The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-27
Eleanor Frances Household
Letter.
DOMESTIC REVOLUTION OF 1911.

DOMESTIC REVOLUTION OF 1911.
Not every woman realizes that revo'
luton is surely taking place in all matters
that affect the running of the home. One
OF the most marked features of thit
movement to make conditions satisfac'
tory for the housekeeper is the interest
recently displayed by the State FEEDER
ations of Women's Clubs.
THE NEW EXPERIMENT STATIONS.
In several States, notably in New Jer'
sey and Connecticut. experiment stations
have been established for trying out
labor-saving machines of all sorts, and
testing various food preparations. Hun
dreds OF inventions have been patented
for Tightening the labor of dish washing,
cleaning, cooking. etc.. but only few
are adequate for the demands made upon
them, or are built on a scale that fits
them for average homes. Many labor
saving machines are so large and expen-
slve that they are suited only for hotels
and clubs, where they have long been in
stalled, others are too complicated in
their construction, SO are easily put out
of order and rendered useless,
THE AVERAGE HoUsEKEEPER
has neither time nor money to use in
finding out which of these inventions
will tighten her labors and give her the
leisure she covets for reading and social
intercourse. She reads about the proper
proportion of proteids and other elements
that should be supplied by her table if
her family is to be properly nourished,
but without any special training in domes-
tic science most of such information fails
to give her practical help in laying out
her table to the best advantage.
THE CLUB WOMAN.
Just here the club experiment stations
steps in. Manufacturers with meritori-
GUS articles that they wish to sell to
women are only too glad to send sample
to the station free of charge, knowing
that if it stands the test and is endorsed,
club women all over the State-and their
non-clubable friends-will be informed
of the fact, and will buy when they are
assured of the value of the machine,
food or other domestic article Women
can consult the committee in charge
about any domestic problem and get
practical trustworthy information. On
the other hand manufacturers will, it is
hoped, learn from the reports of the
club stations Just what sort of articles
are most likely to answer the require
ments of the women in their home State
and presumably those of others all over
the country
NINETY PERCENT HOUSEWORKE
Ninety percent of the women in this
country do their own work, and are vital
ly interested in any machinery to tighten
their labor or save the drain upon the
husbands earnings made by the increas-
ed cost of all kinds of commodities. The
study of expense is a feature of prime
Importance, that is embodied in all re-
ports made from the new stations. Just
as the sewing machine has superseded
hand-labor in the making of clothes, will
other household machinery do away with
domestic drudgery.
THE OBSOLETE BROOM.
The vacuum cleaner is the most i'm
portant labor-saving device for the home
that has so far been produced by mans
ingenuity, and the time is not far distant
when the broom and other dust-raising in
struments will be as obsolete as the farm
er's hand-scythe. In the quaint little
city of Railway, New Jersey, whose his
tory dates back to Revolutionary days,
community of master workmen engaged
in making famous music boxes, have now
turned their skill to making Regina vacu-
UNI cleaners. When one can procure
double suction hand operated cleaner, so
simple in construction that there is moth
ing to get out of order for less than the
cost of labor for one spring house-clean-
ing, that uncomfortable function will soon
be unnecessary.
IN LARGE COMMUNITIES.
In communities large enough to sup
port them, laundries and bakeries do
much to ease the burden of the house
keeper, but in more sparsely settled
sections, each family must depend upon
it's own resources. Intelligent women
are making use of every domestic ap-
pliance that will help their business of
home running. Motors of various sorts
are used to run churns, as we'll as thresh-
ing machines, and DISTINGUISHING is made
easy by contrivance that not only cleans
the dishes and utensils, but does away
with dish towels, since the dishes dry
themselves perfectly.
ELEANOR FRANCES.
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