In the home scientifie progress has made life easier and more pleasant. A housewife once had to spend almost all of hr time washing aend sewing clothes cooking and preserving food cleaning house and tending fires science has provided electric engy to run washing machines sewing machines refrigerators and air conditioners electric light had replaeed the candles oil lamps and gas flames that once lighted homes frozen foods and automatic stoves make the preparatinn of meal more convenient detergens have made cleaning and washing easier there and other advances have glven the housewife more time for recreation and conmunity activities