1900 House
The mother had the most difficult job in the 1900 house. This is evidenced by her continuous laboring (viz., sweeping, laundry, cooking, dressing, etc.). Eventually, she hired a maid to do the housework for her, but the laundry and cooking remained her tasks. The top two difficulties of the family during the three-month experiment were most definitely cleanliness and food. Cleanliness was hard to achieve given the options available (no hot water, no shampoo) until they fixed the stove and used the Household Guide to concoct hair cleanser. Food was also somewhat of an impediment during their stay; the little boy didn’t l
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Household Guide, , gas ranges, laundry cooking, 1900 house,
Approximate Word count = 423
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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