The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-27
DRUDGERY NOT
NEEDED FOR
EXERCISE
Labor Saving Home Devices
Defended from Attack by
Physician
By -sALLY e. DAVIDSON.

II Is generally conceded one is
never too old, to learn, so we house.
wives should not evince surprise IL
hear from the. learned lips of a
Western physician that modern
labor savers arc robbing us OF
nece ssary exercise, to say nothing
OF making us lazy.
Isn't 1t just like a man to call
drudgery exercise?
wonder II Doctor Guy e. Mar.
ming, the San Francisco physician to
whom this statement is credited
which he Is reported to have made
at the recent homeopathic conven.
ton in New York City, has a speak
Ing acquaintance with homework?
Iswculd suggest that Mrs. Manning
introduce him to q washtub filled
with the weeks wash and tell him
to Ego to it, via the ''rub-a-dub"
way. No doubt the dear doctor
would find It slightly more difficult
than prescribing pink pills for pa:e
people.
Would Find Wide Gulf
After a day spent in this way,
or standing at an ironing board Eo
would no doubt discover what a
wide gulf exists between speaking
from. observation and experience.
1.-THE labor saving devices which
have come on the market to make
the work of the modern housewife
easy" Doctor Manning is reported
too have said, Are making her
lazy instead"
It's a good line, but doesn't stand
fha h0IIsaWyife'a analysis
These devices all have my
approval" Doctor Manning contin-
ued. provided milady will take her
exercise: II she will walk in the
open air for a few miles each day:
If she viii ride horseback or engage
in athletic sports"
Must Be Bachelor
I would venture the opinion that
either Doctor Manning is a bachelor,
or his wife is quiet martyr. Where
and how can the average housewife
with children find time to indulge
in walks, horseback rides or ath.
letics, and in most cases where
would the money come from?
have not been able to learn; the
doctor omitted to mention that.
The unfortunate part Of 1t is that
other men seem to be of the same
with the various tasks for which
household labor saving devices have
been invented, and also lack of
familiarity with the actual work
done by them.
For this reason I am furnishing
Information concerning the actual
work done by each of the more Inn
portant electric household labor
savers which are now In use In the
majority of electrified homes.
\ The Electric Washer.
The electric washer Is q labor
saver in that lit relieves women of
the back.breaking task OF rubbing
clothes on the washboard and then
wringing them out by hand. But
the work OF soaking the clothes,
filling the washer with water, soap
and clothes still must be done by
hand, as well as handling them from
washer to rinsing waters, blueing,
starching and last Of all hanging
the wash on the line. While this
is being done, the woman has TO be
on her feet and is active indeed. To
be sure the time required to do the
washing otherwise Is cut in half,
but, responsibilities, which had to be
neglected before the advent of the
labor savers, now claim 1t.
The Electric Ironer.
The electric ironer mostly saves
energy, and on fiat work about
half the time usually required to
do the ironing by hand, although
one saves a great deal of energy
by not having to stand to do the
task, and also by not having to
exert the effort of pushing the iron.
Here also this electric labor saver
is really a drudgery eliminator.
The electric cleaner cleans rugs,
carpets, draperies and the like
much better than could ever be ac-
by broom. carpet sweep
err, whisk broom or duster. but 1t