New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
THE FRENCH ELECTRIC VILLA
Wonderful House at Troyes, France. Where.
in Electricity Performs Household Duties.

The wonderful electric house. the Villa Ferta
Electra, which has been built by NJ Georgia KHAN
at Troyes, France. clearly defines the part which
electricity is destined to play in the home OF the
future If not an exact type of what most houses
Will be in fifty a hundred years time il at anv
rate shows progress. says Electro Notes.
FROM the exterior there is nothing unusual about
the house unless IT is the total absence of Il
chimney. The gates cannot be opened from the
outside but as soon as the electric bell touched
The portal swings slowly open and mysterious
voice, which seems to efnanate from small iron
box near the gate. bids You enter. Stranger than
anything else, the voice has apparently recognized
you and calls YOU by name. if you are a friend of
the family. II visitor arrives after dark the
same push button that rings the bell will light I'D
tle way The gate swings In place $ soon as YOU
start toward the house. NJ. Knap. apprised eIec-
trically Of your coming. viii be found in the vestt-
bulc awaiting YOU.
With the first step inside the house small 5a1,,s
automatically cleans the soles the visitors shoes
Although the house is museum Of electrical in
Nehuons ana conVenlences, the dining table is the
greatest wonder. No servants wait upop tho dfyers
AZ IN" touch of hidden switch the table is flooded
in many colored lights Reside each pIata fs .
u1,if iI lass anu metal cylinder which becomes
fo9t"armers are also located under the Ia bic otl
t AZ the head or the table is circular desk. its
% %cenIre traversed by a curious metal strip. with a
button the disk front Of NJ Knap disappears
fnree py Of aglc @ and IN Its PLACE appears seamng
o.cupieu C oy Nine knap while the sections close
quickly and noiseleFsy. If the ladle happens TO
De rather awkwardly placed the tureen swings
arVutii ana places the spoon almost in her hand.
All THIS Is done by the press OF a finger on two
buttons under the husbands control.
Alter waiting for Mime. knap take what sOup
9ue wants tne tureen passes of its accord
aouiid the groove in the table in front of each
suest unul all have been served After it has
competed the journey IL disappears s magicaIIy
as IL came. In a few minutes a receptacle for
ulrty dishes appears and waits patiently for its
loau Ihere iS no rattle of crockery no danger
from careless servants, no noise and confusion OF
waters. In this wonderful way all the food from
served II the room becomes slightly overheated
the inventor presses another button and a cool
sweet scented breeze fans the guests The air is
scented ana cooled by passing perfumed
water.
After the dinner the visitors are invited To inspect
the wonderful house. The place visited is al
ways the kitchen Here everything Is done. by
electricity FIXED TO the walls switches meters
heat Is applied direct. and IL only takes a few
minutes TO prepare the food Vhe dishes are all Of
aluminium. easy 10 clean, and each designed
cially for It's work. On the kitchen table are a
number or electrical utensils. including a Inincne
machine. a miniature churn for producing fresh
butter coffee grinder, a buffer and polisher, and
electric ush washer. There was also
shown the motor.driven apparatus which waited on
the table nicely. O
In the laundry the clothing is washed dried and
heated and lighted and ventilated by the current.
Electric bells. telephones and cigar lighters abound.
A simple electrical device notifies the servants in
the basement of visitor at the front gate BY
his guest standing in the street. With the teie-
phonc apparatus he talk with him from the
den and at the press Of finger the gatss swing
open Or ahut