fe's broom and dust pan.

"Large suction sweepers, worked by a powerful inhaling bellows, which
swiftly and silently suck up, from carpet, furniture, and curtains, all
particles of accumulated dust, are the perfected instruments chosen;
unlike the ordinary dust-raising machines, which must be followed by an
army of dusting cloths, these suction machines do perfect work, leaving
the air of the renovated room pure, wholesome and fairly free from
floating dust, with its accompanying cloud of disease-laden germs. Many
similar accomplishments in other departments of housework, soon convince
all opponents, that personal prejudice must not be allowed to interfere
with the working of the system."

"Pardon me Fillmore! If at this point I interrupt you, with a question
which I wish to preface with this remark! In the estimation of most
women, well-kept hands, are considered as a rule, to indicate the
measure of the owners refinement. According to my judgment, there is
nothing which so quickly destroys the contour and suppleness of the
hands, and that much prized, white, velvety smoothness of skin, as
dishwashing. As a matter of fact, the woman's self-respect is involved
in the loss. For this reason, I believe women dislike that disagreeable
part of housework more than any other. Premising that my theory is true,
how can you manage this matter at Solaris, in order to avoid trouble?"

"I accept your question as a welcome interruption! It gives me a chance
to tell you more about our kitchen work, which I feel sure will interest
you greatly!

"For reasons which I shall state presently, our women workers do not
desire to avoid frequent six-hour details as dishwashers at the
restaurant. By our new methods, the task is easily and quickly
accomplished.

"The washers are not required to put their hands into hot or cold water
during the process. Traveling carriers on either side of the dining
rooms, run to and from the kitchen. In one, the food comes to the
tables, in response to phone orders from the waiter. In the other, the
dishes are returned to the kitchen. There, the washers scrape the bones
and rejected food into the waiting barrels. These barrels when filled,
go to the feeding yards of the pigs and poultry.

"The dishes, after being scraped, are then placed in the washing
machine. This machine, run by electric power, is a wide, deep,
round-bottomed trough, built in a circle twenty feet in diameter. Along
the bottom of this t