A bachelors cupboard

Then in addition he will need for his table the usual service which would better be of glass — as good as he can afford. It is really surprising what pretty and good glassware may be bought for a mere song. The list includes: I vinegar cruet I oil cruet I water bottle 1 Touraine castor for salt, black and red pepper I mustard pot and spoon 1 butter dish 2 sugar bowls for cut and powdered sugar I celery tray 1 olive tray and the following silver: h dozen each forks, knives, steel knives, dessert and teaspoons 1 sugar spoon and tongs 1 butter knife I glass fruit dish 1 marmalade jar I mayonnaise dish 1 bread tray (preferably silver) I china tea pot and stand I French copper coffee pot (expensive but a joy forever) I chafing dish and accompanying utensils 6 demi tasses 1 nut cracker, I olive fork * dozen oyster forks I carving set. One may get on nicely with these — and possibly may be able to eliminate some from the list. The nut Stocking the Cupboard cracker is useful for breaking lobster as well as nuts, and the picks of course will be included, also fruit knives and orange spoons and after-dinner coffee spoons, if he can afford them. With the list as above, the bachelor may entertain very nicely on a small scale. He may, if he has the time and inclination, pick up veritable treasures at old auction rooms and second hand shops in solid silver and quaint old china that will give his dining service an individuality as strong as his pocketbook will stand. FOR THE utensils and " articles de cuisine," the fol- COOKING lowing list will be found to embrace all the things needed for a very small menage: covered agate kettle mixing bowls tin oven to use over gas colander large frying pans chain dish cleaner small ones covers for frying pans quart measure kitchen knives flour sifter forks basins mixing spoons double boiler measuring spoon oblong baking dns graduated measuring cup small skillets chopping bowl and knife strainer egg beater toaster meat board broiler ladle dish pan skimmer large tin pan pitcher This sounds a lot, but you will be surprised to see the small amount of space they take when neatly hung on the closet door and placed on the shelf that the closet will doubtless contain for their reception, He Stocking the Cupboard must also have a large tin bread box for bread and biscuits. A closet fitted with high shelves for the supplies might have either drawers or low shelves for the cooking utensils. Then let the dishes all be kept protected from dust in a cabinet with a glass door, which may be purchased very reasonably. If that is out of the question, surely the handy bachelor may make his own china cupboard, and have some fair friend fashion a curtain for him to hang in front. THE Now for the supplies which he must keep