Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1913 — CUT OUT EXTRA WORK [ARTICLE]

CUT OUT EXTRA WORK

ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY ; • MOTIONS IS ONE WAY. '. i /: ; v ; Saving of Energy, Not to Speak of Added Comfort, le Strong Factor In Favor of Modern Household Methods. It has been figured out in schools of domestic science that the average method of shelling peas takes about five motions to each pod, whereas no more than three motious are necessary. Place the dish of peas In front of “ you; placing the empty dish for the shelled peas in front of that, reach forward, getting a pod, pull it toward you, split it with the fingers at thef same time. By the time it is over the empty dish the motion of the finger will strip the peas into that receptacle, toss the pod to one side and repeat The old-fashioned method has generally been to put the dish of unshelled peas in front of you, leave the receptacle at the right and the one for the pods at the left Thiß necessitates bending the body, turning the head and making all sorts of unnecessary motions between the three dishes, resulting in loss of good energy and many good minutes of time wasted. Dustpans are made today with long handles. It would be just as absurd tol sweep the floor with a whisk broom as it would be to use a short handled dustpan. In using the old-fashioned dust pans the sweeper has to stoop many times to get up all the dirt, making it twice as hard. The broom is very cumbersome to handle while stooping, the back is strained, the face is close to the unhealthy dust and everything is wrong. Use a long handled dustpan, stand erect. The dirt can be swept into it just as neatly and with twice rs much comfort and saving of energy. The same holds good in washing dishes. Many women put the drainer on the left of the dishpan, necessitating the wasted motion of reaching across the pan to place the washed dishes to drain. The natural motion is simply to pass the washed dishes to the right.