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��Ice is also put into the ice-box through a door from the outside. A small shed-like extension, just large enough for the ice-box, is built nearest the kitchen proper. The doors of the

ice-box open on the inside, but a smaller one opens on the outside to per- mit the iceman to insert the ice fro m without.

���This bottle rack prevents upset milk

��Because this ice-box extension stands out from the rest of the house, it is very cold in winter, so that no ice is then needed.

Another feature of the kitchen ex- tension is the large window opposite the door. In hot weather this can be thrown wide open and netting put in. This makes a very cool place for iron- ing. A gas jet should be placed near

for use with a gas iron, making the work even cooler.

Around the corner of the entrance- stairs is built a cement garbage-hold- er. This con- s i s t s of a small house with a roof over it, large enough to enclose the garbage pail. It can be slipped in or out by means of a door at the side. In the summer, this keeps the flies out and the odors in.

Other small contrivances can be constructed in this extension. For instance, a rack with holes large enough to contain the milk bottles, can be fastened just out- side of the door.

���This garbage-house

keeps flies out and

bad odors in

���This collapsible ta- ble will be found most useful

��This will do away with the nuisance of upset milk ])ottles.

A collapsible table can be hinged under the window, or even a kneading

���This cabinet will save the housewife many unnecessary steps

board. A pair of heavy wooden brack- ets can be built near the ceiling out of reach of the head, for the purpose of holding a step ladder or clothes pole.

Indeed, many little devices can be built into an extension such as this, if arrangements are made for them in the beginning. They are all simple and can be home-built, after the main structure has been completed.

An extension with all these aids will be more than welcomed by the house- keeper. Even those houses which have kitchens of ample size would be helped by such an addition, for it divides up the work, leaving one part for cooking and washing dishes, and the other for storage, food preparation and laundry finishing.

���A door on the outside of this ice-box allows the ice to be inserted from without

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