Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-02-19
ELECTRICITY FOR USE
IN THE HOUSEHOLD
Many Uses 70 Which Potent Power Is
Put--New Electric Range.
Manufactures

For years the dream OF the house,
wife has beea home In which all the
domestic work could Ee lone by cleo.
tricity. That dream promises TO be
realized during the present year. Elec-
tricity is now being applied to half
a hundred uses IN homes and new
uses are rapidly being added 10 this
list New York leads all cities In rhis
movement More families in New
York now do all their cooking BY cleo
tricity than In any other city. At least
hundred families do all their cook.
Ing by electricity. and there are 10
homes in which all the work sewing
washing, ironing. sweeping and cook.
ing--is done Just by pushing buttons.
The electric kitchen of 1910 Is a
table with a row of knobs at the back.
These knobs are for the wire connee-
tions Each utensil has heater in
the bottom. The cook, to set Ii going
plugs the short wire attached 10 the
stew pan. or whatever 1t Is, into a
socket in the back or the table just "a
ia telephone girl makes connection
and the pan heats up at once
A new electric range has Just been
developed in New York. This looks
like an ordinary range. 1t has pads
on the top that are heated red hot by
electricity. The cooking Is done In
ordinary utensils set on the tops OF
these pads. The new electric range
has an oven. also what is known as a
quick oven, for pies and similar
things.
Besides Its use In washing. ironing
and cooking, for sweeping and for run
ming the sewing machine and the
pianola. electricity will be applied to
many other devices In the electrical
house of 1910.
The electric razor Is one OF the most
recent innovations. Several are in use
in New York, IT Is built on the prin.
ciple OF the lawn mower. 1t has sew
several thousand revolutions a minute.
You connect II with an electric light
globe socket and NOW your face.
The electric shaving mug Is more
familiar. II heats the water in the
mug. OF course, 1t will, just as well
heat water for nice hot drink, You
can even make cup OF hot chocolate
in the shaving mug.
Electric toilet articles are numerous
already and. of course. the electrical
house OF 1910 is equipped with them
Electric massage jiggers are vel
known. Almost every barber snor
has one. A similar looking machine IL
now made for women. II contains
small fans that revolve rapidly and
blow blast of hot or cold air for dry
ing the hair
The electric corn poper Is anothe
novelty. There Is no need with thu
electric poper TO wait for good Goals
All you have 10 do is put the corn IN
the poper. turn on the electricity ant
shake.
Electric heaters. of course, have
been in use for long time, and nat
urally the electric house OF 1910 i
heated as well as illuminated by cleo
tricity.
The head OF family residing in an
electrical house in New York pushes
button that closes the bedroom win
dow before he gets out of bed in the
morning. Then he pushes anothe.
button and that turns on the electric
heater. Before he is out OF his batf
the water is hot in his electric shay
ing mug. and turn OF the buttor
sets his electric razor humming.
| His breakfast Is prepared on th,
electric range. with the bread toasted
on an electric toaster on the table
When he has finished he takes hi
electric motor or an electric train Il
his Office downtown.
After he has departed and tn
breakfast is out OF the way, the hous
is swept and cleaned by the electrical
devices, the linen Is washed and iron
ed and all the other work IS comple
ed with the aid of electricity. Whe
the head of the family returns for dir
ner at o'clock the meal has bee
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