New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-12-21
.ELECT TRICKY IS
CENT FOR BRIDE
JeWeIeT Plans AIaddin's Palace
as Wedding Present.
SERVANT PROBLEM SOLVED.

Mystic Power Does All Cooking, Wash
ing, Sewing, Heating and Transport
tation, and All illinois Housewife
Can Do Herself Is Eat, Sleep and
Breathe to Pass Time Away.
It was Benjamin Franklin who origi-
mated the idea. He attached a bolt of
lightning to kite and electrified door
key. Now Louis ]. Yeoman of Wau-
kegan, ILL.,, is going Benjamin one bet
ter. By the simple process of wiring
an electric volt factory to his new resi-
lence he intends to turn 1.-THE house,
not the factory-into an Aladdin's pal
| uce.
Mr.. Yeoman, who is Waukegan
jeWeler and heretofore has been an in
veterate bachelor, is about to be mar
ried. The bride to be is Miss Florence
Voellzer of Milwaukee. Excitement
over the prospective nuptials prompted
Mr.. Yeoman to do something novel, so
he proposes to give Waukegan an cleo
trified house that will not only be the
wonder Of Lake county, but will at
tract curiosity seekers even from Chi
cagO itself.
Push Button, Ashes Sifted
Everything in the prospective Mrs.
Ieoman's house will be operated on
| the push-the-button principle. When
she arises for the day by the pressure
| Of finger on one or another of 4
score Of mother-of-pearl knobs she
will shake the furnace, sift the ashes,
light the kitchen fire and turn the hot
water into the bath
While she dresses an electric cooker
will crisp the bacon, fry the eggs,
toast the bread and boil the coffee
When she goes into the kitchen she
will have to do the first manual work
of the day-spread the linen and set
| the table. Then the pressure of an
other button will move table and ALI
through the wall into the dining room.
Mr. and Mrs. Woman will then
breakfast. About the time they finish
the grapefruit an electric dishWasher
will have secured and polished all the
soiled cooking utensils.
Push Another, Get Paper.
Breakfast over, Mr.. Yeoman will!
| lean back in his chair with satisfied
| yaWn. and that movement will press
another button. which will bring in a
tray containing the morning papers
and cigars and cigarettes.
Pressure Of another button will start
| the electric automobile running, and
Mr.. Yeoman, stepping out of the house
through doors opened silently and au.
tomatically by electricity, will be cleo
trically propelled to his store.
In the meantime Mrs. Yeoman will
push the button that moves the break
fast things back to the kitchen. The
electric dishwasher will do the rest
If it is Monday an electric washing
machine will wash the clothes. If it
is baking day an electric stove will
bake the bread and biscuits If it is
ironing day an electric iron will do the
work.
Coming home to luncheon, Mr.. Yeo
man will find the front door opening
automatically to let him in. Then he
and his bride will sit down to another
push the button meal. -.
Electric Elevator Also.
In the Afternoons Mrs. Yeoman will
retire to the room via an electric ele
vator. The roof also has been electri
fed. 1t is an electric garden. Ar
electric sewing machine will be buzz
ing for her if she wants to sew or the
pressure of a knob will start an cleo
trio fan and move over an easy chat,
and pile of new books and maya
zines if she wants to read
At night electric lights will blaze au
tomatically with the opening Of the
door in the various rooms, and in win
ter electric freplaces will warm things
up with the pulling of lever.
Mr.. Yeoman is pretty we'll satisfied
with the place. He says that it is al
most good enough for the girl he Is
going to marry. Between now and The
wedding day, however, he will labor
on new Improvements. He thinks there
must be some way by which electric
ity can be employed to save the labor
of eating, sleeping and breathing.