The Labour-saving House

by Mrs. C. S. Peel

THE LABOUR-SAVING HOUSE

BY MRS. C. S. PEEL

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

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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]