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 ore than just the room in which to seek a snack, the General's kitchen was a place of such extremes that, for years, it had been kept apart from the other rooms of the house so that its smoke and fumes would not distress polite company. The General's second wife, Mary, at last moved it into the house, having grown weary of food that had grown cold before reaching the table. I have come to love this kitchen for the many modern conveniences which later allowed the General's daughter-in-law Katharine to concoct her delightful "recipes." Its cast iron stove once burned only wood, but has been converted to burn gas. A "home economizer" not only stores flour conveniently at hand, but sifts it as well. An ice box preserves the household's ice, a precious commodity which was unavailable locally, and therefore had to be brought by wagon and sometimes ship from California's distant lofty mountains.
The Finest House on the Harbor | A Threshhold is Crossed | An Office of Some Importance | A Haven for Polite Company | The Family Converges | Feasts of Good Cheer | Delicious Devices | Bower For Blessed Babes | Slumber's Sanctum | Girl's Room | Boy's Room | Intimate Enclave | Lessons to Live By | A Coachman's Treasures | Pleasance of a Shady Glen
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