The frying-pan, with basket for frying oysters, croquettes, etc., is a very useful article. The support for the basket can be taken out, thus leav ing an ordinary frying-pan. A pan of this kind, nine inches in diameter, costs one dollar. A basket made of wire may also be obtained for frying in this way, but the work is then done in a kettle of fat without the use of a frying-pan. Frying-pans are best made of iron. The granite-ware pans are not satisfactory, as food is very likely to burn in them, unless a large amount of fat is used, which is not always possible or economical.

There should also be a short-handled frying-pan that can be put in the oven if necessary, and another with a long handle.

Frying-Pan.

Frying-Pan.

Frying-Pan.

An omelet pan, with sloping sides, is a requisite if the best results are desired in making omelets.

Frying-Pan.

"Salad-Washer."

One of the latest of useful articles for the kitchen is the "salad-washer." The lettuce is placed inside, and the washer is then closed and well shaken, all the water that may cling to the salad being thus thrown off. Salad-washers may be had in four sizes, from seven to ten inches in diameter, and the smallest size costs seventy-five cents.

Scales are a necessity in every well-regulated kitchen.

Scales.

There are two varieties which are about equally desirable - the old-fashioned "counter" scales and the "dial" scales. The dial scales can be adjusted to the weight of the vessel the article is weighed in by means of a simple screw at the top, and on this account are very convenient.