The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-20

The star feature Of the electrical ex-
position In New York 10 not the col
lection Of Edison exhibits nor the Tesla
oscillator, but the department where
cooking IN q dozen different ways IL
expeditlously performed by electricity.
Says the Sun: mo matter what time
Of the day or evening you may visit the
show you will always find a crowd
around q certain exhibit on the left side
OF the main aisle. There Is u raised
platform here, so that. above the heads
Of the spectators, you can see the trim
caps Of three women. And you can
smell things! Such funny Odors to be
hanging about an electrical expusi-
tion! There Is an aroma of coffee and
a beguiling fragrance Of warm cake.
Every woman who enters the hall shifts
the air and then literally follows her
nose They watch Miss Sickles and
her two assistants as children watch q
candy maker And when they see what
a serene, drawing-room affair electric
ity makes Of cooking they sigh pro-
foundly.
Talk about your Rcntgen rays!
said one woman as she watched Miss
Sickles make chocolate frosting on one
piece Of iron with string to 1t, while
she baked the cake In sheet-iron
box with another string TO 1t. II peo-
pie would pay half as much attention
to this cooking feature of electricity.
there wouldn't be so much talk about
marriage being failure
ELECTRIC STOVES.
THE pieces Of iron with strings we're
stoves. They come in different sizes
There are small ones six inches In dia-
meter, and upon tl Is one can I cup
of tea In less time than 1t would take
to build an ordinary fire. The string
which Is tied to this stove 10 the In
sulated wire. 1t has peg at one end
and peg at the other. One psg goes
into a hole In the wall; the other peg
goes into the side Of the six-iuch stove ;
That Is oil there Is to II. You stick the
pegs In and the electricity does the
rest.
1.-The iron box into which Miss Sickles
puts her patches of dough, and out Of
which she takes her bread and cakes
and other good things, Is an electric
oven. 1t has cells Of wires running all
around II inside of Its double sheet
iron case, and you can use the same
cord for II that you used for making
tea II you wish. No one but house,
keeper can appreciate properly the
beauties Of this electric oven. Every
cook knows that for one thing quick
Slow oven Is absolutely essential
When electricity Is the fuel. nothing IS
easier than to secure Quickness and
slOwness at will. Pull out handle in
front and you have q slow oven; pull
out two and 1t Is O quick one. Almost
anybody's brain could grasp that. Then
too, the electric oven bakes evenly on
all sides. When 1t Is introduced the
time will be past for burning the top
of bread while the bottom isn't done,
OF for letting the cakes stick to the
pan before they are brown on top. 1t
seems as II an ordinary
cooking range threw all Of its heat
out into the atmosphere Of thu kitchen.
The oven just won't bake! is the
frequent wall OF the cook, who never
theless Is well nigh baked herself by
being near the stove. With the elec-
trio oven 1t is not so. The outside
surfaces arc insulated. 50 that prac-
tically all OF the heat 10 confined te the
interior.
OTHER MARvELS.
But an oven Is only one of the mar
vels Of the cooking exhibit. Next to 1t
is broiler. Now. of all deceitful do
The electric grill will have an opportu-
nifty Of endearing itself to the long
suffering cook, IL cooking by electricity
becomes prevalent. It IL ready for
work in q few minutes after the current
Is applied, and 1t absolutely forbids the
production of smoked or gas-fiavored
steaks and chops. The juices are col
lccted in q pan beneath, SO that they
can be used in basting.
Miss Sickles makes tea. coffee and
chocolate by electricity, and quite as
coolly and comfortably as II she were
making bouquets. Te coffee pots make
the French drip coffee, and, inasnuch
as the coffee pot contains Its own
stove there Is no excuse for its get
ting cold after 1t is put on the table.
This stove consists Of a coil Of wire In
the bottom OF the pot. On the same
principle are the large urns for making
tea and coffee In restaurants or for ANY
large number of people. The electric
chatting dish Is on the same plan. 1t
means good-by to the alcohol lamp
with its pleasing habit Of setting fire
to the table cloth, and its unspeakable
odors.
There seems to be no end to the at
fractions Of those portable little stoves.
They are just like thick stove lid,
Shy WY SiCduSE anu well
ished. They can be carried all over the
house. to the nursery or the sick room,
wherever there Is electrical connection,
One can make. almost anything on
them, from a cup Of hot water to q
steamed plum pudding.
But perhaps the greatest boon Of all
Is the electric iron. Ironing day will
cease to be u nightmare when people
shall be able to go into cool, COM
Portable kitchen or laundry, stick q peg
into an iron, and go to work. You will
never need to change your irons then.
All day long, In fact. Just as long as that
peg is kept In its place, the Iron will
be ready for business. They are nj.
ways clean and bright II the house.
wife simply wants to press out a few
handkerchiefs, or q seam, or a rumpled
piece Of cloth, she can stick in that peg
and do her five-minute Job and be
through with it. She doesn't need to
wait until there is fire and the irons
are hot.
1.-THE unfortunate part Of II all is that
at present electric cooking is out Of the
reach Of most people. 1t can be intro
duced only slowly. In the first place
a house must have electric connections
OF sufiicient power for lighting. If II
has wires OF that size. then It Is a com
paratively simple thing to arrange the
cooking department. It Is also cheaper
and easier In small places than II is in
cities like New York. In smaller towns
the electric light wires are ReneralIv