Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-01-10
MY DISH-WASHER.

80 how easy housekeeping would
seem if only | didn't have to wash
dishes | have heard that cry so
often, and ech oed it so frequently
myself!
And yet, when I first saw the ad
vertisement of a machine that claimed
to both wash and dry my dishes with
three minutes work, | was so scepti-
cal that could not bring myself to be
the first in my neighborhood to in
vestigate. At last, on friends
advice | ordered one, and [ frank ~
admit that | sent that order in shame
facedly.
But less than weeks trial was
enough to make me apologize to it
sincerely for my suspicious. 1t has
definitely halved my work, and | only
regret that | wasted so much time
without is assistance.
1t washes from sixty to eighty
dishes at one time, which means that
in our family of two | pile my dirty
dishes in it after each meal, and
wash them only once a day. The
washing process takes me exactly
four minutes by the clock, and there
is no dish wiping to do, as they dry by
their own heat.
| For the benefit of other hous ekeepers
| shall give my experience with it
very frankly.
In appearance it is an oblong gal
vanized iron box on legs, about the
| size of a small table. Inside are
racks in which the plates are set
/ edgewise, and hooks on which cups
and small pitchers are hung. The
| dishes remain perfectly stationary,
and there is absolutely no danger of
! breakage.
Two kettles of boiling water are
needed. A spoonful of washing
powder is put into the machine, and
! the first kettleful of water is poured
in at an opening in such a manner
that the heat does not touch the
dishes. The drain at the bottom is
meantime closed. Then the cover is
shut down and a pump handle is
worked for about two or three min
utes, This sprays the hot water, by
an ingenious mechanism, with great
force over the dishes. A short time
only is required to scald them perfect
ly clean.
Then the drain at the bottom i:
opened, letting the dirty water drain
into your dlshpan. and the seconC
| kSIClc1ul Ol not waller is poured I'll
rectly onto the dishes to rinse them
By that time they have been so tenn
pered that the heat will not cracI
them. The cups are tilted so tina
the water will drain from them, anC
the dishes are so hot that they dry
clean and glossy, in a few minutes
time. That briefly is the tale of the
machines projections.
The imperfections, so far as my ex
perience has founu them, have beer
few and far between. They are a.
follows:
Any dishes with egg in them will
rot be done satisfactorily if they ar,
left over night as | leave NINE Sill
, yer, although it is claimed that tn.
machine will wash it perfectly, i:
apt TO dry streaked, especially broad
bladed knives. Cooking dishes can
not be done successfully, according t.
my experience. Doubtless the faul
has lam in some mistake in my MAJ
agement.
, But for your incest china. end 70
all your plates, cups, platters, sauce
dishes, ETC., in daily use, you will fin
j that this djsh-Wdsher is all that
claimed for it. 1t is not fake, or a
advertisers dodge hat a practice
, solution Of very real troublesom
, and ever present difficulty to To
nome Keeper who does her own work
C. E. World.