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    THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE




  _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_


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  NOVELS

  THE HAT SHOP
  MRS. BARNET-ROBES
  A MRS. JONES

[Illustration:

      _PLATE I_

A FINE OLD RAEBURN MANTEL-PIECE AND FIRE-PLACE FITTED WITH A MODERN
"DOG" GRATE AND GAS FIRE AND ALSO WITH GAS "CANDLE" STANDARDS]




    THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE

    BY MRS. C. S. PEEL

    [Illustration]

    LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD

    NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXVIII

  The greatest Labour-Saving apparatus which we possess is the Brain: it
  has not been worn out by too much use.


  _SECOND EDITION_

  PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE ANCHOR PRESS LTD. TIPTREE ESSEX




AUTHOR'S NOTE


Some portion of this book appeared in the form of articles in _The
Queen_ and _The Evening Standard_. My thanks are due to the Editors of
those papers for permission to republish them.

      DOROTHY C. PEEL.




  CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                               PAGE

  i.    Why do we need Labour-Saving Houses?               3

  ii.   Labour-Saving Houses and the Servant Problem       7

  iii.  The Labour-Saving House as it Might Be            29

  iv.   The Labour-Saving House as it Can Be              53

  v.    The Work of a Labour-Making House, and the
         Work of a Labour-Saving House                    73

  vi.   Other People's Experiences of Labour-Saving
         Homes                                            87

  vii.  Other People's Experiences of Labour-Saving
         Homes (_continued_)                             119

  viii. Coal, Coke, and Gas: How to Use Them to the
         Best Advantage                                  141

  ix.   The Electric House. Cooking, Heating, Cleaning
         and Lighting by Electricity                     171

        A Final Word                                     187

        Index                                            189




  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


  NO.
  1. Gas Heater                                        _Frontispiece_
  2. Gas Heater                                           PAGE      8
  3. Gas Heater                                            "        9
  4. Gas Heater                                            "       15
  5. Gas Heater                                            "       18
  6. Gas Cooker                                            "       31
  7. Gas Heating                                           "       31
  8. Gas Heating                                           "       33
  9. Gas Heating                                           "       35
  10. Gas Lighting                                         "       44
  11. Gas Lighting                                         "       45
  12. Gas Lighting                                         "       47
  13. Gas Cooker                                           "       51
  14. Gas Cooking                                          "       62
  15. Gas Heating (Water)                                  "       64
  16. Gas Cooker                                           "       67
  17. Gas Heating (Water)                                  "       71
  18. Gas Heating (Water)                                  "       75
  19. Gas Kitchen                                          "       79
  20. Gas Cooking                                          "       81
  21. Gas Kitchen                                          "       85
  22. Gas Kitchener                                        "       93
  23. Gas Kitchen                                          "       95
  24. Gas Destructor                                       "       97
  25. Gas Kitchen                                          "      101
  26. Gas-Reading (Meter)                                  "      105
  27. Gas Oven                                             "      108
  28. Gas Oven                                             "      111
  29. Gas Steamer                                          "      117
  30. Gas Utensils                                         "      124
  31. Gas Oven                                             "      126
  32. Electric Kitchen                                     "      131
  33. Electric Iron and Electric Heater                    "      134
  34. Electric Kitchen                                     "      142
  