The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
LIFE A LIVE WIRE.
How Electricity Enters Every
Part of Mans Existence Today.
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Such rapid strides are being made in
the application of electricity to the ne
cessities and convenience of daily life
that a man must indeed be a live wire
toixeep up to date. He must keep the
storage battery of his mentality con-
stantly charged with the new inven-
tons or he will soon be as far be-
hind as the old horse car is behind the
modern electric street car, says the
Chicago Tribune.
our progressive hotels and clubs,
Especially those of recent construction,
the La Sale, the Blackstone, the Chi
lcago Athletic club, the University club
and others. have employed the last
word in electrical application for the
convenience of their guests. The heavy
revolving doors are kept constantly
moving by electric motors. The bath
rooms are provided with electric curl
ing irons. Electric vibrator massage
machines will be furnished on call.
| Electric luminous heaters are used. In
the laundry the washing, ironing and
similar work is done by electric pow
or. In the kitchen there are electric
coasters, roasters, broilers, ovens, cof-
fee mills, coffee percolators, dishwash-
ers. egg heaters. potato parers, mine
ing machines and. in fact, electricity
is applied wherever it can be used in
the operation of meals.
F, Automatic egg boilers are used that
boil 200 eggs at once, with a clock ar
rangement attached which automatic
| ally causes the baskets holding the
eggs to hop out of the water at any
half minute interval during period
OF six minutes.
A self dumping oyster cooker is also
fused in large hostelries. At the expir-
alton of a given time the cooker pours
its contents into "A soup plate and au-
! tomatically shuts off the current.
The live-wire business man of today
makes use of electrical contrivance'
at every turn. If he knows anything
about electricity he is probably al
4 electrified enthusiast. He works a
/ high tension himself, and most of hi!
l business and home life is measured by
may have an electric bath-a heat batl
in box lined with incandescent lamp
and an electric vibrator massage af
ter that will make him feel like
freshly charged storage battery ant
ready to turn on his business energ!
at high voltage. An electric shaving
mug will heat the water in momen
and keep il warm until he has finished
If he has the courage Of his electrical
convictions he will use a safety razo
n with a tiny motor attachment tina
! vibrates the blade rapidly. 1t is muc
like buzz-saw, and a man must b
an electrical enthusiast to use IL. bu
il does fine work. In the kitchen
cooking range, with a dozen differen
cooking devices all working at once
without smell, dirt or heat, does ser
vice.
The motor driven hair drier, carpC
1 cleaner, sewing machine and wash tn
are. of course, regular fixtures in tn
household. At the stables the horse
= are being groomed with electrical
operated vibrating brushes and cliI
pers.
Arriving at the office. the live-wil
business man goes to the small boz
N like photograph on his desk and touch'
several buzzers that call his sewers
heads Of departments. and as he hear