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Show Labor Savers Still Are Lacking In Many Millions of Oar Homy , x gm : 89 Or FARM HOMES ,t , f HAVE NO ELECTRt6TV i'- V I k 1 .Jlltllifeiti -'' WlliliiiCi ; iWk J lfl.lil;Siilf y : IliWpl 67 OF WIRED HOMES HAVE f 4si 0f WASHERS NO WASHERS J ARE OBSOLETE AND SHOULI ' I J I BE REPLACED PEORIA. 111. Startling facts regard- U? i ' lng use of housekeeping helps in the BLU . .w-- T3 United States are revealed here foi- moaiday I lowing a nation-wide study. Desplt gons! I the American home's reputation as gjnj Jgk ' , tho oest equipped In the world, mil- PEORIA. 111. Startling facts regarding regard-ing use of housekeeping helps in the United States are revealed here following fol-lowing a nation-wide study. Despite the American home's reputation as tho oest equipped in the world, mil-llor.3 mil-llor.3 still lack equipment that would make housekeeping tremendously ca.".cr. at extremely little cost. Only one-third of the electrlcally-wir?d electrlcally-wir?d homes have washing machines Oniy 11 per cent of the farm homes have eloctrlclty. Almost one-half of the wishers are obsolete models. Llvmg conditions are being made easier in the city and on the farm, of course, concedes Silas H. Altorfer. m:!:or ol ABC washers, who points out improvement will come much fastr-r rem now on. In the cities of 26,000 and over, mine i.han. one-third of the residential construction In 1928. the latest year for v. htch we have figures, was one-' family homes." he said. "This means householders are learning rnplcily i'i can operate such places with gre' .'.' ; reduced effort. Drift of popu!;v . ; from the farms to the cities was '.- -In 1929 than In any recent yecr pi' .' .'. that rural living, too. has oeci'V easier. Manufacturing has puiyeo ', part. There is the porcelam i-'-'" Spinner washer to lighten tic; : - : duties. For farms without electii-there electii-there is the gas-englne-operaied (-' Companion. Even kitchenettes r... ' been remembered, with the Apartir -washer, which Is lowered for stoi " i away after use. "In 15.000.000 homes, however" -! modern washer still Is heeded us .' -" ! of the domestic equipment." |