St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08
HOT SEHOLD INVENTIONS.
Some Ingenious Devises for Mistress
and Maid.

and Maid.
People are keen-Witted in these days.
Active brains are working night and
day, thinking what can be done to sup
ply public needs. No sooner is a de-
mand made known, no matter from
what humble source, than some in
Ventor is quick to catch the idea and
puzzle out something to fill the want.
The cry for fresh air" has resulted in
cunning little ventilators for pillows,
whereby pure air may circulate
through the feathers. They are small,
metal, thimble like contrivances, with
wire netting in their sunken centers,
and can be inserted at intervals along
the seam at either end Of the pillow.
They are sewn in securely, and the
edges are smoothed and rounded so as
not to wear the pillow-case, which, of
course, should be removed every day
or two so as to allow a free circula-
ton of air.
An invention described as a bottle
locker seems to be an effective check
to any weakness on the part Of buffers
and maids. Whisky, brandy, port, all
liquors and wines, in fact may be
locked fast in their individual bottles,
In stdeboards or on pantry shelf, so
as to defy the fingers Of the meddle-
some. Of nickle-plate, they are the
depth Of cork in length, and fit Sc
curely over the mouth of the bottle.
These novel devices, each supplied
with it's own quick-turning key, insure
security to the distrustful, and a tanta-
lizing, touchme-not defiance to the in
truSive. Il am here, but not for you,"
the locked bottle says, and the maid
and butler think that this is an un-
grateful world. If the cook may not
draw on the wine closet, however, she
has distinct advantages in these pro-
gressive days over her predecessors.
To seed raisns used to be a sticky,
tedious undertaking, from which even
the most indefatigable of workers
shrank with distaste. The faster one
worked, the more her fingers were
clogged and poorer the results. Now
adays clever little machines are
screwed to the edge of table and then
filed with a handful of raisins. After
a few revolutions Of the crank the rails
ms come out free from the adhesive
seeds. The genius who came to the
rescue Of so many long-suffering cake
bakers and pudding-boilers should
have a monument erected to his men,
ory. For those who do not wish to
buy these nickel-plated seeders there
are strong but plain little tin ones, at q
nominal price worked with much more
trouble, but with a saving OF time and
patience, all the same, as compared
with hand seeding.
An olive corer, which may also be
used for taking the seeds out of dates,
Is counted among this seasons novel
ties. This corer has a sharp little tooth
that clutches the olive, and quicker
than a flash, removes the stone from 1t.
In shape it reminds one Of an intricate
nut-cracker and recalls as we'll GER
tain kind of button-hole scissors. The
olive corer Is handsome and by no
means inexpensive, but Is worth much
fo the housewife and her maids.
There Is no danger any more OF skin
ming ones fingers IN the economical
endeavor to CRATE a nutmeg down to
the last extremity, for the improved
graters are now arranged so that they
both hold and CRATE the nutmeg.
Ten dollars for a lemon squeezer
seems to the economical housewife an
exortftant outlay, but to the man who
prid9s himself on his capacity to make
punches and other mixed drinks
stanIng squeeZer of the finest rose
wood, with china crater and Strainer,
and mounted with triple-plated silver,
is a necessity and not a luxury. Ger
tainly nothing could be simpler than
to place lemon in this vise-like con-
trivance and squeeze it dry. The most
rebellious lemon, thick-skinned and un-
yielding to ordinary pressure, would
succumb to such a superior power.
Hands must not be cold now when
folks set out on long journeys, so tiny
heaters, the shape and size of a biscuit,
are brought out to be carried in the
pocket and to comfort the traveller.
Carbon is the fuel used, in solid black
Jumps, and diminutive reflectors trans
NIT the heat