The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
WIVES PUTTING
ELECTRICITY
IN HOMES
Efforts Of UpIift Clubs Are
Beginning to Have Nation
Wide Effect.

Despite the fact that men gener.
ally concede women are good man.
ayers, there still are many who
laugh and scott at our ability to
organize and stick together. They
forget that in reality 1t is woman
and her organizing ability upon
which churches, charitable organiza-
tons and all fundamentals are de.
pendent.
Today there are 10000 wornen's
clubs and organizations formed for
the purpose Of femme advancement
IN poItcs, arts. sciences, home
making and child training. ReaIiz.
ing that to find time for the study
Of other things home problems must
first be solved. nearly all women's
study organizations begin with the
subjects OF home economics and the
training and raising of children.
just now most women are inter-
ested in electrical Housekeeping and
many Of the clubs get experts to
come and speak to them, while at
other times the members making
use Of the different appliances are
asked to tell the others about their
experiences with them. This is a
splendid way to learn because most
OF the knowledge has been CLEANED
from practice and not theory.
Such Meetings Instruct.
Such a meeting can be both in.
teresting and instructive. attended
one in Mount Vernon, a suburb
n
which proved most helpful. It was
q group of church women who,
their chairman, Mrs. r. M. Feiker.
mother Of seven children, told
me were devoting their time to the
study OF home-naking and child
training. The subject chosen for
discussion was Electrical House
keeping" and the talk was delivered
by Mrs. o. H. Caldwell. who. 1t is
said, has the most completely cleo.
trified home in the United States,
II not in the world. Practically
Ia electrical, washing machine, iron
er, range, dish washer, kitchen utility
motor, refrigerator, fireless cooker
and myriad Of other appliances too
numerous to mention. She Is not a
faddist, but a conservative wife and
mother who is up and going, and
who wishes most to run her house 50
as to permit her time ID keep pace
with her husbands interests.
ut is difficult to get servants TO
come out to the suburbs" she told
the women, land / felt could not
risk my family's happiness and my
own by drowning myself in a sea
of drudgery and cease being my
children's and my husbands com
panion.
GrOuchy Wives Displease.
Every woman knows" she con.
tinued, that no man wishes to
come home to a worn out, tired,
grouchy woman, and that is just
what happens when your maid
leaves you and there Is no cleo.
tricity to relieve you. I'VE tried
out maids and electrical appliances,
and have found more comfort in
electricity and that's why depend
upon 1t. i used to have two maids
and was forever in mortal terror
OF either one or the other Of them
leaving. Now I never worry"
To illustrate the speech. the chair.
man asked the local dealer to CO
operate with the club, and he sent
up an electric fireless cooker in
which a whole dinner Of roast pork
apple sauce, potatoes and spinach
was cooked while Mrs. Caldwell
spoke; also, kitchen utility unit
which cut up the potatoes, apples
! and later chopped the spinach. This
device also beat the eggs and batter
for the waffles which were cooked
in electric waffle irons loaned by
several members for the occasion
Coffee was percolated in an electric
percolator and served with waffles
to those present. Each appliance
was timed. 1t was found, for ex
ample, that once the waffle iron
was heated a waffle could be made
every two minutes.
With electricity to aid woman in
the home there Is no limit to what
she can accomplish in other fields
And she cannot be Indifferent to
that call or dismiss it easily, for
she is not only responsible for her
own progress but directly for that
Of her children and menfolk as
we'll