New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
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THE NEWEST REFRIGERATION
IT is LINED WITH HAMMERED GLASS
IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS IN THIS HOUSE

One of the latest improvements IN rerrserators
is to have the whole Of the inside Hired with heavy
hammered pate-glass. glass treated oy special
process. which causes It TO look ike wnite por-
celain This lining is far superior even TO the white
thing so much used, az the tiles had to be screwed
on with nickel plate screws and washers each Offer
ing opportunity for dirt to collect upon whereas
the hammered glass forms one smooth. unoroken
surface. which be wiped on as readily as
china disk and be kept scrupulously Clean The
old zinc lining offered condensing surface to the
warm air. and the moisture was likely to drip on
to the food, besides which, acids and juices COM
ing In contact with the zinc caused IT TO corrooe
really forming oxide OF zinc. which was anything
but conducive to health. The hammered glass lin
Ing Is finished at all the corners ana joints with
aluminium mouldngs. metal especially well suited
to the purpose, II Is non-corrosive The newest
refrigerators also have the shelves made of either
metal plate-gass FINISHED hammered glass;. and
the floors finished with vitrf1ed tiles which are
simply burned. and have not the highly polished
surface OF the glazed tiles.
1T is astonishing how careless people will be
In matters that affect their everyday comfort and
their health. and yet bestow attention on
trivialites," said a dealer In refrigerators "A
gentleman came in here yesterday to buy re-
frigerator and refrained from doing 30 because
the price Of the one he liked was 81 so more than
he wanted to pay He went right out OF here TO
florists shop. and ordered SIS worth Of flowers sent
home. to ornament the dinner table that night. He
knows that refrigerator is an indispensable ad
junct OF housekeeping at this season. and that upon
Its successful operation depends the smoothness OF
his entire domestic machinery. Still. he is going
to persist In getting Of inferior make. even
while he spends money extravagantly in other
ways
I'VE have frequently to remind our customers
that refrigerators built primarily to preserve
food and not ice" he continued. Most people
complain that the refrigerator they have just
ouChf vvil1 mot kean tha IN
inquire into this singular state OF things. and find
that they trying 10 run a refrigerator which
requires a hundred pounds Of ice. on FIVE pounds.
No refrigerator has been invented which will
give satisfaction when run on that principle. The
greatest mistake people make is In looking at
the first cost rather than at the perfection OF
workmanship. when they bargaining for
article which is to cater to their comfort day In
and day out for indefinite number OF seasons.
With the temperature outside at 80 degrees and
the temperature inside at IS or 10 degrees. a con-
tinuai strain is going on. which tells the re-
frgerator In short time unless II IL thoroughly
well constructed. The woodwork Is bound to pull
apart and shrink unless all the Joints have been
we'll put together and the structure has been made
OF the best Material refrigerator is something
that no one can afford TO economize in; II he
does. he will pay much more than the original
price In the end.
1T actually costs t22 80 to make a refrigerator
which is 2 feet inches the front. three
4 feet high. and 2 feet inches deep. BY trust
worthy dealers these retaled at 325 II stands
to reason that refrigerators. larger. sold at
tho housefurnishing stores tho big drygoods stores
and the hardware stores must have inferior prop
critics.
"a poor woman came in here the other day With
a collection OF odd pennies. nickels and ten-cent
pieces which she had been saving up for q long
time with which to buy q good refrigerator. i
used to be a saleswoman at rs she said, and
saw the common no-account refrigerators which
were sold there In quantities to customers who
wanted something cheap. knew the experience some
OF the buyers had with those refrigerators. and
made up my mind that when married and went
to housekeeping would have me real good one
Most OF those cheap refrigerators are said to
have charcoal as q means OF insulation. when In
reality the walls contain nothing which would an
swer such purpose. The articles sold as such only
bear the outward semblance OF refrigerator.
More than half OF the socaled refrigera tors placed
In fats and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES lack the most Inn
portant elements OF their calling. The public can
easily be deuded this subject because II Is not
likely that any will take the walls apart to
examine the filling. genuinely good refrigerator
will last an indefinite time. We repaired one
recently which we sold seventeen years ago. and
which mad been In constant use all that time That
refrigerator was built. too. In days when number
OF improvements now regarded essential were
not used, but It built the right principles"
THE old theory OF charcoal being a good nsu-
lation Ia all humbug." said another authority on
refrigeration. Charcoal IL an excellent disfnfec-
tant. but poor non-conductor II refrigerator
hasn't a thoroughly insulated wall It will not keep
in the cold after II IL made. and is practically use
less You can't pack charcoal so tightly In an up
right wall, no matter how much you may Try
that II will not settle and filter out through the
cracks which Is due to shrinkage In the wood Thcn
again the idea OF dead-air space so much talked
about at present. applied to refrigerators. 10
m OF u
dead-air space must be thorough vacuum.
thorough vacuum 1t is impossible to- Obtain Pc Pc
charcoal Is hair felt, each hair acting as an indie
pendent air cell and staying where 1t Is put Clear
drop to the lower part Of the wall leaving much
of the surface unprotected. .s
in the best refrigerators together with three tnick
Of ad ns b en sran o h
an opposite direction to the outside covering oo
IS much used but it stands to reason from Us very
nature. that It has not tenaSity enough Tor h !ne
heat and passing It before blower the strong
current Of air causing It to fall In Makes OF course
1.-The The IDEAL refrigerator should be very simply
should be removable, or. at least easily acces-
sb for despite the fact that ice Looks aaso cear ro
i which is highly prsjudiGs,I to- to health ,a re-
hoq ood be ay
s S hst h
ton of air thereby carrying off all dampness and
all odors and gases arising from the food the
waste water then absorbs them and carries them
out of the refrigerator. This waste
water should first drip into small receptacle ana
then be carried 10 an open sink In the cellar, as
otherwise there IL danger OF sewer gas getting into
the refrigerator. -. . -,
peculiar smell noticeable when refrigerator Of Ice
chest Is Opened-shoud never he permitted Bone
thing n sure 10 be wrong whenever mat smell ID
obseTyed Much Of the typhoid fever and other dlr
"a sea cDmInouiy attributed 10 the plumbing ana
other sources might be more Justly set down 10 the |
refrigerator ami food kept IN s.eh an amosensrc
n likely 10 produce sick ness, when our woiktnrn
repair old reffiaefaiofr, or 10 eubstitut. new
ones. ihny are asionahed NJ the collection OF MIN
light, aud this TOO. IN houses and apartments ~
charge of careful h6usekrrprfs The faut - OWING
10 Ignorance or 10 the refrigerator being built 20
that II In almost impossible TO cleanse II thorouRh-
~ Tho most perfect and luxurious refrigstatdors