Housework on Skates
lii. these, .days .when roller' skating lias.become -such a,popular pastime, the f ollowiiig' storj-j 'printed in -an Australian, paper,'.may. .be, o,f interest: "In the course--..oft • a -discussion- on.' the easiest and (juicivest-Tvayof keeping a large house.'.y.b.a'iijVAu ',aV4ua'n';ailce-.'of mine told mo -tiiat -ssiue years ago she lived in rrbig lionse wineh1 involved a-tremen-dous'''diti.qlHi'r.'p'f'. Work.' The kitchen ■was long..and. .inconvenient-, and. the -many trips niade-'her (So. tired that sJie invested in-, a, -pair of-roller-skates .and .learnt to skate/; ATo" fill 'the kettle: she had to go through- th.o .'length -of the room -toi thetap,vbufc'.slie)'beca.me so pro;flcienfc on ■ the.: skates", thai- work- soon became >a,; pleasure;;- She- w,ent ;from one room -to; anpthej^made beds,, and actually .swept"the^floors, on iskates." '
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 83, 4 October 1930, Page 19
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119Housework on Skates Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 83, 4 October 1930, Page 19
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