Cheating the Junk-Pile, The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments
By Ethel R. Peyser
Length11h 42m
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Excerpt: "Ignorant buying is the junk-pile's subsistence. This book is in no way intended to be a book on household efficiency, in the usual sense of the word—it is no religio-culinaris, no domestic Baedecker or home Taylor. It is merely meant to be a means to the purchase and care of the best household equipments and to be an instruction before not after the purchase is made. Further, it is meant to cheat the junk-pile, by inspiring the buyer to get the maximum advantage out of every purchase of the thing he buys and by the proper care of it after he gets it. It is a book which conspires against the aspiring junk heap in the yard or in the store-room. There is so much in the market to-day in the way of household equipments and devices, that a book like this is necessary to give the home-keeper as much of an idea as to what to eliminate as to what to choose. It is necessary, too, to give the home-keeper an idea of the maintenance of what she has elected to buy, as the proper care of possessions adds 100% to their longevity. In every case in this book the very best devices are discussed. If the reader feels that in any case a too expensive article has been delineated at least he (or she) will get from the discussion of the thing, an idea and ideal of what is to be demanded of this sort of device ... and if she (or he) be improvident, will immediately buy a cheap thing instead of waiting until he (or she) can afford a better article if not the best. In short, the purchaser should demand in every purchase the largest collection of "best traits." So this book, then, aims to give the purchaser an idea of what things or qualities to buy; to stimulate the manufacturer who is ready to furnish them when given a reason for doing so; to make of every purchase a paying investment, not a mere expenditure; and to cheat the Crœsus-like junk-man out of his expected heritage."
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GenreSelf-Help
Length11 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Cheating the Junk-Pile
25CHAPTER XXI CASSEROLES OR THE REVOLUTION CULINARY
2AUTHOR’S FOREWORD
26CHAPTER XXII FURNISHING YOUR KITCHEN
3INTRODUCTION THE HOUSEWIFE AS MANAGER AND PURCHASING AGENT
27CHAPTER XXIII KITCHEN COSMETICS
4ILLUSTRATIONS
28CHAPTER XXIV THE GREAT AMERICAN DISH
5CHAPTER I INTRODUCING YOU TO ELECTRICITY
29CHAPTER XXV THE KITCHEN ROTARY CLUB
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6CHAPTER II KEEPING OUT OF HOT WATER
30CHAPTER XXVI FLAWS OR FLOORS IN YOUR KITCHEN
7CHAPTER III ELECTROCUTING THE WASH!
31CHAPTER XXVII FEDERALIZING YOUR KITCHEN
8CHAPTER IV THE PORTABLE VACUUM CLEANER
32CHAPTER XXVIII WHEN THE POT HANGS HIGH
9CHAPTER V A PIPE DREAM
33CHAPTER XXIX BRUSHING UP ON BRUSHES
10CHAPTER VI COOKING BY ELECTRIC CURRENT
34CHAPTER XXX THE QUIET HOUSE
11CHAPTER VII TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF GAS COOKERY
35CHAPTER XXXI OSTRACIZING THE FLY
12CHAPTER VIII THE OIL RANGE
36CHAPTER XXXII POLISHING THE WATER SUPPLY
13CHAPTER IX COOKING BY ABSENT TREATMENT
37CHAPTER XXXIII OUTSTRIPPING THE GALE
14CHAPTER X QUESTIONS FROM THE LEAGUE OF RATIONS
38CHAPTER XXXIV BEAUTY AND THE BATH
15CHAPTER XI KEEPING IT COOL
39CHAPTER XXXV THE WINTER OF YOUR CONTENT
16CHAPTER XII THE PASSING OF THE ICE MAN
40CHAPTER XXXVI OUTLETS SAVE YOUR INCOME
17CHAPTER XIII A BURNING QUESTION
41CHAPTER XXXVII Tin Ware, Rubber and Paper
18CHAPTER XIV AIR AND ITS ENTRANCE AND EXIT
42CHAPTER XXXVIII Come Out Of The Parlor
19CHAPTER XV THE PLUMBING IN YOUR KITCHEN
43CHAPTER XXXIX Latest Inventions
20CHAPTER XVI KNIFE-LIFE IN THE KITCHEN
44CHAPTER XL Measure for Measure
21CHAPTER XVII THE ANCIENT WOOD IMPLEMENTS
45CHAPTER XLI TAKING THE KITCHEN ALONG
22CHAPTER XVIII GLASS WEAR
46CHAPTER XLII The Fire Hazard
23CHAPTER XIX THE BRIDE’S KITCHEN
47CHAPTER XLIII TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT
24CHAPTER XX CANNING AND PRESERVING
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