We have purposely not added up the list to get an aggregate expenditure as it would mean little when cheaper or more expensive materials can be substituted. Therefore we have given but the individual costs which can be combined in the ways you desire. Thus the list is meant to be a nomenclature rather than a hard and fast formula, a _vade mecum_ rather than a crystallized rule of thumb. You may consider some things unnecessary in these lists. Again, the list is a personal compilation, as lists are as yet not machine-made, and the maker has considered what are the essentials to culinary habits. Nor have we mentioned stoves as a consideration of the first tool chest, because the architect or the landlord in many cases has decided this for you. If you need to purchase a stove your choice is usually bounded by the kind of fuel which is cheapest in the place your spouse has necessarily to live. So, although utensils are dependent on the stove and stoves on utensils, we have omitted the stove here but if you read chapters VI, VII, VIII you will get data on ranges and can find out from the manufacturers the present cost. CABINETS AND CONVENIENCES Were we fitting out a kitchen we would either buy a kitchen cabinet or have one built in the home of the steel unit type. We have not included it in the list for fear of being too commanding, and it can be dispensed with if the shelving and hanging room is sufficient; though we venture to say not quite so delightful will be the kitchen atmosphere without one. The kitchen cabinet in steel costs from about $92 upward; in wood $89 up. Devices on which to hang the pots and pans and house the knives in frictionless positions are, too, omitted, because these things vary in price with carpentering and the amount necessary to spend in room and money. It is the only way to house utensils ... in the open air where they are visible and where the arm can reach and where the back is not unrelentingly and unnecessarily bent in the performance of the manifold duties of kitchen usage. The ice-cream freezer is not included as this is not an essential, unless you think it to be one. It is to be had in a two-quart measure from about $4.90 upward, and the gallon is available at $7.50. In some instances we have put an article under two heads; trays, for example. This is done to show you that the two articles in aluminum or tin are equally useful and if the cheaper grade is desirable it is a safe “buy.” The grapefruit knife may be a glaring omission--we hope it is. Yet as it is not strictly necessary we have omitted it. If this little joy is bought, the stainless steel is the best material in which to look for it. It costs about 75 cents. And as soon as the purse is large enough and the manufacturers have come to the point, stainless steel is the best in which to buy nearly every bit of cutlery, as it requires little attention and neither rusts nor stains. Here follow the lists: UTENSILS IN ALUMINUM