The suburban citizen., 1901-05-04

rounded by coils Of wire in such a sci
entifc way that all parts of 1t are
evenly heated. There is no danger
of burning the top Of the cake while
the bottom is left uncooked ana
doughy The regulation Of the heat is
made even more effective by n small
knob in front When a slow oven is
needed the knob is pulled out, but if a
"quick" oven is required for baking
two knobs are pulled out, and as If by
magic a quick, intense heat Is sup
piled. Cooks can no longer complain
Of bad ovens, slow ovens and con
trary" ovens. The electric stove
avoids all these irregular tempera-
lures that make cooking so aggrNvat-
ing in the ordinary coal stoves. Even
the amateur would find 1t delight
to cook under such circumstances, and
she would undoubtedly be unduly
tiattered by the success Of her first
experiments, for as every good cook
knows, half the battle is won when
the stove is properly heated and regu-
lated.
Places are arranged on the stove for
tea kettles, coffee pots and other Inn
plcments, and the heat is concentrated
at the openings, so that little OF it
escapes into the room. But, in addl-
tion to this, separate portable broilers,
tea kettles, chatting a1hes and coffee
pots are made to use either on top OF
the stove or in the dlning-room, sick
chamber or wherever electric connec,
tions can be made. These are ar.
ranged with separate coils of wire,
which can be brought TO an intense
heat by simply. connecting them to the
wires dn the side Of the Toom and the
cooking can be accomplished in less
time than it takes to make an ordin.
ary fuel fire. With full supply of all
these cooking utensils one is almost
Independent of the large stoves, ex-
cept on wash days. Even electric
irons are manufactured on the same
principle, the coils Of wire being ar
ranged inside CT the iron, so that TIE
implement is kept hot all day long.
The heating of the house by the new
power is another and valuable feature
of the question, and no housewife who
has been burdened with the care and
fore-thought necessary to run steam
or hot water furnaces can fail to ap-
preciate the new system in store for
her. 1t Is as far ahead of steam or
hot water rs they are ahead of the
OldfashiCned stoves and hot air fuln-
aces. There is no fire TO watch no
coal to buy or put into the furnace,
| No o. chgc fp fo1 10 oI, oil
dust, smoke or gas. The heat is dis
tributcd about the house by means OF
handsome radiators, and these are
connected with the electric storage
house some miles away by means of
an invisible wire. By pressing n but
ton at the head Of the bed on n cold
morning the heat can be turned on,
and in a few minutes the radiators
will be too hot to touch with the
hand. Within half an hour The house
will be warm enough ON the coldest
morning FOR one to rise and dress with
comfort. The heat can be economical
at night time in this way, or it can
be kept going all day and night with
out interruption. The supply is uni
versal, regular and ready for use at
all times. There need to be no in
tense suffering from the cold at one
time and positive discomfort from the
heat a few hours later. The tempera-
ture can be regulated with the same
ease and readiness characteristic Of
the kitchen fire just described.
These are the more pronounced bene-
fits that will be derived from electrici-
ty in the future, when 1t will cost no
more to install private house than
it does to-day to put in q steam heat
ing plant and coal stoves in the kltch-
en- and laundry; but there are many
minor advantages that will accrue as
we become accustomed to the new
agent with an invisible power that
can be converted at will into light,
heat or power the tendency will be to
invent all sorts of implements for re-
ducing the Inconvenience Of living.
For instance, the sewing machine will
have an electric alta chment that can
be employed at any moment to run
the machine as long or as short q tine
as needed ~1lt y, II. a .
Many an overheated housewife must
have viewed with envy the electric
fans that cool the air on hot days in
restaurants, and it would not be long
before appropriate fans would be
placed in every household for private
use With the electric power always
ready, it would be no eXtravagant ex-
penditure to connect the electric fans
on hot summer days and keep them
going until night brought relief With
such fans in the Kitchen. diningroom
and parlor, life in summer would be
robbed of half its terrors, and one
would not have TO seek the sea shore
or mountains for cooling breezes. The
cost OF Installing the house with the
felectric fans would be comparatively
small after the electric plant itself
was once established. They could
also be introduced in the bed-fOong. 80
that on warm nights, when slumber
seems impossible a constant current
of rpfrnsbinp mir oouId bn created for