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Table of Contents
- THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- I
- CHAPTER III
- I
- The House that Jack Built.
- Women Architects.
- A Hot and Cold Water Service.
- The House that Jack Built.
- Women Architects.
- A Hot and Cold Water Service.
- II
- Save a Third of the Work in the House.
- 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.
- Kitchens and Offices.
- A Service-room.
- Furniture and Decoration.
- A Clever Idea for a Bedroom and Dressing-room Bath.
- IV
- I
- CHAPTER IV
- I
- Basement Houses.
- A Typical Labour-Making House.
- A Labour-Making House Converted.
- Basement Houses.
- A Typical Labour-Making House.
- A Labour-Making House Converted.
- II
- Nurse and Nursery.
- A Second Suggestion for a Labour-Saving House.
- Nurse and Nursery.
- A Second Suggestion for a Labour-Saving House.
- III
- I
- CHAPTER V
- I
- Household Duties.
- Labour Making.—A House-Hunting Experience.
- How we manage with One Servant in our Labour-Saving House.
- Household Duties.
- Labour Making.—A House-Hunting Experience.
- How we manage with One Servant in our Labour-Saving House.
- II
- I
- CHAPTER VI
- I
- A Five Bedroom and Three Sitting-room London House.
- A Labour-Saving Country House.
- 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.
- A Labour-Saving Flat.
- A Three Sitting-room, Hall, and Six Bedroom Suburban House.
- III
- A Labour-Saving House in a Provincial Town.
- A Labour-Saving House in a Provincial Town.
- IV
- I
- CHAPTER VII
- I
- Cooking in Advance.—An Interesting Letter.
- 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.
- The Late-Dinner Bogey.
- A Letter from a Professional Woman who does her own Housework.
- About Washing Up.
- I
- 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.
- 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.
- The Cost of Cooking by Gas.
- Utensils for Gas Cookers.
- To Clean a Gas Stove.
- The Destruction of Rubbish.
- Warming the Kitchen.
- Slot Meters.
- I
- 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.
- 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.
- "The Poor Man's Light."
- A FINAL WORD
- INDEX
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