Show household conveniences before you buy a so called labor saver consider whether it rill actually save you more labor than the work of getting it out and putting it away and keeping it clean and in order to get out the food chopper to make hash for two is like using a sledge hammer to drive a tack if storage space is at a premium the space it would occupy may be worth more than the convenience in a large family where the vork is correspondingly large a household convenience may be used more mare often than in a small family and so it may be more worth buying however in a large family there are more persons tc do the work and often children may help in such a way that the convenience is not needed and the work is good training for them conveniences should answer a real need should simplify and lep lessen worl work and do it better than in in the old way if a household convenience ve veni I 1 ence does these things it should not be considered an expense but an investment in happy home life and well worth the cost science and invention have contributed many conveniences to ur mr made of livins living and the intelligent housewife should have thes to do tier housework better an mria A P silv |