San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
Labor-saving Devices as
Essential to Efficient
Housekeeping as to Bust
ness Women Intro
ducing IN e hanic a !
Hands" Into Home, Such
as Ironing, Dishwashing,
Etc., Machines.

Just as efficiency is the purpose
toward which business and indus
trial organizations are working in
their plans of organization and man.
agement. so is the housekeeper who
holds in one pair of hands all the
threads from which are woven the
fabric of home comfort, DESTROYS of
learning her lesson of right prOce-
dure.
This cannot be done. No method
bf--eftfeienrr eyer-devised can make
a woman able to perform miracles
Of service month after month with
out breaking down; no matter how
strong her spirit"
Mechanical Aids Are Solution.
The solution. in the opinion of
the speaker and many other women
present who have made a success of
housekeeping, lies in introducing
labor-saving machinery which places
the home on basis of efficiency
somewhat comparable with the es-
Establishments in which men are carry
ing out their half of the contract.
Washing machines are fairly ia
miliar; so are electric cleaners and
electric fans. Cleaners. however.
are not always so placed or so used
| that their real helpfulness is brought
out.
In homes where one woman must
do all the homework. if there be
two or more floors there is neces-
sarily much running up and down
stairs, which helps greatly to bring
on the fatigue against which efficien-
| cy fights. Therefore some women
with an eye to strengthening have
installed on each floor of their
homes a cleaner. This. if it can be
placed in a closet where there is an
electrical outlet. can be kept per-
manently attached and simply
wheeled out 10 do duty in the daily
cleaning and busting. which will
then be but the work of a few min
utes.
Proper Use of Cleaner.
If the cleaner is not used for all
the small tasks of which it is capa-
able. it is loafing on its Job and
should be set right about face. II
must be made to eat up the dust
from pictures and holdings. tops OF
windows and door frames. and high
shelves and cupbOards. 1t must be
, used TO keep draperies fresh and
bookcases free from dust. 1t mus
be made to poke its nose into tufted
upholstery and padded cushions. II
, must be sent scurrying through bed
springs, and across mattresses anC
5 plllOWs. 1t must be sent prying into
: the corners of drawers and arount
loose baseboards and other crevicei
, where dust rolls up. It can be mad,
l TO heip prodigiously when paint OF
(. Varnlsh is drying by reversing th'
2 current and the breeze thus direct
{ ed TO the wet surfaces. 1t can d,
splehdld service in the same revers
IT 1t be used, before other dustinj
y uOne, 10 carry the dirt out from
b around the wires OF a piano. I
r can swallow the dust from wall
f themselves. making these look sew
n eral shades cleaner than before
: All this is labor that takes but
S short time. and means much har
4 work saved which would otherwis
g have TO be done by hard persona
O brushing or scrubbing.
r There is another machine not s
G well known as the cleaner. ais
: electrical. This is the floor-waxin
n and scrubbing machine. 1t keen
d polished floors in exquisite condi
: non. and by taking out the waxin
s brush and substituting another,
VIII scrub FLOORS like a charm.
@ Suction Fans For Kitchen.
IS Suction fans that draw out fror
= kitchens the steam and smoke Q
h cooking have accomplished NOR
n. than is at first credited to them i
IS saving hard work. Though pr
Ie marily intended to keen odors frOr
II spreading over the house from tn
J. kitchen and TO freshcn the air,
is has been found that the drawing G
9. cooking smoke straight from tn
II stove to the outer air prevents
% great deal of the greasy film tina
le accompanies all but electrical cool
'ing from settling on woodwork an