Housewives Discuss Eight Hour Day For Home Help
A New York gathering on the eight hour day for household workers heard Mrs. Hyatt praise the plan as empowering and satisfying. Mrs. Burgess shared joy in home tasks, while Mrs. Howes and others urged cooperative machinery and Scarsdale style organization as a nationwide movement builds pledge signatories and anticipates rising prices in the fall.
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York
Caleb Hyatt
Thomas Burgess
Hyatt
Benjamin Howes
Briggs
Scarsdale
Revival of Household Arts Aids Wounded Soldiers in America
A society of prominent Americans aims to teach spinning and weaving to wounded soldiers and sailors, with lassos of iron work and tatting. They plan to bring old tools from attics to support light, profitable work, and extend programs to almshouses and other institutions. Jane Teller directs, with Mrs. John Vanderpoel as president and Miss Francis Morris as vice-president.
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America
John Vanderpoel
New York
Francis Morris
Metropolitan Museum
Will Build New Roadways Connect Yonkers to Mount Kisco
Approval of plans to build many miles of roadways to link principal roads was given by eight members of the State Legislative Committee on roads and the Westchester County Committee on good roads on June 22. If built with a concrete base the project will cost about $580,000 and links Saw Mill River Road Yonkers to Ardsley Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains to Mamaroneck Weaver Street Scarsdale between Mamaroneck Avenue and the Boston Post Road and the state road Mount Kisco to Bedford Village.
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State Legislative Committee On
Westchester County Committee On
Yeterday
Saw Mill River
Yonkers
Ardsley
Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains
Mamaroneck
Weaver Street
Scarsdale
Mount Kisco
Bedford Village
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Bronx Parkway
Scarsdale Station Square
Benedict & McGrath Embhalmers
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Charles H. Bard
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Scarsdale Woman's Club
THE
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Choice Homes
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AETNA
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Aetna Life Insurance Co
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Norman P. Gerhard
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Bronxville, N.Y
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New York Telephone
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Wwall and
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Frank H. Addyman
Ardsley, N. Y
Simmons
Stearns and Foster Felt
Robinson-Roders
Bestwell
Foster Bros
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