The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-30
New Household Devices.

It really seems as if the domestic
help, the handmaid and the handmen
of the present day household, had the
favored end of the situation, says the
New York ,Sun. Not only are devices
for lessening their labors being con
stantly introduced, but new inven-
tions for prompting the memory, and
so saving the strained relations Incl
dent to oversights and omissions, are
also found among the furnishings for
pantry and kitchen. A self-closing
bread bin, all scarlet paint without
and porcelain lining within, is the
newest recruit in the list.
"Servants invariably neglect to shut
bread box, and if they do shut it
they leave an opening sufficient for
dust to get in, exclaimed salesman.
"Cake or any cooked Wand they are
more careful about, but bread, with
thick crust to it, they appear to leave
to it's own protection. Various GUS
toners have spoken of this from time
to time, SO an inventor has taken the
hint and made this cylindrical bin
that closes the moment the loaves are
put into it.
A self f-acting knife washer is another
invention designed to prevent the
over-burdencd hired girl from having
to remember that the handles of knives
ought not to be put into hot water.
1t is dopble-decked affair, with
places for the big overgrown knives
and places for the small knives. The
knife washer does everything but get
its OWE hot water and wipe the knives
after aheir scrubbing. That much is
still left to the domestics. A new egg
breaker has just taken precedence over
all previous egg breakers. 1t not only
cracks the she'll, but holds the hot egg
as we'll, thus saving Katie's fingers
from the least possible burn. This
invention looks something like pair
of curved edged scissors, with sharp
little teeth to hold by. There is a
new contrivance for shaving ice, and
new appliances for rounding it into
balls for use about the butter and
other delicate dishes. The conven-
fences for peeling ard pairing vegeta-
bles, slicing them and chopping them
up and for measuring out scasonings
and condiments, are a revelation to
people who have not kept up with the
van OF improvement. Every year a
new raisin secder comes out, and the
latest device for this purpose would
be interesting to the old-time house
wives, who spent hours seeding raj
sins for birthday or & wedding cake,
armed only with fruit knives and
patience that resisted sickness.
There have been divers bottle lock-
ers put on the market from time to
time, but 1898 sees new one possess
ed of an actual key: which can be
borne away in the pocket Of the bottle
owner, and so afford tangible evidence
Of the security Of the much-prlzed
vintage. 1--WE have sold no end OF
these says the salesman. 'They
take much better than the self-fasten-
crs, that depended on the cork swell
ing as IA prccaution. There seems to
be feeling among owners Of wine Gel
lars that it is perfectly natural for the
butler to give way to temptation IN
this regard or for the cook or th'
child nurse on of afternoons an'
evenings to take IL clandestine Swlg n
any tipplc she may prefer When th'
choicest wines that the house affords
arc locked, each in its own bottle, ant
the separate keys are in their tur'
locked away in cabinet or desk drawer
the master aud mistress enjoy free
dom from responsibility.
4 contrivancc not made especlall.
for servants use. but that might b