The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-09-20
FARMERS WIVES
WORK TOO HARD
ArkansAs Farmers Should Give Their
Wives Modern Household Machinery
and Make Her Work a Pleasure.

BY Sallie Chamberlain, Home Demon
stration Agent. Extension Divis-
ion, University of Arkansas.
Farmers have improved farm ma
Chinery and use the latest methods in
making their crops, but they forget
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 saving devices which can be
made without great deal of trouble
or expense. Too many men fail to
recognize that il ia 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 pleasure and not
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 mu-
sic. etc. would not place less EN-
NHdStS vi Tie platitId tllhSS VI i'iN '
but somebody surely needs to stress
the Importance of doing Homework
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 nigh,
be? Are the floors all on the same
level7 One hardly realizes how tir-
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 rs housekeeper
needs? Frequently the lack of these
conveniences Is due merely TO the
fact that no one has ever stopped to
think Of the need Of them. They do
BOT necessarily require money to get
them. but II does take little time
and thought. combined with energy.
A dry goods box containing shelves
and placed just above the working tR-
L
steps II is hard to estimate the mum
Der OF tables necessary in a kitchen
However. one should be covered with
galvanized iron or zinc to stand near
the stove on which the pots and ket-
ties can be placed when removing
them from the stove. Asbestos mats
NJ three cents each are good 10 set
the kettles on. but pieces of board
! may be used 10 an advantage. Abov"
i the working table hooks should be AZ.
ranged on which To hang the smaller
equipment. such as egg heaters,
spoons. potato Washers. etc.
All tables and sinks must be tall
enough 10 permit the woman to work
comfortably at them without bending
over The ordinary sink should be
raised from eight to ten inches.
toy rub board" costing ten cents
Is useful TO slip into the sink or pan
10 rub out the cloths and towels after
using them.
roller-tray table is a very great
time.saver and convenience. One
home maker has said that II takes
fifteen trips from the kitchen 10 the
dining room 10 serve Il meal. while
with roller tray II may be done by
making two trips. There are several
inexpensive varieties of these tables
on the market. but a good one can
easily be made at home. To do so
take a small kitchen table. put a
shelf under the table, tack strips
around the edges to prevent the dishes
from sliding off and put rollers on it.
\ handy towel rack should be found
in every kitchen.
The burdens Of each housekeeper
will he less il she will have place
for everything and everything in its
place" and time for doing every
thing. and do II in its time
Too often the kitchen is not We'll
equipped with the smaller and mex
pensive conveniences The woman
who continues TO beat eggs with a
fork instead of spending five cents for
an egg heater is wasting much time
and energy.
A potato ricer saves time when
MASKING vegetables and fruits or
pressing eurd for cottage cheese.
These may be purchased for twenty
five cents.
Wooden spoons, rolling pins, pota.
80 Washers. paddles for butter and a
long handled paddle for stirring jams.
marmalades. etc can he made at
home from cedar
Small, round wire sleeves with han.
dies are useful for straiuins liquids.
sitting small quantities of flour and
removing rice peas, etc, from the ket-