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Show Labor-Savinjj Davices i The term "Li;,;le Mother" lias never been more loreit ly interpreted in actual ac-tual life than in the following desorip- ' tion, published in Pictorial Revie.v for June. "When I was a little more than si x-teen x-teen years old and still in hih school, Mother passed away, leaving ti me t ie responsibility of looking after a family i I of li.ui father, sister, bi other and I mysejj. .My j rev.ous experience had j be n . onfined to occasionally as.-'isiing I ' at odd times ill t ie hauseh Jd. , j A f e v w.eks' trial seemed to prove that the work was' beyond my string tn and ao.licy. D-feat m.-ant tile breaking up of the home and the tcaltniii-r of' the family. 1 knew that lack of in- j ttrlljgeiit raaiiii(! ernant and txprVier.ee was the faub ; yet 1 did not wish to j give up until I had made a li i d e:fort. I -believed that if each nifui.j,r of the family would cooperate and a system i beevol.ed ihre miiu sail be aj chance. ' The other members of the family j agreed vuln me. 'i hey also agreed that economy in labor was more neces- j sary then in finances ami advised that i I procute any dev ice that might lighten the work of housekeeping. Therefore ' at different tim's and by various j economies, I procured an electric : washer with a power wringer, a vacuum cleaner,, an electric iron, a kitchen i cabinet and a tireless .ooker, as well as a i umb.-r of smaller uie;isil-i for use ! ;n the kitjun. f'ne ftct tin; oar family cir de is ;t.d com.jl-'te s'iows ; the wisdom of these purchases; for by the aid of these l..br s..vers and a system oe vised ai U-r long experiun i.t I have not ( ;. , c.itled in kerpin the home i. :'s .ur.ner stand. :rd, but am able o M r ; i th.in hail the tune, wiui i - .a .:cA eii'jrt ;.nd .with consith lai le .-aving of money. ! I have even ilo ie nijiv of 't'ie woi'k I than hail ever been done at home be-for?; be-for?; forI do all the washing, ironing and houecleaning formerly dore by hired help. i have found by experience that it is the monotony of cer ain kinds of work that fags rather than the actual a- mount of work done. So instead of laboring steadily for four or five hours at my i oning, I find it easier to give it one hour each day for three or four days. I have a regular hour for this, and it comes as natural to iron at that hour as to wash the dishes daily. Breakfast is at G:30 the men getting to their work at 7:-'0. Tney look after the furnace and other chores. My sister sis-ter (aged 11) does the chamber work and washes the breakfast and dinner dishes. This is her share of the housework. house-work. On Monday, I start the washing wash-ing while she does her work. While the first boilerful is boiling, I prepare the nui.it .in.1 vegetables for the evening eve-ning meal. Anything requiring long cooking is at once put into the tireless. Otherwise it is prepared and set aside to put in the cook; r after lunch. Ey ten o'clock the washing is on the line, with no real work except the handling. The bedroom work is out of the way, the dinner is provided for in the cooker and I st li hae t.vo hours before lunch for the regular work. Each member of the family being responsible ft.r Ins o.in indi . idual effects, I have iittle picking up to do. Dinner is at six o'clock, and as it is mostly p.ep ired in the tireless, I ha t .n!y hot biscuit or desert to make foi i:. This is a pleasure. The rest of the wek I iron f on s v-en v-en to eight and i.;ht to half past usi tne vacuum cleaner. This leaves the rest of the morning for the rvg ii..i cleaning of pantries, closets, washing windows, cleaning the bath loom ann the various househol 1 tasks. Ea 'h a'tenioon is thus left free for sewirg, i est t 'r pie:is ; r.'. 1 nave lou:;,t ihat with this system of having a i-cncriu'ed time for t v ry-thing ry-thing a d as many la.or saving device- as possible it h is bee i possible ior even a young girl tj fill all the re-4uii re-4uii jo ents of a large l.oa.e. It has taken the drudgery out of the work and made it a pleasure. |