The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-30

whenever possible shelves ~.
BE- high enough 90 that stooss.s
Is unnecessary. This is mon 4.
sirable ~ regards shelves w.
heavy equipment is kept. This ~
not exactly save steps, but Il m.
In conserving energy, for 49,
time she stoops the housskess.
has to lift the weight OF tie "a
per part Of her body on comm, ].
This II excellent exercise in moa.
alton. but most women get a..
enough Of Il without their esss
ment making it q part Of the ~
en- routine.
A really potent step savinx AZ
vice 10 the wheel tray called n.
tea wagon when company In ~.
ent. This rolling try can, II ~
omy demands 1t, be made It M.
out Of some wood and q ct :
casters. The idea is that ipstasi
Of making innumerable trips istsl
the dining room to set the ~
or bring in the dinner, you load 81
the tray and move everything \
once. This il possible because a.
tray top when lifted reveals 4 On.
tainer for the family plates, a.,
there is a drawer below that ~
the silver. A shelf below that NH
the top, are used to hold the food
The tray again comes into ~
when the meal is cleared avn
The extension agents say they hsrI|
often seen women wipe one or II
dishes and then walk 20 feet B
put them away, and come back 81
do two more, and so on throughovtl
the dishwashing for a family. !
A rolling tray has only two lin.
itations. 1t is not needed in . vey
small apartment, and it cannot ii
used where there are steps between
the dining room and kitchen. But
this is the one place in the hoen
where it is most important tAxI
steps should not be. The depart
ment of agriculture feels so struae.l
ly on this matter that it suggess|
+, that where steps have to be mount.
ed In transporting food they shosll
il possible be removed. 1t Il n.
mitted that this is not always pras
ticable, though in many cases II
expense would be well worth IL
result. Not only do stairs draw q
| the energies of the housewife, BIT
! in such q position they are unusual.
ly dangerous. A surprisingly hrys
number Of people are killed Of M
jured yearly by falls on stairway
and where steaming hot food e
glass are carried the danger d. .
mis-step is increased.
Large Kitchen q MistAka
One interesting fact brought Oh
by the states relation service b
that 1t finds q great many Kitchen
that are too large for efficiency
1t is hard for the city dweller d
realize that there is such . thin
as a kitchen into which his who'll
small nat could be neatly packed
Enormous kitchens we're regularly
built when help was plentiful anI
q number of persons had to worl
In one room. Nearly all old house
have such kitchens, and one is oe
casionally still constructed by som
one with the ill-founded idea tia
large kitchen is cooler. And De
gree Of GOODNESS thus gained
more than Offset by the longer dis
tances to travel, though it is bel
that q large kitchen is not reall
any more comfortable than q com
pact and we'll ventilated one.
|! Every phase of homework
is systematized results in the sd
ing of time and labor. This hl
been proved again and again
; actual demonstration. Even so h
significant a matter as ordering q
. groceries at once instead Of twi'
a day means one less trip to a
, swer the doorbell.
, Use of a fireless cooker meal
that the cook does not have to lex
; adding water, or watch out TIL
the meal does not burn. TeachiE
the children to put away their to!
/ and help regularly with light VOL
means that the mother is saw
from a little of this routine.
/ Women as q whole are just b
? ginning to realize these thing
Domestic labor is a problem tn
: has been given up by many hous
I wives as hopeless, and they q
, turning in to do all their wor
, At the same time, women's club
. politics and achievements of womt
j in so many new lines inspire u
) housewife to cut down her work
: that she may take her part In U
: new order. 1t seems that at last
4 motive has been supplied that
Q powerful enough to make WON
! give serious thought to reducll
homework to it's lowest terms.