The evening times., 1898-06-08
Lansburgh & Bro,
42O422-424426 Seventh St.
THE NEW GIRLS COOKING KIT.
Has Electricity mt Last Solved n
Troublesome Problem.

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Has Electricity mt Last Solved n
Troublesome Problen:
And what do you think of my cook
stove? I've only had it month. All my
| spare time now is spent in poring over
| books on cookery. have learned to
make the most delicious tea biscuits, and
1 can boil coffee and do almost every
thing with it already"
had dropped in to chat with a bache-
lor girl who lives in an uptown studio
building. She writes charming sonnets.
by the way.
See. this is the oven." she went on, in
perfect fiutter of feminine enthusiasm,
quite extraordinary in a confirmed bache-
lor maid who had been known to sniff
at the small delights Of her domestic sis
ters.
The stove in question was nothing
more nor less than a circular block of
true steel about four inches in diameter.
mounted upon three elaborately chased
nickel legs The heat was supplied
. through five feet of flexible cord connect
ed with a side bracket electric light
socket.
In three minutes after turning on the
current it is hot, and 1 just set the oven
up So" picking up a still more diminu-
tive kitchen belonging and setting 1t atop
the stove. 1T has two compartments, an
upper and a lower one. and it browns
things just lovely. 1 roasted a chicken in
it one day. and 1 didn't have to do any
basting or watch 1t at all.
"Of course, the chicken was a very
fectly delicious. Here is the stewpan and
this is the coffee pot. and, oh. yes, have
a washboiler, Would you ever have
dreamed of such things and the little
bachelor girl brought forth one from be-
hind brightly curtained recess.
Il use it, too. every week. 1 boil my
laces and best handkerchiefs and all the
little odds and ends of things that get
ruined when sent to the laundry
This fiat thing is a pancake griddle.
I've never used it. though: they give me
such awful indigestion. I've had lots of
spreads with this dear little broiler,
though.
You remember the night we girls gave
the farewell bachelor dinner to that Eng
lish horAe pa nter who married the good
for-nothing doctor. Goodness, how scared
We were when the chatting dish toDpled
over. and the curtains got on fire, could
Team tihs very minute Just thinking
of it.
We'll, when got this stove 1 wondered
right away If there was not Just such an
electric attachment for chafing Dishes and
L found one, too. OF course don't really
need it with the stove. but didn't like to
abandon 1t. You see.
One might suppose 1 had gone daft on
the subject, but really. now. isn't this lit
tie smoothing iron a marvel? The beauty
of it Is that 1t never gets cold lust pull
out the plug which attaches the heat con-
ductor for the stove and put in this one
The other end of the cord, You see. is
fastened to the iron. so the heat is con-
tinuous. press my ties and laces beauti-
fully. -.- ,u'
The conductor is five feet long. so
suspend 1t from this little rubber con-
trivance over the table. Then there is no
danger of breaking the cord, and 1t Is not
in my way when ironing.
Truly, wonders can be performed with
electricity nowadays. / wouldn't be sur
prised to some day wake up and just have
to touch a button to dress myself" added
TINS very up-to-date girl as she opened
the door OF capacious closet and brought
out square piece of thick, soft felt, or
dnary looking enough except for the now
telltale coil of green and white cord.
And pray. is this your dressing appa-
ratus come to light already?'' exclaimed.
No. not that. 1t is my electric hot wat
er bag. or, rather. something that has
taken the place of the hot water bags
that are forever bursting or getting stone
cold This may be kept at an even tenn
perature for days, If necessary.
Then 1 have an electric curling iron
heater, which is really the dearest thing
Of all. 1t heats SO quickly, and then there
is no smudge on ones fingers when finish
ed.
thought so long as was settled down
In this snuggery for life I would have all
the latest conveniences and show folks
just how close to a joke the bachelor
gfrfs cares actually are. TN turn on the
current and wen have a cup OF chocolate
and some cheese waters"
And so we did.