Sharp County record., 1917-10-05
FARMERS WIVES
WORK TOD HARD
Arkansas Farmers Should Give Their
Wives Modern Household Machinery
and Make Her Work a Pleasure.
By sallie Chamberlain, Home Damon
stration Agent Extension DiVis.
ION, University OF Arkansas.

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| chinerv and use the latest methods in
/ making their crops, but they forget
I that it is possible to make the work
! Of the housewife much easier by pay
/ ing a little attention to the arrange
| ment Of the kitchen and by furnish
! ing labor-sayinz devices which can be
made without great deal Of trouble
or expense Too many men fail to
/ recognize that it is economy to de-
| crease the burdens Of the housewife
/ By giving her modern equipment and
! labor-saving devices. They do not
| seem to know how easily her work
could be made a pleasure and not a
! drudgery, and they do not do their
share to enable her to have some
| leisure time to enjoy the things which
make more abundant life-books, NIL
sic, etc. I would not place less EN-
phasis on the practical things Of life,
| but somebody surely needs TO stress
the Importance of doing housework
with the least amount Of time and
energy
The lack Of convenience in the
home is the cause of great deal Of
the woman's work Are the kitchens,
pantries, dining rooms and porches as
conveniently arranged as they might
be? Are the floors all on the same
level? One hardly realizes how ttr-
ing it is to step up and down from
the kitchen TO the porch or from the
kitchen to the dining room. are there
as many shelves, cupboards, hooks,
nails, and tables as a bousskesper
needs? Frequently thR lAck Of these
conveniences Is due merely 20 the
fact that no one has ever stopped TO
think of the need Of them. They do
not necessarily require money to get
them, but It doss AXE a little time
and thought, combined With energy.
A dry goods box containing shelves
and placed Just above the working Ia
Bile will save the housewife many
steps. It is hard to estimate the NUM-
Der Of tables necessary In a kitchen.
However, one should be covered with
galvanized iron or zinc 10 stand near
the stove on which ths pots and ket-
ties can be placed when removing
them from the stove Asbestos mats
'at three cents each are good 10 set
the kettles on, but pieces Of board
may be- used TO an advantage. Above
the working table hooks should DO ar
ranged on which 10 hang the smaller
equipment, such as egg beaters,
spoons, potato mashers, etc.
All tables and auks must be tail
enough 10 permit the woman to work
comfortably at them without bending
over. The ordinary sink should be
raised from eight TO ten inches.
A toy rub board" costing ZEN cents
ls useful to sllp INTO the sink or pan
TO rub ont the cloths and towels after
using hem.
A roller.tray table Is a very great
time.saver and convenience. One
homemaker has said that II takes
afteen trips from the Kitchen to he
dining room TO serve neal, while
with a roller.tray II may Ne done by
making two trips. There are several
inexpensive varieties Of these tables
on the market, but good one can
aasily be made At home. To do 10
AXE a small Kitchen table, put a
,hsIf under the tabie, tack strips
around the edges to prevent the dishes
from sliding on, and put rollers on IT,
A handy towel rack should be found
in every kitchen.
The burdens Of each housskeepsr
will be lsss II sha Will have a place
for everything and ovsry'hing IN lts
place" and time FOR doing every.
hing and 40 N IA its tirae."
Too often the Kitchen iB not we'll
equipped with he smaller and mex
uensive convenisnces, The woman
who continues 10 beat eggs with a
fork Instoad Of spending Ave osnta for
an aRg beater ID wasting much time
and energy
A potato ricer saves time whom
mashing Vegetables and fruits or
pressing curd for cottage cheese.
These may be purchaged FOR twenty.
five oentg
Wooden spoons, rolling pins Dota'
10 mashers, paddles for butter, and a
long handled paddle for stirring Jams,
narmalades, etc, can be made &C
home rom cedar
small, round wire iieves With ham
dlen ara iBeful FOR 1training llduidB,
dfting small quantities " -four and
remov,ng rice, peaa, etc, from the tet-
lies,
Zach Kitchen should have two mead
urinR aupH. either I'm or glass, mark
cd in thirds and fourthH,
sharp knives Of various sizes and
kinds ara necessary TO the comfort "
the housewife, Tho small parting
knives which cost from 10 10 IS osnta
mny be iaed with more naae and lkill