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Show vide welcome extra work space where it is needed. Save steps by organizing jobs so that you stay on one floor of your home or in one area of your apartment until the job is finished if possible. Make sure you're using the most convenient appliances you can afford. Long-handled dust pans, brooms, mops, etc. save much stooping. Two dust mits, one for each hand, speed the cleaning chore. Assemble and keep all cleaning supplies together in a basket. You can sit to iron, clean vegetables, feed the baby, wash the dishes, make marketing lists andi do many other tasks. Store " seasonings, serving dishes and utensils needed at the stove right next to the stove, on easy-to-reach shelves. shel-ves. You may f hid open shelves shel-ves preferable because they make it easier to get supplies. Many utensils such as stirring spoons and pancake turners can be huner on walls near Take it easy, plan work, help heart Here are some tips the Utah Heart Association provides on how to make housework easier. eas-ier. Planned especially for cardiac car-diac housewives who have been advised to "take it easy," these hints are useful for any homemaker who wishes to accomplish ac-complish her many tasks successfully suc-cessfully and still have time left over for family fun and recreation. , . . . Find your own rhymthmic, relaxed way of doing things and stick to it. Playing music while you work may help you relax. Hasty thinking and hasty has-ty working seldom accomplish what you want. Use tables on wheels. They are good for assembling and transporting food, dishes, groceries, gro-ceries, cleaning" supplies, laundry laun-dry and many other . things from place to place. They save heavy lifting. They also pre cluded in a booklet titled. "The Heart of the Home." Your Utah Heart Association, Associa-tion, 250 East First South, Salt Lake City 11, Utah, makes mak-es this booklet available to all homemakers interested in saving sav-ing energy by simplifying their work. the stove. Having a stove with a high oven eliminates stooping. The right height is important. impor-tant. If your sisk is too low, you strain your back by stooping stoop-ing to do dishes. A rack in the sink underneath your dishpan will raise it to a more comfortable com-fortable height. If the sink is too high to sit at comfortably in a chair while washing dishes, dish-es, use a kitchen stool with a comfortable leg rest and preferably pre-ferably with a back support. Scald dishes and let them drain dry. Center your vegetable and fruit preparation around the sink and have knives, strainers, strain-ers, etc. handy to it Sit to iron. The chair should support your back and be a comfortable height to enable you to use the same arm movements move-ments as when you stand. First assemble everything you need within easy reach Place dampened damp-ened clothes at your left (pre-ferabley (pre-ferabley on a portable table) and set a rack to hold ironed clothes at your right. Other helpful hints, a complete com-plete motion study check list and suggestions for efficient kitchen arrangements are in- |