The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-15

in striving to help the intelligent women
81 the country to tighten their laborl
What if a delightful old fairy god.
mother, like Cinderella's, should walk
into the kitchen some evening and
find you resting after hard, long day
spent in the amending and pitiless serv-
Ice OF that fiery dragon, the cook
stove? This monster, like the one in
the story of Andromeda. requires
a woman to be chained up for its
benefits. and sometimes. indeed. it
eXacts her life unless some gallant,
rich Perseus comes as her deliverer.
What if the dear old fairy god
mother should wave her wand and
say: Il will loose these chains and
let you go once more free and happy;
transform this monster now, on the
spot, into neat little box. with a
cook inside. at your servlce!"
If she should work the trans
formation, place the kitchen lamp un-
der the box, into which put the food
you wish cooked on the dishes in
which it will be served, close the box
and the kitchen door. Go to see the
tennis match. the great game of
football or the latest orchid in the
flower show. Return when you are
ready, and you will find a hot, we'll
cooked meal in the box, all ready to
place on the table.
Can you imagine poor Andromeda
saying: mo. old lady, no! like to
be chained here. l love this mon.
ster with his dirt and his cruel ex-
actions. will be roasted, burned,
broiled and stewed in his service, and
when he does not need me l will
stand for hours over sink scrubbing
the metal pots he delights in that he
may have the vessels sacred to his
use, bright and ready when l must
again serve him.
How foolish of Andromeda! How
incredible. even! Yet this is Just what
thousands OF women are doing. while
that very magic box with the cook
inside is waiting to be bought and has
been written about and much used for
certainly 20 years.
The Aladdin oven has been before
the public quite that long, and yet
its advocates are like missionaries in
a far country who have such a pre-,
cious message to deliver and no one
seems to understand the language in
which it is spoken. l hope that my
experience with this really wonderful
invention may be of service to some
of the poor slaves of the cook stove
and incompetent cooks, and. like g
siren whistle. pierce the ears of the
deaf and inattentive and cause then,
to stop and listen.
Jean Paul Richter says: "Only once
in her life does poor woman hold III
her head and looA at the world as !.
really is. All her youth her head is
bent AID her eyes are downcast in
study and submission and later he,
head is ben: over her sewing or her
endless Eomsework. Only when she
loves does she stand upright and is
pushed Out into the sunshine by loy
Ing. willing hands. for her short holi
l:H Will IlSI lOSCis USIOIc IGE I0du u
gain bent forever" Now every WON
all WHO does her own cooking can hold
up her head like betrothed nader
all the year round.
For several years this Aladdin over
has been used by family of fou1
with such success. health, pleasure
and profit that now SO great do its
projections seem to them all that the,
are ready to swing incense and crown
it with flowers every morning as al
appropriate expression of their crate
full appreciation of its labors in theil
service. There it stands in the cor
ner always silent. ready and efficient
no heat or smell. needing no overseer
and working for them while they
play or sleep. hope an account Of
al experiment with this delightful
little cook may cause some other WON
an to try 1t also
Hast thou two loaves, sell one ant
buy jacinths to feed thy SOUL" Two
poor women ldnged for the unattain
able. 4 house b. the sea. their owl
beach and garden and their very owl