Show white house conference finds lighter housework means better home life modem modern laboi saving de del ices have changed v omans attitude toward tow aril housekeeping they hate hae simplified her tasks and given gisen her time and the to rear children and establish home life on a higher plan it was revealed tn in the dis Icus cus slora of the recent white house conference on ca ild health and protection held recently in washington D C under the auspices ot of Pres president dent hoover homer ti time m e and energy are conserved for p ur aces other than mere house hold routine freed from rom this rou tine mothers may give attention to their children the conference pointed ait oit those thode attending the found that there Is a tendency to ward m more ore mental and less ghisi cal labor tn in limes that housekeeping Is to be considered as a background or ot stage of family life as a means and not an end ena comparing household tasks performed by city and farm women aomen it was shown that the city omen surrounded with laborsaving labor saving saying device devices and commercial conveniences demotes dei rotes less time per week to cooking and dish dishwashing and more time to the care of her children than the farm woman each week the farm woman averages 63 62 hours spent in these them tasks the woman in cities varying from 2 to 50 population spends an average of 51 noun per week wk on household tasks ithone those living in cities vf f more than so population spend 49 48 hotot the average farm woman it U wu was pointed out spends each year hours and travels U 43 tallest miles in carrying water for household purposes in comparing the city woman with the farm arm woman he conference urged that certain outstanding needs 0 of the latter be supplied the farm ana woman should have her ha ing day shortened her manual labor lessened and some effort should be made to raise the standards ot of comfort and beauty ot of the farm tam home it was asserted while more attention should be given alven to sate afo guarding the health of both tann farm mother and her children |