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to $40, chatting dishes from slS to s90, coHeo

IN SO, chatting dishes from st5 TO S25. coffee
pots and tea Kettles from 50 to $40.
IN spite OF the expense nttenhant on thls new
1 houses in which Il has been introduced. The
Peabody house. In brooklyn. Is the most proml;
nent example in this vicinity. In New England
there are a good many houses In, WHICH cleo
tricity does the brunt OF tho work, but It II tho
West which has been the most progressive in
~ nm so thankful" said Miss slcslcs. " that
electricity has at last been turned 10 account In
the cause of domestic science. II has been made
ia work in almost every other way, while tho
worker OF the household has drudged along on
| the SAME old plane. have tried every known
means OF cooking and doing domestic work. and
electricity is far ahead OF them all
Woman and science do not generally go
hand In hand. but they are coqucttIng with
each other In n most promising fashion. Right
next to the cooking exhibit Is another OF deep
machine. "Running" q sewing machine Will
lose its tcgrors under, the new regime, and
getting hnckaches. with the electric sewing
machine. the only thing necessary Is . singlo
pressure OF the foot upon the lrcallr. That
sets tho machine in motion. and II will sew
straight ahead until the pressure is released. II
can DO made to 60 fast or slowly at Will, and
In the same exhibit with tho cooking utensils
is q feature which is Of interest 10 cyclists. II is
an electric vulcaniZcr for repairing bicycle tires.
II is claimed that any absolute grcenhorn can
mend n fractured tire by means. Of the electric
V1ilcaniycr. Ii the scientists will kindly invent
one which II n triiie smaller. so that 1t can be
carried out on the rOHd tor use In emergencies,
they VIII CONFER "A noon upon wncplfDHulty.
No one seems more surprised than the women
themselves at the interest they take In tho CX-
position, They find so many. things which APP
peal to their practical souls, for. when II comes
To being comfortable, II woman knows II lot
moro than she is ever suspected OF. The cleo
trio fans seem particularly 70 appeal to them.
gnrded the buzZing wheels, those warm days
last week, spoke volumes OF appreciation. The
different methods of electric lighting are the
object OF their special interest. In the Edison
display there Is Il room lighted by concealed
lamps above the Gorntce: BY pressing one bnt-
light: hy pressing another 1t is flooded with an
exquisite ditrused rosc-colored glow.
one WnmI n w sh.ne She rSs saw i Il. Why, SSE shs snId.
Il think that's the greatest thing ever heard
Of for a dining room. One could have a set OF
room darkened. the light itself would match
the motif OF your decorations"
The electric curling iron heaters also appeal
to the feminine mind. So do the electric bed
warmers and the electric poulticcr," the cleo.
trio piano. and the burglar alarms.
TN the upper floor the women enjoy delicious
shivcrs rs they view tho bones Of their hand by
means of the microscope. When they enter
tho black hung room where the Edison machine
is placed some of them want to beat a retreat,
or pretend they do. But curiosity generally
gets The better of them. Another favoritc
want to make is the diamond experiment in
Prof. Pupin's dnrkened booth. IT appears that
hydrocarbon become phosphorescent when
exposed TO n strong hight. OF course, all
the women want to see whether their
they keep some one busy all the time. out of
several hundred diamonds with which tho ex-
pertinent was tried in n single evening only three
were found to be phusphOrescont. There is a
Tiffany. diamond there. however. which pos
sesses this quality in a remarkable degree, 80
that people have Il chance To STE II shine oven II
their own stones Will not.
Altogether. the electrical show is by no means
only a mans show. Women are more inter-
ested In this exhibition or the attachments Of
science than auy one dreamed they would he.