The furniture of the kitchen should not be complicated

The furniture of the kitchen should not be complicated and should be such as to dress and be easy to clean. There should be plenty of cabinets, each for the sake of order, should be devoted to a special purpose. Cupboards with sliding doors are far superior to the toilet. Should be placed on wheels to be moved easily, and that, therefore, not only more convenient, but admit of more thorough cleaning.

Cabinets used for storage of food should be well ventilated, otherwise the election to provide the conditions for the development of mold and germs. Movable racks can be ventilated through openings at the top, and doors covered with very fine mesh that allows air but keep out flies and dust.

For the purposes of cooking, small tables on the high rolling wheels easily, and with zinc tops, are the most convenient and easiest to clean. It was done so well without drawers, which are very apt to become receptacles for a heterogeneous mass of rubbish. If you should have somewhere to keep handy the items that are necessary for use with frequency, an arrangement similar to that represented in the accompanying cut may be made at very small expense. You may also be an advantage to arrange small shelves about and above the range, which may be kept various articles necessary for cooking.

One of the most essential for the provision of a well equipped kitchen, a sink, a sink must be properly constructed and well cared for, or is likely to become a source of great danger to the health of the inmates home. The sink should if possible away from the wall to allow free access to all parts of it for the sake of cleanliness. Pipes and fittings should be selected and placed by a competent plumber.

Great pains should be taken to keep pipes clean and disinfected. To reject all kinds must be kept out. Thoughtless housekeepers and careless domestics often allow water and fat chunks of debris in the table to find its way into the pipes. Drain pipes usually have a curve, or trap, through which water containing no sediment flows freely, but the melted grease which often passes into the pipes mixed with hot water, cool and solid, since it descends, adhering to the pipes, and the gradual build-up to the drain is blocked or the water goes through a very slow pace. A grease-lined pipe is a hotbed for disease germs.