The Washington times., 1925-06-15
Household Hints
PLANNING DAYS WORK
BY SALLY e, DAVIDSON

be applicable In every home, for
that is impossible. Every household
has it's own peculiarities which
have to be properly disposed OF be-
fore the wheels of systematic homo
management may be made to re-
volve without squeaking. Starting
a system in any establishment. BE-
| it home or a business office, Ia
work requiring considerable time
and not a little study, which we
are not always able or willing to
devote to it.
can. however, simplify the task
of budgeting your own work by
supplying figures and a concrete
example which win show how most
of US spent our day. Usually we
devote about thirty per cent to
cleaning, twenty per cent to laun.
| dry work, twenty more in the prep
Iaration and cooking of meals and
the remainder in sewing, caring for
children. shopping and performing
the host of other incidental tasks
which make daily demands upon
our time.
EfNNtFA NAAfANNsANNF-N%9
My own daily working hudg4t
have worked out in the following
manner, although it IL by no means
perfect. We rise at o'clock. This
first hour and a half Of each day
getting the child EN- off to school
The work thereafter depends upon
what has been scheduled for that
particular day
If 1t is Monday the washing is
done in the morning, and try to
complete 1t by luncheon time. Then
luncheon is prepared, served the
dishes washed and the house put
IN order.
Tuesday, directly after breakfast.
the wash is dampeaed, the beds are
made and the house is given little
brushing up. The rema .nder Of the
day, with the except lon Of the time
consumed in getting luncheon, is
allotted to ironing.
Wednesday the house Ia given q
thorough cleaning, using the cleo
trio cleaner, and if any time is left
lit is spent in mending and going
over the family wearing apparel.
Thursday 10 the easiest day OF the
week and the afternoon ! usually
devote to shopping, . matinee 81
the club.
Friday, the morning il devoted to
cleaning the bedrooms. uaing the
electric cleaner; Of course. and the
afternoon to baking, while Satur-
day morning the downstairs Of the
house is cleaned and after luncheon
the rest Of the time is devoted t.
pleasure. or work in the garden.
Most ArduOus Tasks.
Inasmuch as most of our work
is cleaning, washing and cooking,
it is these three tasks which we
should try to tighten by employing
as many of the modern conven-
fences as we can afford. say
should try. because we cannot hope
to do these tasks well by hand
and hope to get anything out OF
| life. Modern men demand Of their
wives a companion. pal with
whom they can discuss their prob
lems seek counsel and in TACT
share all Of themselves.
This can scarcely be accomplished
| IL q man comes home to a tired,
worn.out creature who can see
nothing straight and recognizes
nothing but keen desire to be in
bed in order to regain a sufficient
amount OF strength to do another
round Of drudgery on the follow.
ing day.
Life so conducted has a narrow
ing. atultifxing effect on the
woman and creates an unsatisfied,
incomplete feeling in the man.
Thus marriage becomes a sorry
Institution instead OF being what
ii was intended progressive step
in every direction for those con-
cerne6.
This. brings me back to my state.
ment about Tightening the three
/ most arduous tasks Of homework. !"
II l. were asked what l considered
the most important of all electric
household labor savers and the one
to be first acQuiFed-I should say
the electric washer, then the electric
cleaner and the electric fireless
cooker or electric range and the
electric ironer-and certainly the
three most important small appli-
Gnces for table cookery are the
toaster. percolator and grill,
II ! could have but one Of these
electric appliances. / would buy the
washer. postponing the ironer until
ing equipment had been obtained.
| Etoctrie NO0klH&
The amount Of work and energy
the washer, the cleaner and ironer
| save, most Of us know, but few
yet seem to realize what a boon
the electric range, the electric fire.
less cooker and the small electric
cooking appliances are to the house.
| wife who is obliged to do these
tasks herself. The one outstand.
ing feature of this mode of cook.
cry is that it absolutely elimina tes
the task of securing the bottom OF
cooking vessels. 1t IL the clear
est way to cook. Secondly, the
range and the cooker both are the
coolest cooking appliances. The
electric range oven scarcely in.
creases the temperature of the
kitchen even when 1t has been go.
ing steadily for several hours; like
wise the fireless cooker, all of
which conserves our energy. Fur
ther, most of the food value is re.
tanned in the food because cleo.
tricity does not cook away. Vege.
tables and meats are cooked in
the electric range oven practically
without water, while the table cook
ing appliances were designed to
eliminate the work connected with
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