Extract: CHAPTER I What this Chapter is About Why Labour-Saving Houses are Needed THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE CHAPTER I Why Labour-Saving Houses are Needed Why do we need Labour-Saving Houses? Because: 1.-Life is too short and time too valuable to waste in doing work which is unnecessary and which adds little or nothing to our comfort. 2.-There is a scarcity of labour. Girls of the class from which domestic servants were drawn formerly now dislike service. The would-be employer finds it difficult to obtain servants and to keep them when obtained. 3.-Unless great changes are made in our houses and...
Extract: CHAPTER I What this Chapter is About Why Labour-Saving Houses are Needed THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE CHAPTER I Why Labour-Saving Houses are Neede...