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C. S. Mrs. Peel. The Labour-saving House
The Labour-saving House
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
I
The Ignorant Employer
No Chance for the Incompetent Servant
Wanted! a New Race of Mistresses
Domestic Training for all Girls
Domestic Training will improve the Physique of the Coming Generation
II
Menial Work
Too many Governesses, Secretaries, and Companions in Normal Times
Service is not a Genteel Profession!
Domestic Training Colleges
What the Servant Dislikes
To Popularise Domestic Service
III
CHAPTER III
I
The House that Jack Built
Women Architects
A Hot and Cold Water Service
II
Save a Third of the Work in the House
III
Kitchens and Offices
A Service-room
Furniture and Decoration
A Clever Idea for a Bedroom and Dressing-room Bath
IV
CHAPTER IV
I
Basement Houses
A Typical Labour-Making House
A Labour-Making House Converted
II
Nurse and Nursery
A Second Suggestion for a Labour-Saving House
III
CHAPTER V
I
Household Duties
Labour Making.—A House-Hunting Experience
How we manage with One Servant in our Labour-Saving House
II
CHAPTER VI
I
A Five Bedroom and Three Sitting-room London House
A Labour-Saving Country House
II
A Labour-Saving Flat
A Three Sitting-room, Hall, and Six Bedroom Suburban House
III
A Labour-Saving House in a Provincial Town
IV
CHAPTER VII
I
Cooking in Advance.—An Interesting Letter
II
The Late-Dinner Bogey
A Letter from a Professional Woman who does her own Housework
About Washing Up
CHAPTER VIII
I
Counting the Cost
The Coke Furnace
How to Light a Coke Furnace
Some Figures
The Use of Gas
Good Advice
Gas for Water Heating
Gas for Lighting
Gas Fires
Gas Cookers
II
The Cost of Cooking by Gas
Utensils for Gas Cookers
To Clean a Gas Stove
The Destruction of Rubbish
Warming the Kitchen
Slot Meters
CHAPTER IX
"The Poor Man's Light."
Basement Rate and Checking of Waste
When Putting in Electric Light
To Avoid Waste of Current
Makes of Lamp
Electric Fires
The Electric House
In the Kitchen
Simplicity
The Saving of Meat
The Cost of Current
Labour-Saving and Comfort-Giving Appliances
A FINAL WORD
INDEX
