The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-01
Electricity Beats Biscuit.

| to the woman who can cope with II
practically should belong the palm
AS ideal as were the days before the
war. when cur grandmothers and their
mothers wore short wasted gowns and
high hcclcd shoe, and slaves obeycd
their slightest wish, there was not the
half Of the comforts Of life as we en-
JOY to day.
Electricity was an almost unknown
quantity, so to speak. To day. how
ever, right here in atlanta, lives
brave little woman who has perhaps
put the most practical application of
electricity to test that is on record
for shes beating biscuit with it
What think you. oh housekecrcrS. of
that
Mrs. Martha Butler Iapslcy is the
] clever woman inventor of the electric
motor that serves as biscuit beatcr.
She lives at II Clifford stree, and has
a biscuit factory in her Kitchen which
has grown from the use Of ohc barrel
Of flour il week to five cr six barrels
per month.
| When northern visitor, stop at the
large hotels in Atlanta they are often
surprised and more often delighted
with hot beaten biscuit served them
for Mrs. Laps!cy furnishes her deli
cious little biscuit to the large hotels
of the city.
Two years ago she began making
biscuit for the Womans Exchange,
but at first it seemed with no success,
for time and again her samples we're
returned marked failures She kept
up her courage, however, and sent in
her biscuit until, day by day. they be-
came more perfect in the making, and
little by little the demand for them
grew.
At first they were all beaten by
hand then. as the trade grew, the old
Athens model biscuit beatcr was used
Now this has been surplantcd b. the
electric motor which Mrs. lapslcy has
| invented
y glimpse into hcr kitchen shows
an unusually interior, for licrc are the
electric motor and TWO large gas stoves.
The guardian angel Of this province Is
the yclia" conk on wI:o'l Mr. l.pp.c,
r,'ics
- ianne. wa~ ollir~:,o .uira,c
/ cn all knpwu r.rii.ni~ e, l,,.. .as J.
ni;. ai', Mrs I.ai i,y w #. a-}~.
nnv e~li to ifNet Il
w'i:,h Has '"t, >n.A -nec, III
.4ea; wpri t. iDi'ar. ~ o'N N,l.
model. l"i, will see Tin! lne niar!ia.
ha- nn woode' screw~ 4. the Old mod, !
l!a.. ior ;iicS" would sriit vi and ~rt
!i'c dough- full cf >pl:n,c;.: 50 Ina;
was the irs, improvements to make
! The screws nna bearings Of NY INA
chine are ail Of iron and two Adjustable
pins rcrini, Of a lar-c ov smal. 4uan-
tity Of dough being placed hcnca,h the
beating pins as desired.
"a large wheel run BY electricity
brought by wire under shc kitchen
ilonr FROM Che generator il the cellar,
keeps the pins in motion. y crank
start; the whccl au. Il to;icll stops il
instantly. | ha,: to ray >ln for ,h,.
privilege oE the electricity nece.sary
to 90 my work.
The yrca;e>s charms Of ny wrrl,
went on Mr>. ;.ar~icy. SIS the TACT
that it is right here where | 90 ~; 20
beyond my own door to manage it.
Christmas Eve | Eilci All order for
2,0iW biscuit, and my orders have av-
crascd daily since then / 900 biscuit :
y barre! oi flour lasts jnst about
one week with careful management.
Mrs. Lapsley generally makes one
hundred biscuit ut a time. Her trade
is now with the large groceries and
the Woman's Exchange, the rcstau-
rants and hotels, and the dining cars
which pass through Atlanta She Las
had made 10 order moulds of different
shapes = rabbits, butterflies, clubs
spades, etc.
Her biscuit have been shipped to
nearly all parts of the country. Du-
ring the yellc fever scare. summer
before last, some we're shipped to New
Orleans, but to the horror of the send
or, were fumigatcd en- route
The Inventor Of this biscuit machine
is Il little woman, scarce five feet tall.
She has the brightest dark eyes and
soft black hair that waves prct;ily
over a beautifully shaped brow, while
tightly closing lips icspcak the deter
mination with which she has worked
Besides her biscuit trade Mrs Laps
ley finds herself kept pretty busy
caring for four fine children as well as
, | Gno ho,,co g.,