Kitchens Of Long Ago

The colonial kitchens lasted In aany country houses until about flfty years ago. There are men and women still living who vividiy describe their glories. They we.e )ow, with heavy rafter lighted by smali paned windows, for glass was a luxury in those days. Th chalrs had narrow, high backs and rush seats. There ra, beaides, a rudely shaped "settee." The great wood flre burned lts prodigious back log in the chimney, and was never allowed to entirely die out. Banked with ashes in the evening, thsre was always supposed to be a spark to rekindle into new dames in the Horning. Not long ago a woman diod whose pride it was to say that in the forty yearr of her married life the hearth fire ;3. . once went out. If so diré a i ...anee aróse a child was sent o the nearest neighbor with a shovel to "borrow fire," and írom tha glowing pine knot relighting was again possible. Along the walls were festoons oL drieJ fruits and vegetables.