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Il THEKTCH E N -IF AMODE RN WOMAN could, reverse Rip van Winkle's adventure and wake up in a Stypical kitchen of trwenty years ago,.,she woulclhave suprssaplenty in stor for her. She would remnember what she bas almosc forgotten -bow tedious kitchen chores used to be. And chances are, she'd feel. like Cinderella, committed to a -life of drudgery before'a blackc, ogreish cook-stove. Kitc hens wete huge'in those days. Tbey took UP a ýwbole wing of the house. Floors were bleached from many scrubbings and rag rugs mnarked the spots where womnen spent most of their tine - standing before the stove,, the sink and the big çenter table. The cook-stove domninated the roomn. fr5 _massive iron body,,towering high against the. watt andi uimmed. with lavish scrolleries, had to be blackened once a weelc. In many cases it had to be fed with wood or coai. Here the homemnaker established her famne as a hostess. -Wben everything was finally "on", simmnering away, she-could drop into ber riearby rocker to sew- and keep,,an eyeon the oven. During summier mnonths she almnost ioas-ted herseif. along with ber dinner. Milk, eggs and butter were kept in a cellar "ecool spot" and a 4ozen trips down and up had to be m~adeevery day. Ail kitchen work CATCH Es UP to save steps. Color was introduced wo cheer it 4p. And gas and, electricity were put to doing a, variety of 'routine tasks-r asks that they could do more efficently and ii a shorter time. Ugly, blackcook-stoves bécame compact porcelain ranges fueled by electricity or gas and styled for beauty and convenience. Their ovenxs, were insulated s0 asiflot to add to. the heat of. the room. Their heat could be kept autrmaticallyat a given temperature. Meals could be left to cook thetuselves. And the .,.homnemaker carne out of ber, kithen-rto spe nd pleasant afternoons with ber friends.ý Mechanical refrigerators now keep health- fui cold locked up in porcelain cabinets. Motok-driven ventilating fans whisk cooking odors out-of-doors. Automatic mixers whip creamn, mash potatoes, beat Up cakes. Inciner- ators deal with the garbage_ problem. Dishes. can be wâshed and dried electrically-and a* gas-fired water heater in the basemnent provides. ail the hot water needed at the turn ofa faucetè The.Public Service Company bas shouldereéd-- an active rsoibility in- tb e equipping of these new kitchens in northern'Illinoisi.Tbe deveiopment of leisu.re-giving appliances bas, not been ieft to chance.. Because it bas given, much attention to the requiements of cus- trmers, the Com~pany bas been able to offer definite specifications to manufacturers for 72 West: T-W0 DrcA D'E s .NmT aE 6SERtV1C E '0F NORTHERN1IL LUN1I