This glass differs from other glass in the way it is made. In short it is spread over iron tables in a molten state and cut and trimmed to measure. It is made more carefully than other flat glass and of the finest material. It is, of course, very carefully annealed to make it as soft and as little brittle as possible. For the tops of bureaus, dressing tables, desks, shelves, medicine cabinets, etc., it has no equal. It is easy to clean and protects what is under it. Many are using it now for the tops of dining tables and sideboards and serving tables. This is a good way to protect the table and save laundry as beautiful linens shine through the glass and yet do not soil so readily. The same can be said of the glassed bureau scarf and the dressing table where so much may be spilled. Some people who do their own work like plate-glass for the kitchen table. As yet we feel that the brittleness of plate-glass makes the kitchen table a little too temporary, yet while it lasts it is a comfort for pastry work as well as for anything else. For the motor it reduces danger in driving, and looks better. For the house doors and windows it adds 90 per cent. to the elegance of the lay-out. CHAPTER XIX THE BRIDE’S KITCHEN We moderns are so up to date that although we expect our women to marry they know less of the kitchen needs and the infant’s psychology than of the constituencies of the planets’ atmospheres. So to correct some of the deficiencies we are going to list in this article the prices of the necessities of the bride’s kitchen at the present, which you must remember are subject to daily change and can only give you approximate values as this book reaches you months after the data is collected. To-day prices veer so rapidly that we can only hope that they will not veer upward before your kindly eye peruses these pages. Whether you use electricity, oil, gas, or wood should be part of the determining factors in buying utensils. For this reason we will, as far as possible, designate the special uses of these utensils whenever possible or necessary. May it be said at the start that aluminum and enamel (best quality) can be used on any stove. Aluminum is more expensive but doesn’t blacken up on the stove and lives longer than enamels. We will not take up copper, as it is too heavy and costly for the ordinary kitchen and takes too much labor to keep in the brightened condition in which it should be kept. We favor glass whenever it can be substituted for kitchen utensils as the most ideal oven utensil. If your purse can stand it and its initial expense, it will save fuel, time and energy in the end and therefore money. THE LISTS Our omissions in this listing in any case are due to personal experience and choice and also to a feeling that there are many things that can be omitted when the kitchen is started and be put in later when exigencies appear and the income is greater.