Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-02
KITCHEN IERRORS ROUTED
Newest Inventions Give Housekeepers
the Glad Hand.
SOLVING THE DOMESTIC PROBLEM
All the Head Of. the HousehoId Ha.
60 DO f. Go Draw His breath
and salary, Particularly
the Latter.

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all the head OF the household has to do
practically is TO draw his breath-and his
! salary. The latter II quite necessary, since
with the increase OF iuxuries has come a
corresponding increase OF rents. and the
luxurious equipment offered to fiat dwell
ers in Manhattan costs anywhere from
$500 for one room and bath to 900 for
thirteen rooms and any number OF baths
Such figures seem out OF all keeping Just
to retain a roof over ones head. but It
must be remembered that the electricity
for cooking, lighting and operating all the
wonderful new inventions with which the
apartments are furnished n included in the
I rental. Take away these items and the
corresponding convenience Of these labor
saving devices and the rent will compare
well with the old scale Of prices in vogue
some fifteen years ago. So far as New
York goes. here is big item in the in
creased cost Of living.
Another point, not generally considered in
reckoning the rents now asked is that the
introduction Of electrical devices has sim
pllfied homework by minimizing labor al
most to the point OF eliminating the domes-
tic problem altogether. With the up-to-date
accommodations OF the smart new apart
ment house a woman can run her house
without servants-that Is, without any staff
under her own supervision, the latest idea
in these houses being to supply servants
on application 80 to speak.
Ice Made in a Trice.
These wonderful devices for the saving
Of labor have reached high mark. For
example ice can be had without stirring
from the apartment. All that is necessary
is to set a receptacle on the ice coil with
which each apartment is furnished and In
few minutes the ice is ready.
No more blue Mondays need be ex-
perienced, for a cooperative laundry at
the top Of the house furnishes accommo-
dations for $50 families. There are large
washing and ironing rooms and as many
drying rooms, also designed for co-opera-
tive service.
There was a time when an unexpected
guest sometimes created CONSERVATION i'm
the household. Perhaps the cook had left
and the waitress had given warning to go
IL the mistress had any more company.
But now cooks, Mattresses and buffers
} are supplied by the management by the
hour on order.
More than that an extra guest room can
be obtained, the same as in a hotel, sim
ply by telephoning the management for
one floor of the houses is reserved for
just such emergencies. These rooms, (which
can be had singly or en- suite, are furnished
with the exception of the bed linen and
towels, and naturally any hostess prefers
supplying these personal things herself
In some OF the big hotels a clever cleo
trical cohtrivance is installed by which
a each inmate is notified when letters have
{ arrived for him. The moment the letter
! 10 placed in the box bearing his number
, the word mail" In illuminated letters
appears In the inmates room.
In the large apartment houses the con.
trivance not only advises occupants of any
suite Of the arrival Of Uncle, Sans mes
sengers, but will deliver in the same sec.
ond whatever has been dropped in the
: boxes at the main entrance, Communica'
ton with the carriers is direct, insurine
- the speedlest receipt of correspondence
You can step from your library in negligeC
or klmono or smoking Jacket and drop 6
1 letter into the wall chute running VI
through the semi-private vestibule OF eact
, apartment.
: Automatic Kitchen.
: Within the apartment there is no cleo
3 trio device more compelling OF adnira
: ticn for the multiplicity Of duties 1t per
L forms than the automatic Kitchen,
> which consists of a revolving table al
which one can sit and chop meat, grind
: coffee, mix cake or bread, beat eggs whiI
: cream, freeze ice cream, peel potatoes
y without so much as lifting the finger t.
y aid in the work. More than this, the op
9 Grafton of any ono of these machines cost
one cent an hour, according to the ex
! pert. For the private house there is a com
plete electric laundry outelr and pneumatic
valves are installed on every floor in al
the best apartments.
In point Of fact there is everything cleo
trical to be had except a patent bedmaker
but that may come along ooon, for OF lat
the inventive mind has been turned TOWARD
housekeeping devices! But IL there ism
patent bed maker yet there is an in
!, genious electrical device which covers yol
4 UP at night, If the weather changes sud
d denly and the mercury drops toward TIN
e freezing point In some marvellous fashio,
. the device is attached to the thermosta
s and when the mercury reaches q certain
point, demanding warmer bed clothing, tn
: covers are automatically drawn up owe
J, you and you need not bother your head t
! think about 1t at all.
k No longer is II necessary to lie awake
! in the middle OF the night waiting for
!. clock to strike and tell you the time. Nov
you press a button at the end Of the elec
l. trio cord hidden beneath your pillow ant
= the hour to the minute Is thrown in larg
Is illuminated figures on the ceiling RICH
over your head, so that you needn't LII
Il your head from the pillow. This is small
g clock fitted with mirrors and magnifyinl
e glass; which when the light is turned oil
4 performs the duty for which 1t is intended
!, For late sleepers there is newer inven
Q, ton than the alarm cloch, which is not al
,e9 ways successful in performing its task
II This is an electric clock, which is set 10
the time you wish TO arise. At that mo
ment the bed clothing Is automaticall!
thrown back and the sleeper is forced t
n get out OF bed whether he will or not an,
4 despite the fact that there existed tn
n more snooze."
n sneaklng intention OF taking 'Just on
q The kitchenettes Of some Of the larg
4 studio apartments are so thoroughly
equipped with labor saving devices that
young couple or a bachelor girl can liv
and do much Of her own cooking withou
II being Obliged 10 visit the delicatessen o
q call In a maid. 1t is what might b
called "sideboard" housekeeping, for, 8