The Little River news., 1917-11-03
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 DiyiS-
 ion, University of Arkansas.

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 a great deal of trouble or expense. Too many men fail to recognize that it is econoh1y 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 Q pleasure and not drudgerys and they do not do their share to enable her to have some leisure time to enjoy the things which make more abundant life-bool1s, mu- sic, etc. I would not place less em- 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 porclhes as conveniently arranged as they might be? Are the floors all on the same level? One hardly realizes how tir ing it is to step uD and down from the kitchen 10 the porch or from the kitchen to the dining room. Are there hooks nails, and tables as a housekeeper needs? Frequently the lack of these eonYeriences is due merely to 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 does take little time and thought, combined with energy
 A dry goods box containing shelves and placed just above the working ta- ble will save the housewife many Yteps It is hard to estimate the num- Der of tables necessary in kitchen. However, one should be covered with galvanized iron or zinc to stand neal | the stove on which the pots and ket- | ties can be placed vixen removing them from the stove. Asbestos mats at three cents each are good to set the kettles on, but pieces of board may be used to an advantage. Above the working table hooks should be ar ranged on which to hang the smaller equipment, such as egg beatcr2. spoons. potato mashers.= etc
 
 though to permit the woman to work comfortably at them without lending over. The ordinary sink should be raised from eight to ten inches.
 A toy rub board" costing ten cents is useful to slip into the sink or pan to rub out the cloths and towels after using them.
 A roller-tray table is a very great fme-saver and convenience. One homo-maker has said that it takes fifteen trips from thn kitchen to }ho dining room to serve q meal while with 8 roller-tr&y il 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 shelf under the table. tack strips around the edges to prevent the dishes from sliding off, and put rollers on it.
 A handy towel rack should be found in every kitchen.
 The burdens of each housekeeper will be less if she will have a place for everything and everything in it's place" and a time for doing every thing, and do it in it's time"
 Too often the kitchen is not well equipped with the smaller and mex pensive conveniences. The woman who continues to beat eggs with fork instead of spending five cents for an egg -beater is wasting much time and energy.
 A potato ricer saves time when mashing vegetables and fruits or pressing qcurd for cottage cheese. These may be purchased for twenty five cents.
 Wooden spoons, rolling pins, pota- to maahers, paddles for butter, and a long handled paddle for stirring jams, marmalades, etc, can be made at home from cedar.
 Small, round wire sieves with han dies are useful for straining liquids, sitting, small quantities of flour and removing rice, peas. etc, from the ket- ties.
 Each kitchen should have two meas uYing cups, either tin or glass, mark ed in thirds and fourths.
 saarP knives of various sizes and kinds areN necessary to the comfort of the housewife. The small pairing knives which.cost from 10 to 25 cents may be used with more ease and skill ie pairing potatoes, apples, etc, than the ordinary kitchen knife.
 A clock, q pair Of scissors, high stool, box or drawer containing hammes. nails, screws, tacks, and cord should be kept in some conven- tent place in the kitchen.
 "Lifters" made of outing or any othe CT soft material will keep the hot kettles and pans from burning the