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Show WAGING WAR ON "LADY KILLERS" II pJZ ,l ' i Art - Nothing of the "Lady Killer" About This Equipment. tPrepurd by the United Stales I'.iartment of Agriculture.) An exhibit of "lady killers," the kind found in too many homes, was recently re-cently put on in different parts of the Stale of Washington by the Washington State College extension department and the United States Department of Ag-ricultu Ag-ricultu re. Among the "lady killers" are found the washboard, the sad iron, the scrub brush, the water pail, the short-handled dustpan, the ax, and a number of implements with which many women are obliged to do their work. To offset the "lady killers" was another exhibit of ways and means of lightening work in the home. In this were included "kitchen jitneys" a type j of tea wagon iceless refrigerators, washing machines, plans for simple water systems, lireless cookers, fruit and vegetable driers, oil stoves, portable gas I makers and hydraulic rams. Several manufacturers showed light and power plauts suitable for farm homes at the same exhibit.. Small conveniences costing cost-ing anywhere from 5 to 25 cents were also displayed. Getting more conveniences conven-iences for doing work Into the home Is the aim of every home-demuiistratioii ai:eiit. |