branches of work. If utensils are arranged according to the frequency with which they are used, and if they are readily accessible, the chances are that some can be dispensed with, while for others improved inventions will be substituted. The thoughtful housewife may object at first to the vacuum cleaner or the fireless cooker, for fidelity to the good old ways is strong. But a trial leads to reconsideration, and the steady introduction of improvements means a saving in energy, and eventually a saving of time. Some of these are expensive at first, but are economical in the end. The substitution of the dry-mop and the dustless duster for the old-fashioned feather duster did not simply mean a cleaner house.

The alert mother enlists the services of children and others in the house when they are passing empty-handed and can easily carry needed articles to another room. She teaches even the youngest children to bear some part in the housework, for their sakes as well as for her own. She saves the time of the father, and also accommodates herself to his work, by posting a list of repairs and other necessary services which he can attend to whenever it is most convenient for him during the day or the week. When buying supplies she purchases by the wholesale if this be desirable, hence she saves annoyance. But she depends on purchases made day by day in cases where this is more convenient.