Community Civics and Rural Life by Arthur William Dunn
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page 129 of 586 (22%)
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What labor-saving devices have been introduced in your home? Make a report on labor-saving inventions for the household (see references at end of chapter). What are some labor-saving household devices that could be made by boys and girls (such as fireless cookers, iceless refrigerators, etc.)? (See references below). Can your school help in such projects? To what extent could (or do) boys' and girls' clubs undertake such projects? Is there any leader in your community who could direct or advise in such projects? Is the kitchen in your home properly arranged to save steps, labor, and time in doing kitchen work? Consider plans for improvement. Consult parents. Does experience in your community confirm the feeling of the women quoted on page 104? Are there any cooperative enterprises in your community that relieve the housekeeper of household labor, such as cooperative laundries, creameries, etc.? Are they a business success? Have they improved conditions of home life? What is the difference between a "cooperative" laundry and an ordinary laundry such as may be found in most towns? Does one relieve the home more than the other? What other business enterprises are carried on in towns that |
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