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 handmade and the handmen
OF the present day household, had the
favored end Of the situation, says the
New York San. Not only are devices
for lessening their labors being con
stantly introduced, but new inven-
tions for promptip she memory, and
so saving the strain "a relations Incl
dent to oversights and omissions, are
also found among the furnishings for
pantry and kitchen. a s~elf-closing
bread bin, all scarlet paint without
and porcelain lining 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 opening sufficient for
dust to get in" exclaimed a salesman.
'Cake s- e ccckkca Wand they are
more careful about, but bread, with q
thick crust to it, they appear to leave
to its W protection. Various GUS
toners have spoken Of this from time
20 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
invention designed to prevent the
oveT-bufdened hired girl from having
to remember that the handles Of knives
ought not to be put into hot water.
1t is a dopble-decked affair, with
| places for the big overgrown knives
and places for the small knives. The
knife WAGNER dees everything but gel
its own hot water and wipe the knives
after their 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 shell, but holds the hot egg
as we'll, thus saving Katie's fingers
from the least possible burn. This
invention looks something like a pair
of curved edged scissors, with sharp
little teeth to hold by. There is a
new continuance for shaving ice, and
new appliances for rounding it into
balls. for use about the butter and
other delicate dishes. The conven.
fences for p%eeiing and pairing yegeta.
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 q
new raisin seeder 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 a birthday OF E 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 t.
time, but 1898 sees a new one possess
ed of an actual key, which can b.
borne away in the pocket Of the bottle
owner, and SO afford tangible evidence
Of the security Of the muoh-prizet
vintage. eve have sold no end O
these says the salesman. "The,
take much better than the self-fasten
crs, that depended on the cork swell
ing as a precaution. There seems =,
be a feeling among owners Of wine Gel
lars that it is perfectly natural for tn,
butler to give way to temptation il
this regard, or for the cook or tn,
child's nurse on off afternoons an,
evenings to take a clandestine swig a
any tipple she may prefer. When tn,
choicest wines that the house afford
are locked, each in its own bottle, an,
the separate keys are in their turI
locked away in cabinet or desk drawer
the master and mistress enjoy a free
dom from responsibility
a contrivance not made especial
for servant nse, bat that might b