The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-15


on the Market-New Apparatus for
Heating Houses.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Electric cookery is in its infancy Yet
the time is nearly approaching when the
kitchens OF all well managed households
VIII be run by the mysterious fluid. Elec-
trfcity will take the place of fuel m
the range. the department Of the cuisine
viii be lighted by the same agency. and
IL is entirely conceivable that small cleo
trio motors VIII De made TO serve for
such purposes as beating eggs and mix
ing griddle cakes.
Already electric cook stoves in a num-
Der of patterns are on the market You
can buy an electric chatting dish, which
NAV be attached a a moments notice
10 an ordinary electric light wire in any
house. These chatting dishes are made
in one-quart and two-quart sizes, nickel
Mated. All YOU have to do is TO make
the attachment by a plug switch, turn
on the current and almost Immediately
your oysters are beginning 20 stew OF
your eggs TO frizzle.
Before long householders viii take
electricity regularly for domestic pur-
poses. Just as they now take gas. But
the more subtle fluid viii be made 70
serve for cooking and heating as wen
as for lighting The convenience 10
-he housewife of being able to rely upon
one system of wires for fuel Tor cooklns
and for warming and illuminating ths
dwelling will be enormous. she VIII lihu
# particularly delightful TO be rld Oh
hot kitchen in the summer time.
Nowadays the kitchen is apt 10 De the
dirty part Of any house. To keep IL really
clean is almost out of the question ne
coal used for fuel blackens eVerythlhs
with which it comes in contact. dsHts
makes more dirt, and smoke biackens lne
ceiling and walls. In the electrically con-
Quoted kitchen Of the near future IL VIII
be ouite different There will be no Goa,
no ashes and no smoke The range VIII
be ready for cooking at moment no
tice, with no time ana patehCss "a5 5T',-
in the labOriOus klndllng OF a hIe. INC
turn Of a switch viii start the Cufrenl,
which may be shut or again Wneh no
longer wanted. 49,.
was exhibited at the world s fair IN chi
cago. All sorts of cooking were done IN
It, including the roasting OF joints ana
fowls the broiling OF steaks, the baklnB
of bread and cakes, etc. and the results
were extremely satisfactory The only
reason why this method of cookery has
not already come into general use Is that
electricity as a substitute Tor Iuel costs
more than coal or oil or gas. The diner-
ence of cost, in fact is considerable, put
IL has so many advantages as TO be worth
covered by which electricity can be pro-
duced more cheaply, and then even poor
people will be able to afford electric ran
des and heaters.
Meanwhile a good many people who
are able TO pay for the luxury are BUY
ing electric culinary apparatus. II is
undenable that the kitchen thus equip
ped is a joy and blessing-free from
dirt and noXious gases and cool 1hink
of the happiness OF a Kitchen that IS al
ways cool, of a cook who is not red in
hD nInTnlnE.
a fire that requires no kindiing. being
turned on or extinguished at an instant s
notice! Why, under such conditions lie
assumes a new aspect, from the point
of view of the housewife.
With the Introduction of the electric
chafing dish ends the era OF the alcohol
lamp, with it's disagreeable odor and la
bility to overflow and set fire 10 the
table cloth. Similar in idea is the cleo
trio tea kettle and stand, admirably adapt
The stand is connected with an cleo
trio wire; a turn Of the button, and
presently the water for the beverage that
cheers without MIGRATING Is SINGING lI
the pot Take off the tea kettle and
you have in the stand a suitable apparatus
for making coffee in bachelors apart
ment, or for various uses IN the nursery
or sick room. In hospitals electric. con-
trivances are particularly well adapted
for heating food, warming bandageS, etc.
The electric range looks very differ
ent from a range Of the ordinary kitchen
pattern II is more like a table, with
q cupboard beneath for warming dishes
and a shelf above for such supplement-
airy articles as the chatting dish and coffee
On the table will be seen perhaps por-
celain-lined pot for boiling or stewing,
a griddle and a broiler, while the ovens
stand on the floor alongside. ovens. pot,
broiler, etc, are attachable TO wires when
wanted for use Overhead the swimmers
and other small utensils hang from pegs
1t is said that meats roasted in the
electric oven have all the qualities OF
meats cooked in front Of fire, and they
do not require basting or watching. They
are cooked more evenly and in less time
while retaining a larger percentage OF
the nutritious Juices. Bread is baked in
the same apparatus ideally.
No culinary process is more difficult
than to broil in a first-class manner. The
coal stove is usually not in suitable con
diticn, and the gas flame often ignites tbs
hot fat and burns the food. The electric
broiler does the work without smuggling
the food, smoking it or burning it,; The
escaping juices are collected unspolled ii
a pan beneath, so that the cook car
readily haste the meat.
Electric cook stoves are made in port
able shapes. like gas stoves. Urns fol
heating water are sold for use in hotels
restaurants, barber shops and other pla
ces where hot water is constantly requir
ed. An ordinary electric light wire sup
plies the caloric. The electric sad-iron il
q boon alike to the laundry and the house
wife. The current supplied to it by 1
wire keeps il at a constant temperature
and thus no time is lost in changing and
relocating irons. One iron may be useC
continuously, and no coal or gas stove
IS required. The iron never becomes
overheated; it always remains clean anS
bright, and does not require whipping
TO prevent the soiling of the fabric.
Another blessing for the women is th'
electric curling tongs. They can bC
attached at moments notice to al
electric light wire, and are heated almos
instantly. They remain at a constan
temperture as long as required, or until
the connection is cut off. All that il
necessary in the employment of this con
trivance is to remove the incandescen
lamp from its socket, attach the cord o
the iron to the socket in place Of tn
lamp and turn on the current This sim
pie and valuable device, so useful nova
days, when fashion obliges nearly ever,
woman to use curling tongs on her hair
costs only 81.
The time is destined to arrive befor
long when houses will be warmed in win
ter by electricity. What the electric lam
is to artificial lighting, as furnished b.
the candle, oil or gas, the electric heate
Is to artificial heating. But the problem
in this case is very different from tina
of electric cooking.
For the latter purpose the object Anne
at is TO provide an apparatus that vii