Show I LABOR SAVING DEVICES WILL HELP US SOLVE i THE TI-IE SERVANT PROBLEM I It doesn't take a a. very err deep knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of or mathematics or call for tor a a. talent talent talent tal tal- ent for or complex accounting to compute compute compute com com- how much capital would be re required required re- re to yield the pre present Bent high wages of or a a. servant In your OUI house To be sure Bure very likely your servant or servants ants are paid not from the Income of or ofa ora a certain well Invested capital but from i the salar salary that Is earned not far tar In I advance of or the tho payment of or the ant In fact It often oCten happens that the wage that Is to pa pay the servant Benant at atthe the tho end of ot the tho month IB la s being earned I tho the or very week before It Is due Still It t would be only fair to sa say that if It you pa pay a 3 servant sa say thirty five dollars dollars dollars dol dol- I lars a month for tor a year year which which would come como to four our hundred and twenty dollars dol dol- you lars lars you aro are spending an nn amount of ot mone money than would represent tho five I per cent Income on something like I Now if Ir you oU had that amount of ot capital to Invest In something that would do the tho work of or one domestic and do It with less tax on your own nerves and Uld strength then you OU would ha have hato to admit that your our mone money was well Invested And this is Just exactly what a lotof lot lotof of ot people are doing oln They have found that with one ono servant and some five tIc or six thou thousand dollars worth of equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment invested thc they can live lI as ns luxuriously luxurious luxuriously lux lux- urious and as ns leisurely as 08 wad wa possible blo ble with two servants and none nono of ot this saving labor-saving equipment and they have accordingly made the Investment an and have havo been glad of it ever since To be he sure if Ir you ou wash b by electricity a certain cor- cor certain tain amount must be regarded as necessary necessary necessary essary to equalize the cost ost of oC the elec electric current that you OU will wilt need Likewise Like Like- Likewise wise there will bo be wear and tear on your our equipment and a certain amount of or natural depreciation These considerations considerations considerations consid consid- possibly make mako your problem more complicated than it appeared at at first but It t Is not difficult to work it out Well suppose you ou had but four or five hundred dollars to Invest Stop and think whether that would be worth while At five hc per pcr cent that amount would bring you ou about thirty dollars a year and for tor thirty dollars a year ear you OU could get a woman for tor you OU one day once a month for or the year and year and that I 1 would not include the cost of or her midday mid imd-i mid mid-I day meal but simp simply her wage ago of two dollars and a n. halt hall a n. day which Is th the price charged by women most now note for tor heavy work On tho the other hand band for tor five he hundred dollars you OU would be bea beable a able ablo blo to do llo something at least toward bringing your our kitchen up to a n modern scientific basis it would probably do donoro moro more to diminish your work than the tho month day-a-month woman would do Tho The short cut par excellence to simplified simplified sim elm housekeeping Is undoubtedly the clothes t Electric Electric- washer wash There are arc sev sev- several several several eral washers on the marl market et that have havo been so far tar specified as to constitute really first clays s investment Electric Electric Electric Elec Elec- or other dish washers have also proved a short cu cut t to a goo good man many housewives as ns have havo electric stoves andu and Fireless cookers cookers cook cook- u date up-to-date to gas stoves ers intelligently Intelligent manipulated Provo prove a time and fuel saver to many ninny and then there aro are a hundred or so little devices devices de de- de- de vices each one ono of ot which will cut off oft some five or ten minutes' minutes work Whenever whenever whenever when When- ever It is used In this class belong I meat choppers potato peelers egg poachers and silver sll polishers I |