Trumbull, Laura Helen2017-09-202017-09-201900http://hdl.handle.net/2097/37545Citation: Trumbull, Laura Helen. The ideal dining room. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1900.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: Before treating such a subject as this, it is very necessary for the reader to get the writer’s point of view, as the dining-room which would be ideal for one class of people would not be for another. The dining-room which I am going to discuss is what I would consider ideal for a family of moderate circumstances in the ‘Sunny Land of Kansas’. Our modern dining-room developed from the Elizabethan dining-parlor. No distinction between dining-room and living-room was made until the eighteenth century, and it was not until the middle of the century that they became at all common. Before that time the dining-room was considered unnecessary; but now, among all civilized people, a separate room is set apart in which to dine, as it affords comfort, and it is a well-known fact that food readily absorbs the impurities of the living-room.The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.Dining RoomHome EconomicsTextThesesManuscripts (documents)