is apt to imagine, individual items amounting comparatively to so little.  But the sum total is usually a rather surprising figure.  And so, remembering that Rome was not built in a day, carefully select those things which are really the essentials of every day, adding the useful non-essentials bit by bit.  The size and number of utensils must be governed by the size of the family in which they are to be used.  Never buy anything of copper for kitchen use, as the rust to which it is liable is a dangerous poison.  There is one utensil only which is better to be of iron—­the soup kettle—­as it makes possible the slow simmering which is necessary for good soups and stews.  It is not worth while to buy knives of anything but wrought steel, which are best cleaned with pumice stone.  Cheesecloth for fish bags and strainers, and strong cotton for pudding bags must not be overlooked.

And so, with kitchen complete, artistic, and satisfactory in every detail, it remains but to emphasize two facts—­that perfect cleanliness is absolutely essential to health, and that she who looketh well to the ways of her kitchen eateth not the bread of idleness.

The following list may be too extensive for some purposes, not suited to others, but out of it the new housekeeper can select what she thinks her establishment will need, and estimate the price of stocking her kitchen with those necessaries which make for good housekeeping: 

1 dozen individual jelly molds........................ $0.60
1 griddle.............................................   .35
1 small funnel........................................   .03
1 large funnel........................................   .06
1 gas toaster.........................................   .55
1 coal toaster........................................   .08
1 gas broiler.........................................   .65
1 coal broiler........................................   .32
1 six-quart iron soup kettle..........................  1.50
1 skimmer.............................................   .14
1 small ladle.........................................   .09
1 porcelain enamel dipper.............................   .40
1 porcelain enamel sink strainer......................   .40
1 towel rack..........................................   .10
1 clock...............................................  1.00
1 puree sieve, with pestle............................   .18
2 galvanized iron refrigerator pans...................   .50
1 dozen dish towels...................................  1.20
6 dishcloths..........................................   .30
1 set of scales.......................................   .95
1 vegetable slicer....................................   .25
2 butter paddles......................................   .12
1 can opener..........................................   .08
1 potato ricer........................................   .25
1 apple corer.........................................   .05
1 chopping bowl.......................................   .15