The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
Two Volun1es. Cloth Denny Svo, Price $500 net
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NEW HOUSEHOLD CoN1RIVANcEs.
Inventions Intended 20 Tighten the Lnbors or
Servant and Mistress.

Inventions Intended 20 Tighten the Labors or
Servant and Mistress.
1t really seems as il the domestic help, the
handmade and the handman of the present day
household, had the favored end of the situation.
Not only are devices for lessening their labors
being constantly introduced, but new inventions
for prompting the memory, and 30 saving the
strained relations incident 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 lin
ing within, is the newest recruit in the list.
Servants invariably neglect to shut a bread
box. and If they do shut it they leave an open
ing sufficient for dust to get in" exclaimed
the salesman. Cake or any cooked Wand they
are more careful about; but bread, with n thick
crust to 1t, they appearto leave to it's own pro-
lection. Various customers 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-acting knife washer is another inven.
ton, designed to prevent tho overburdened
hired girl from having to remember that the
handles Of knives ought not to DO put into hob
water. 1t is O double-decked affair with places
for the big. overgrown knives and places for the
small knives. The knife washer does every.
thing but get its own hot water and wipe the
knives after their scrubbing. That much is still
left to the domestic. A new egg breaker has
Just taken precedence over all previous egg
breakers. 1t not only cracks the shell. but holds
the hot egg as well, thus saving Katie's fingers
from the least possible burn. This invcn-
ton looks something like a pair of curved
edged scissors. with sharp little teeth 10
hold by. There is a new contrivance for shay
balls TOR use about the butter and other delicate
dishes. The conyeniences for peeling and par
ing vegetables, slicing them, and chopping them
up, ana Tor measuring out SCASOulnRS and con.
diments are a revelation to people who have not
year a new rnisin seeder comes out, aud the
latest device for this purpose would be inter-
hours seeding raisins for a birthday or a wed.
ding cake. armed only with fruit knives and
patience that resisted sickness.
There have been divers bottle lockers put ON
the market from time to time. but 1903 sees q
new one possessed 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 mpch.prized vintage.
salesman. They take much better than tho
sell, fasteners. that depended on tho cork's
feeling among owners OF wine cellars that 1t 10
perfectly natural for the butler to give way to
child's nurse. on off afternoons and evenings. to
take a clnndestine swiG at any lipple she may
affords are locked. each In its own bottle, and
the separate keys are in their turn locked away
in cabinet or desk drawer, tho master and mis-
tress enjoy a freedom from responsibility"
a contriTS M1 g. NOT made especially l for ser.
wants use, Dnt tlat lnlRnt DO auOpteu Dy them
with convenience. is an implement for reaching
out and getting things without rising from ones
chair. 1t is probable thar the designer had tho
comfort of invalids and helpless folk in mind
when he planned it,, but, able bodied folk, both
above and below stairs. have been quick to see
its merits. When shut up il looks like a pair of
tweeZers or scissors. but IL is light and plant
and at the slightest touch jumps out and
ifpsthSns into I" hnIf:yard long utsn;
for hooking up the desired object.
A newspaper or handkerchief. the skirt OF a
% eirTffepinf infa amt. a s dSafo Of y ysGnir or any light h.
grabbed and brought within range by this con-
trivance. II Is called. u Lazy. Tom" The
sybaritc. either in the kithen or in tho sitting
room. when armed with 1t can go q fishing
among surroundings without moving mn inch
from The special place he has found comfortable.