Home manufactures superseded by factory system, 8, 215, 216;
may be revived by introduction of electricity into household, 232.
Hotel service, the only kind offering chance of promotion, 141;
advantages of profit sharing in—waste avoided, 244;
feeing abolished, 244, 245.
Hours, free, in domestic service, 134, 145, 146.
Hours of work, varied and irregular, 143-146;
statistics, 144.
Housecleaning, done by specialists, 224.
Household affairs, education in, 251-262;
information regarding conduct of, difficult to obtain, 251, 252;
one cause of slow progress, 252;
kinds of information needed in conduct of, 252, 253;
supplementary special education needed still more, 253;
university education in, 259-262;
results of, removal of social stigma from domestic service, 266,
267;
removal of work and worker from house, 267, 268;
placing of domestic service on business basis, 268.
Household employments, isolation of, 5;
changes introduced by inventions, 7, 9;
lightened by modern improvements, 9;
preferred to other kinds of occupation, 137;
avoided on account of disadvantages, 140, 141;
mistaken idea that results are transient, 142, 143;
the only employments not officially investigated, 198;
importance of, must be better appreciated, 199, 200, 202;
performed without remuneration, honored, performed for
remuneration, scorned, 202;
_specialization of household employments_, 212-234;
preparation of food, 213-221;
takes work from home, 213-234;
opens new occupation to women, 218;
practical instances, 219, n., 220, n., 224, n., 233, n.;
the transference need not lessen individuality of the home, 221,
222;
laundry work, 222, 223;
housecleaning, sweeping, care of rooms, etc., 224;
marketing, 225;
specialization would attract more able women, 226, 227;
would reduce house rent, 228;
would raise standard of work, 228;
would make discrimination possible between skilled and unskilled
labor, 228;
a flexible system of co-operation, 229;
adapted to “apartments,” 229;
would lessen monotony of life of employee, 229;
would change personal relation of employer and employee into a
business relation, 229;
would elevate drudgery to forms of distinct occupation, 229;
economic gains from, 229;
objections raised to, 230, 231;
found successful by those who have tried it, 233;
household employments as taught in schools, mechanical, 259;
must receive their due respect, 270.
Household sanitation, 261, n.
“Housekeeper,” as substitute for “general servant,” 207, 208, n.
“Housekeeper, Working,” as substitute for “servant,” 156.
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