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pany, portable gas-tanks can be used and while the 

 cost is higher, it is still, in our judgment, not so differ- 

 ent from ordinary gas as to warrant some of the 

 methods which we discarded. 



Our experiments with the various methods of heat- 

 ing water, as with other domestic appliances, have 

 thoroughly convinced us that the investment and cost 

 of maintaining the most efficient means for furnishing 

 the home with utilities and comforts are quite within 

 the income limitations of most families in this coun- 

 try. It may not be possible to install all of these com- 

 forts in the very beginning, any more than we were 

 able to, but they are distinctly economical if the time 

 which they save is used for productive work in re- 

 ducing and eliminating butcher, baker, grocer, and 

 clothier bills. 



