New-York tribune., 1907-08-12
HOUSEHOLD HELPERS.
Al Sorts of DeUices for Tightening
Wom0n's York

People who thought that men were not interested
.n freless cookers and laborless carpet sweepers
and similar inventions for Tightening household
cares found their mistake II they attended the
house furnishing goods exhibition at Madison
sQsare Garden last week Generally there were
two ner there TO every woman. and they an-
peared TO be deeply absorbed. not only in the
patent self-pullng corkscrews and the electric
punch shakers and things like that, but in bread
mixers and sewing machines and new kinds Of
ironing boards II really looked il the provinces
Of the sexes were be reversed and men were
going 90 take to Housekeeping.
Pl1t II was & sermon interest woman,
the lesson contained in that exhibit. 1t re-
buke 10 slcvenly domestic methods and a pregnant
comment on folly that wasres physical strength
upon what the child OF ancther's brain stands
ready 10 do Of course. some Of the things cost a
rretty penny. Two bachelor girls hung wistfuly
around the booth where a fascinating white por-
celain sanitary washer was carrying on a fair
sized laundry business with neatness AID dispatch.
aided merely by a woman who languidly turned
the crank
IT costs almost $50 but Just see how ntelli-
gently il does the work. and you could almost put
II in your bureau drawer when you're not using
81" said one Of them. Its certainly improve
-ns7- on breaking your back washing things out
sn the bafhtub when the laundress fails YOU or
YOU get tired paying out your weeks salary TO
have your clothes rubbed to shreds-
Opposite this booth were the ones containing
oenatured alcohol irons and new kind Of iron
1ns board. The three together seemed TO soiN 'le
laundry problem. The ironing boards each had an
s-m sticking out right angles with the board.
for the sleeves Of the garment 70 be ironed-
Frouned against the wall in their white coverings
they had a weird look when the light grew dim
ike lot Of ghosts or q country cnurchyard Al
twilight. One of the men who paused there asked
the demonstration what inscriptions they We're going
put those fcrnbstoues
We'll" said toe demonstrator. we're hesitating
between Here lies the last crumpled shirt and
Sacred 20 the memory OF women VINO perlsneN
trying a shirtwaist on an old style ironing
board
The array Of appliances for the use of denatured
elco 7ad afd 1leer o
Of the Gas Trust He old man. and he took
an hour of from work every DAY. he said, 10 come
over there and gaze those appliances
They mean death 70 the Gas Trust and the
Standard on Trust, too said the demonstration
enthusiastically
Now that the tax-free alcohol bill IS a law. any
farmer or suburbanite who chooses set UP his
little stilI-afte- September I. that is-and turn old
potatoes and all kinds of refuse into heat and
light Denatured alcohol when purchased is
cheaper than gas and almost IS cheap as kero-
eene."
There 1re.e stoves there Of all kinds, portable
heaters, cook stoves that child could lift, with
one, two four burners. and lamps burning
brightly. Women found the irons most at
tractiye There were all Sizes from BABY irons
aP the largest Each carried its little tank OF
slcohOl IL the and tiny burners in its vitals
There a fascinating travelling case, not more
than eight inches long, containing an iron. a flask
fcT alcohol and stand for the iron
With OF those in your trunk said GIRL
you never need travel in crumpled skirts
There was generally a crowd of men around the
sewing machine booth, where W. g IsIs sat en-
trDloeTzng peoples names IN
hand with the sewing machine and doing various
stunts. Women seemed more interested IN the
sntiseptic carpet sweeper, which was displayed near
by. and which. by means Of a device that fed the
brush with scented formaldehyde solution, swept
oisinfected and rerfuKned the carpet all at once
j also warranted not exactly TO XIII insects
but 20 convince that other regions would De
psesanter
u one booth the demonstrators were playing ball
with lighted kerosene lamps. These lamps were
Invented by an ingenious Phiadelphian, VINO eA-
oe-frneated end OF a sirty-foot line III ne
evolved lamp that would extingulsh ltseII wfieil
upset. There were at least forty-seven different
kinds OF washing machines in the exhibition, ana
there was an ingenious mop wringer WHICH as an
lemon squeezer too The show OF American porce-
an ware made some people open their eyes
1 supposed said a woman as siie ioofA.o
st some jugs all shimmering green ana eAqusite
water nies +that the ceramic art had aoVahceo >"
lar In this country =,
Another part of the exhibition that atIrac.eu
crowds war the one devoted to aluminium ware
One man who said he worked IN hotel ktchel.
hefted'' some OF the bigger utenshs "ieh IT,
2ieree air
Up 70 you had TO be SandoW, the strong
1asn handle hotel kitchen utensils, he rerflarheo-
iift that, now" and he pointed out large aiuiiiI
nun pot II fairly heavy n copper oI - III
pot Euch hotels generally use nov" "ouia t ~
more than three times heavy in that SIZE ne
RAID
The electric shaker was virtuously -
MIX Shaker, but the ienlonstrator adrllt'eo e. -.
could be used for other things IAN man go 20
ksz'ng a. IL happily as IL 1igged away ~ 70 II' - -
" It's own little motor How NICE -. 80
INJURED How nice, Just put in your mint ana ana
liquors. end set 81 gcins, ard iae fIachiiio ~
I'd The rest-all but drinking the result