Foods and home making

Light-tinted walls and woodwork also help make a kitchen attractive. Because white suggests cleanliness, white paint is often used on kitchen woodwork, walls, and furniture. Ivory or pale tints also suggest cleanliness and reflect almost as much light. They are attractive. Color makes a kitchen attractive to most persons. What color shall be used on a kitchen ? The answer to this question depends upon the kind of light that comes through the kitchen window. A cold light comes through windows facing north. If the walls of a room with north windows are painted green or gray or blue, one who is sensitive to color feels a chilly atmosphere pervading the room. For kitchens having north or east windows, buff, pale yellow, or pale salmon are pleasing colors. Since warm light comes through windows facing south or west, pale green, gray, or blue is suitable. A dash of strong color often makes a kitchen interesting. Orange voile curtains at north windows suggest a bit of sunlight in a coldly lighted room. Gay chintz curtains or bright pieces of pottery are sometimes pleasing. Painted canisters trimmed with colorful bands or borders may add charm to a kitchen. Ingenuity can be used in making a kitchen attractive. The workroom of a home should be pleasing in appearance. How high should work surfaces be ? Figures 48 and 49 show why the height of work tables should be suited to the height of the worker. No one can do work well in an uncomfortable position. No one likes to do work that makes the back ache. To find the proper working height for a table stand straight 150 Modern Housewifery and hold the upper part of the arm close to the body. Then bend the arm at the elbow. The distance from the floor to the elbow minus two inches gives the proper working height. Of course, if several persons work at the same table, the height of the table should be determined by the height of the average per- son. For the younger girls in school, the work table should be Figures 48 and 49 were planned by a high-school pupil studying home making. The legend of this poster was suggested by The Wisdom of Professor Happy, published by American Child Health Association. 32 to 33 inches. For the older girls a table about 34 inches high is right. A tall person may require a table 36 inches high. We often stir foods when they are cooking. A stove should also be of proper working height. Both stationary and portable wash tubs should be constructed of a height that requires as little back bending as possible. The drain board of a sink is a working surface, and so is the bottom of the sink. The drain Kitchen Efficiency and Charm 15 boards should be somewhat higher than a work table so that the sink is a comfortable height for dish washing. Cupboards are sometimes built with work shelves. These, of course, should be built of proper height. Of what material should kitchen table tops be made ? Grease stains wood. Although wood is hard to keep clean, many Figure 49. A Poster A table of this height rather than that of Figure 48 may mean pleasant work instead of drudgery.