Excerpt from From Attic to Cellar: Or Housekeeping Made Easy With most of the modern houses that are rent ed the range is usually included when this is not the case, a good range will take quite a little of the amount devoted to the kitchen. Do not forget any of the labor-saving machines 3 rather retrench if need be in the furnishings of the parlor, or the China for the table, than in the kitchen, especially if for economy one is not able to command good service and the mistress must do a part of the work for the household. The kitchen is the foundation of the health and happiness of the family, and every house keeper should have it under strict surveillance, and insist that it is kept neat and Clean. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.