New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
Why Su07agtts cAdvocate Home Efficiency

wife and mother has leisure, strength and
vitality to give genuine companionshlp to her
husband, wise comradeship and guidance 10 her
children and to keep alive her interest IN the
outer world while she takes from j. the bes!
it has to offer for her home.
And, as always, the home is the unit Of
civilization, the training school for all women
can do in the world. Only the woman who mas
learned to manage her household according
to the principles Of economy and efficiency can can
take an intelligent interest in the way puoN
affairs are managed.
FROM INDIVIDUAL TO PUBLIC ISSUES
The woman whose house is disorderly and
whose notion Of cleanliness is 70 manipulsH
broom and dustpan is not likely 70 De
close observer of the condition Of the streeS
and public places. But the woman who owns
and uses a vacuum cleaner and who condues
her household on the vacuum cleaner BASIS -
likely to observe very closely the manner Ii
which public cleanliness is maintained .,
The woman who manages her own househoa
budget so that every dollar yields value OF ono
hundred cents not only strikes body olos
at the high cost Of living, but also educata
herself to the point where she wants TO KNOW
something Of the administration Of the eiy
budget and whether or not public conliH'
keeps pace with public expenditure.
VALUE OF TIME AND PROPER TOOLS
Women are learning at last that their UNI
is worth something; that there is hnahII; ;,.
value in having good tools. They are reA. -.
ing that modern labor-sav!ng devices sho ~.
free use of electric power practically SOW.
the servant problem; considering ths' "a.
person well equipped with modern laoor-sssm 1s
devices can do without undue effort tne ss-. 80.
amount Of work that would use al tne .u W..
and tax the strength of two or three wV's ~.
ba oil
old TOOLS
That is why the housekeeper's life IS oecoi ~,
ing just one shortcut after another ana w.. ~
progressive women are abandoning M -
traditional conservatism and are more a
more adopting the attitude OF men 'o"''-
labor-saving devices. ,..h.sd
For years past the man has never oOu usss
his right to the adding machine, the typemnld
the motor engine, or any machine ina, -,
make for the saving of time, money and lsOs,
in carrying on his business. But the nisrn
in the home have been slow TO ADOPT h Ian.
appliances even when they could gel Ssst.
They have held TO the dust-scatterlhg' ,ssrx
breaking household tools of their iorenivr agur
and il is only recently that they nave s,ssn-
= to see the advantages Of using vacuum and
ers, electric washing machines ana nv vas that
the hundred and one electrical ueN''s mlrf
cut the labor Of homework down W
mum. ..,,irs
Having seen II, though, they are s.. rs css
with enthusiasm all that modern se.i,,,snship
do for them, and are relating 70 e.nnnl;ss 70
the same principle Of efficiency tha' rbsv wsns
the administration Of home AFFAIRS. -. aruds-
every tool that can eliminate domestic ,s si uaoa
cry, but most Of all, they want the e.. GA always
efficient tool Of all-the tool that nsS tbs!
been in the hands Of men-the assu, .""rsjdersd
their opinion will be registered ana Sssynsnd ~
in the making of laws upon wnlSn .;r ehildssh
welfare Of their homes and OF u'''