The Washington times., 1924-10-06
Household Hints
Tip for Property Owners.
BY SALLY &. DAVIDSON

~ CcEtAAtiky OOcS make q OlkLoI9HcsA
whose OK Is being gered- or to be
more 20 the point whether you hap
pen % Pc the one to whom q house
e being rented or the one who NJ
renting i To the 0ther> fellow.
What advancement in home com.
forts could be made Il we would only.
credit others with possessing some.
where near our own share OF wit.
But just as America Id d new coun.i
Try 70 all who land here, mo VI of us
cherish the delightful SUSPICION that
only We possess the great knowledge
concerning whatever it may be. 10
Is somewhat like the person who de-
lcides TO, avoid the crowd going to the
same point Tor which he il bound
by what to him seems - sscret
route, only to find that several
Thousand others had apparently en-.
tertained the same Idea.
Individual Ideas.
Thus It happens that each home
owner thinks he q the only one
who knows what to look for in u
new home. TO illustrate my point,
such 9 person makes the biggest
demands IN the way Of home com
forts. yet his old home which he Is
trying to sell or rent possesses not
one Of these, butd espite that he
has every intention and confidence
q unloading Il on some one else.
person who will do that shows
the poorest business Judgment and
g decided lack Of the real apprecia-
ton o. comfort. To him personal
comfort means nothing but show.
can speak feelingly on this
point Tor recently / came In con
tact with just this condition while
accompanying friend in search
OI suburban home. Her require
ments We're not at all unusual. She
i merely wanted p popular sige1
mouse Of six OF. seven rooms and
Dath, good heating plant. hot
water heater which would give auf-
ficient hot water at a fairly small
cost and electricity Tor both Iight.
ing and other household uses. This
latter, Of course, meant q reason.
i able number of convenience outlets.
One in the laundry for the washer
Tor ironef and at least one or two
IN the kitchen for her fireIess cock
or or table appliances.
Two In the dining room tor con.
meeting coffee percoIator, toaster
or one OF the, other table appliances.
i Two In the living room. one in the
hall one in each bedroom for
lamps. and one In the bathroom for
IcuFling iron or an electric heater
which she could use when bathing
the children in the early spring or
fall.
Absolute Necessity.
Such 9 distribution OF convent
ence outlets in the home is, for
the modern housewife an absolute
necessity and you cannot blame my
friend for not being satisfied with
houses offered TO her which did not
have this number OF convenience
outlets especially az the rents ask
ed were high enough to lead her
to believe that she was entitled 70
expect them,
We went to three different com.
Inunitiee and saw both new and
old houses. about fifteen in all, and,
strange as II may seem, out of the
whole lot only one house was thus
equipped. This IS indeed q peculiar
situation, particularly so when one
considers that approximately three
| million women in this country all
ready, own electric washers, and
that nearly q million have electric
ironers. and in fact nearly all
women living In electrified houses
have at least one or two appliances
and are looking to the time when
they win have more OF them. Thus
when today's housewife thinks Of
moving she not only looks for
the necessary number of electric
convenience outlets to accommo-
date the lamps and appliances she
already owns but those which she
/ hopes to own.
Therefore, my advice to home
owners generally. whether or not
they have any idea oe renting or
selling their houses at some fu-
ture time. is to instiIl as many
Of these improvements as the purse
will allow. Each additional con-
venience outlet adds value to the
property and also pays for itself in
the meanwhile by giving the com
forts of which we dream.
Many people are bf the opinion
that to add such improvements as
electrical convenience outlets,
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