Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-06
VEAL THY WOMEN
STUDY ECONOMY
IN THEIR HOMES
Club Lecturer Says EleC-
triCaI Labor Saving De-
vices Are Used BY All
Economical Housewives.

women of wealth." said Miss
| Virginia Wolcott, domestic science
expert and lecturer. "know that the
service OF maid and cook and
| laundress is far too expensive in
money and food and housing TO be
wasted in performing household
tasks by eXtravagant hand-poWer
methods. Therefore they are study
ing electricity"
"And believe me-" she said,
these women no matter how
much money they may have, are
always deeply engrossed in the
kind of economy they can measure
in dollars and cents They study
the topics l introduce to them,
they ask questions. demand fig
ures. desire to be shown every new
method Of procedure and every
step In substituting electric power
for the costlier and less dependable
woman power. They are not too
proud to roll up sleeves and take
hold, themselves, of tne washers
and ironers and dishwashers ]
show them. They poke into OBJ
soure places, handle levers and
buttons and switches. and thor
oughly familiarize themselves with
the working details of machines
shown, in order to be qualified to
teach their helpers how to use
them to the best advantage
In the past the statement has
frequently been made that IL was
only in homes Of wealth that real
economy of management was prac-
ticed, while Miss Wolcotts obser-
vations regarding the keen interest
shown by Weather women in
home engineering topics, verify the
belief that these homes do empha-
size economic management. yet ac-
cording to this teacher there is
just as much eagerness shown
among other classes to learn how
to do h usework by modern APP
proved methods.
Economy" said Miss Wolcott,
as being introduced into Ameri-
can homes as fast as women can
learn it, And they grasp every
opportunity, at club, school, by at
tending public demonstrations, by
reading everything on home topics
they can lay their hands on-neWs-
paper advertising not eXcepted---ot
increasing their store of knowledge
on this topic.
Dishwashing.
Among the labor-saviug devices,
the dishwasher evokes perhaps,
the liveliest interest among MISS
Wolcotts pupils. r.,
"Win it really wash dishes?"
they ask. doubtfully And "doesh I
ii break them up dreadtully z,
THAT'S the reason" is the trium-
phant answer as the talker points
TO her dishwasher. which has rel
NAMED lurking in the offing while
the dishwashing talk is being made.
why | asked the ladies of the cluo
to allow me TO have a dishWasheI
brought in. We will now proceed
to find out whether it really
washes dishes clean, and whether
YOU think it could ever keep upt
with Betty or Mary or your dusky
Hyacinth in smashing china ana
glass"
Then dishes are gathered up
possibly the dishes in which a
dainty luncheon. prepared earlier
in some of the electrified cooking
devices which have been under dis
cussion, has boon served to the
women-and placed in the dish
washer by the doubtful ones them
selves under the takers direc-
tions. Anc, after the fun Of
watching the process Of scientiii
dishwashing, interspersed WIFE
many merry jests and quips be
tween teacher and pupils. 1t is
more than likely that the question
ers will declare they never before
saw such really" clean dishes as
these which emerge entirely ster-
ilized, from the boiling water into
which human hands could not 60
and that, as for breakage, the
dishwasher ought to wipe it OF the
man