The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-22

day.
In my efforts to bring to you some
thing helpful and worth while I hay,
journeyed through many magazines
and catalogues and I find the key
note of all home making may lie EN-
bodied in just one word: Efficiency
There are few houses in which 8
better arrangement of articles thai
are frequently or always used to-
gether could not be made.
Let us begin in the kitchen, fol
nearly every woman's day begins ant
ends in the kitchen. We may clut
ter up our cupboards and closets with
numberless articles and still have n,
real labor saving devices unless we
choose those which actually save oul
time and strength.
have been in homes where I,
seemed there was no end to the mum.
Der of pots and pans some house.
wives thought they needed in ordc,
to successfully keep house.
believe we can get as much real
service out Of few we'll chosen
kitchen utensils as we can cut OF
many that are seldom used. Though
you have only few conveniences, to
have them located in the proper
places is the real problem for us to
solve. I won't try to tell you of all
the things I found that are to be had
IN making women's work lighter
Many Of them are electrical appli
ances and are expensive to purchase
as well as to operate.
Every woman should have an cleo.
trio iron, however. There is scarcely
a day that comes that she does no,
have occasion to use a fiat iron.
These irons have passed the stage
where only few may have them
The price is now within the reach Of
people of moderate means and they
are real necessity. There are cleo
trio motors for washing machines
sewing machines, churning, and mum
berless other places where this pow
er is coming into more universal use
in the modern homes of today.
The electrically equipped kitchen i,
not very far distant reality; but fol
most Of us 1t is out of the question
as there is no cooking rate provided
III most places where electricity |:
available.
Just prior to coming to FLORIDA tc
live | was the proud possessor of q
kitchen cabinet which to my mind is
the last word in kitchen comfort. One
can find room in one of these cabi-
nets for most everything needed 10
run a kitchen and with Just 4 little
management one need not lake many
unnecessary steps in the preparation
OF the family meals or any other work
which may be done in the kitchen.
When it comes to utensils the list is
endless. A reliable tested article
such as aluminium or agate ware Is
best for cooking; and while it means
O. little greater first cost it is real
economy in the end. Here the only
advice which can be given is to ia
miliarize yourself with what the
market has to offer and buy what
suits your own particular needs.
Where one can indulge their fancy in
buying labor saving devices there are
many that are fine. Have a iireless
cooker If you can but don't buy a
cheap refrigerator in order to have
liz.
Have all the little helps You can
but have them located so you will
be able to place your hands upon
them at moments notice. Look to
your arrangement of things In your
house and see If you can't save your
self a great many steps by 3 little
different arrangement of places for
the things you use so often. Hang
your dust pan beside the broom and
carpet sweeper SO you can gather all
of these things together at one time.
Let your head save your heels in ev-
cry thing you do.
We have heard so much about the
drudgery of house work. 1t is drudg.
cry IL we make it so. All routine
work is monotonous and it rests
with US whether we make ourselves
slave to our work or not.
Housekeeping and home-making are
women's chief occupation in life. and
according to the attitude she brings
to her chosen work so will be the
results achieved by her.
In this day we are more and more
called upon to measure up to the
great task which is ours and as |
look around me I can see that the
wives and mothers are not falling