a house and garden, but
It seems to be the twentieth century re
sponse to the world-old and irrepressi
ble call of the feminine heart for a
fcome.
1 teaspoon ginger, 1 cup diced celery, 4
chopped green peppers, 6 tablespoons
salt, Vi cup .mustard seed, 4 teaspoon
cloves, teaspoon grated nutmeg. Mix
Ingredients and allow them to stand
overnight. In the morning drain off
half of the Juice. This juice may 1
utilised in making tomato sauce. Put
the remainder in glass or stone Jars.
This will keep for several months In a
cool place.
THE IMPROVISED FIRE
LESS COOKER
Materials Needed
1. Candy pall with cever.
2. (A 2-quart, 4-quart or -quart pail
with straight sides and a closs-flttintr
cover. (Covers, which lock are not
necessary, as the weight of the cush
ion will keep the cover in place). f
3. Tern cents' worth of, sheet asbes
tos. 4. A supply of hay, excelsior, shav
ings or sawdust.
6. A few old newspapers and pieces
of pasteboard boxes.
Don't ubs cloth for the lining, as the
steam Is very liable to get out into
the oooker. It is a nuisance to re
move the cloth and lti Is unclean not
to do so.
Pack very hard about four Inches of
hay, shavings, excelsior or sawdust
into the bottom of . the palL Lay
piece of asbestos over it and on this
place the kettle. Place a piece of
pasteboard or folded newspapers
around the kettle to keep the fllllnjr in
shape and outside of this place a
layer of asbestos paper. Pack flUinsr
ln closely about the kettle until oh 'a
level with its top. Cut a piece of
pasteboard to tit over the packing.
Press newspaper over .this neatly. Make,
a cushion of the shape necessary to fill
the space between the kettle and the
cover and fill with packing. Be sure
W!A.E?v-?r i"1"1 cndy ipaTi fits well.
Thl tireless cooker will do as goo
work as the IS or 18 ones without
soapstons. A soapstone may be bought
for (0 cents, but It must be placed on
metal, or there will be danger from
Are. Everything usually done In a
fireless cooker except baking; can be
done without a plate, and baking can
be dona more cheaply and more con
veniently in a small oven than in the
fireless oooker. i
. It the packlnff becomes moist from -steam,
it should not take more than
ten minutes to replace It with clean,
dry material, thus keeping- It in a '
sanitary conditloa frith very . little
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