New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-07

| covered with the softest fleece Mr Smith fas-
! tened its end to the light current and turned
the current on.
1t is getting hot already" ne said Feel"
"By JOve, II is getting hot" said the visitor.
He laughed deIiShtedIy.
ct takes the place Of a hot water bag" Mrs
Smith explained. eli you have cramp or neu-
raIgia. You start it scins and. lying down. you
prc@s 1t TO the spot where the pain is IL IS
hot IA minute or two. and It stays hot"
Il see" IN. visitor said You don't have 70
Dc Jumping up every little while to throw cut
the water that has cooled and to refill the bag
with hot water"
'rha; is IT," said Mrs. Smith The current
h~epS the bag hot. and this heat can be reg
ulat~d."
NJ Smith lreush, from a closet a natron.
Here Is "a handy thing" n said An cleo
tr1cai rtt.gou- IL heats from the hight current
ia two minutes. I often use It to press "a pair
of trousers with. and Mrs. Smith hnds % COR
VeulcUt for laundering pocket haudkerchiefs and
ur,n stocks and for pressing ribbons."<
And now Well have something to eat" said
Mrs. Smith
The visitors oountcaance brIehtcned
She set upon the table "a chatting dish and
she connected the dish with the light current
us the electrical ,hlnng dish an improve
me1t over the alcohol sort1'' the visitor asked.
is tt aa Improvement? Wen. should say u
was" Mrs. smith declared. The old-flshioned
chatting dish requires you to be running out FOR
bottle Of alcohol at the most inconvenient
times; and 90 hl the alcohol lamp is untidy. IN
pleasant WORK; and alcohol when il burns ernts
a sickenins odor. But with the electric chatting
dish ycu simply turn the current on and you
are ready To- cook. There Is DIRT no odor.
no trouble"
1T is safer too. eh r'' said the visitor
Mrs. Smith added the SALT and pepper and
began To hH the plates
safer she said. Wen. am "a college girl
and at oar college tie alcohol cIahn,- dish has
been bauished. DO you know why 10 IS be-
cause an aI,ohol chatting dish set fire % the
college couple of years ago. and burned down
one OF the biggest and haudSomest Of tho col
lege halls The girls are allowed e. use eIec-
trical chItnS dishes. but since the TIRE alcohol
ones are forbidden
The host and hostess and their guest now
drew their chairs 10 the table and began 60 eat.
While they ate they talked about the electrical
rOnvenen,es that American ingenuity offers to-
day to all such persons as have electricity IN
their homes.
They talked about the electrical broom-a
broom that cleans 10y cleo trIc suction. They
talked about the electrical soldering rrou-an
ron which soldiers without the help Of the cum
DersOme charcoal stove required the past
they talked about electrical afternoon tea sets
electrical srIdde cake iro.S. electrical coasters
electrical cereal boilers, electrical coffee urns,
tic, etc.
Electric curling iron heaters are to be found
m the dressing tables Of many fashionable hotei
bedrooms. They small and c0mcly and they
work automatically. The slipping of the IRON
nto the heating chamber turns the current on;
ne withdrawing of the iron turns It on THESE
eaters popular because they do away WIN
he ugly black smears of SCOT that the heating