El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-12

and thus IS automatically reduced to
neat and appetizing slices.
To supplement the devices already de-
scribed, there viii be what is called a
utility machine which has about a
dozen different attachments. readily ad-
Unstable. Thus, as happens to be re-
qUired, it viii mash potatoes, mix cakes,
beat eggs. or perform quite a variety
OF other tasks. Needless to say, it is
run by electricity.
New Ice Cream Freezer.
Likewise electric will be the great ice
cream freezer. On Sundays and hOi-
days there viii be ice cream for all
hands, and not less than IS gallons viii
suffice to 20 around. Hence it is not
surprising to learn that the apparatus
on board the Pennsylvania will be Oper-
ated on a principle very different from
that Of the ordinary household con
trIvance- The cream and other ingre--
dlents, poured into a funnel, viii fall
through it upon the outside of a reeep-
tacle containing a freezing fluid, sup
piled from the refrigeTating plant. More
accurately speaking. the receptacle IN
question has a double Jacket. and the
mixture passes between the two Jackets
making Its way out at the further end
1.-THE process being continuously through
a spout into mOlds, which are put into
Think of the vast number of dishes to
be washed every day for a family num-
berlng 1908 peTsOnsl The task would
be formidable indeed, were it not for
the help of a wonderful machine. pro
vided with skeleton metal baskets of
suitable shape for holding each kind of
crOckery, glassware, knives and forks.
etc. The continuance. of course. is cleo
frTa
-ated IN hot water to accomplish the
cleansing of their contents. But the
hot water Is supplemented by live steam
so that not the slightest particle of dirt
escapes removal, and the dishes are at
such temperature when they come out
that they dry Immediately, without re-
qulrlng to be wiped.
No Ashes OF SCOT
Everything that has to do with Gull
nary operations on board the Pennsylva-
MA viii be adapted for labor saving as
well as for cleanliness. Electricity being
the only fuel used, there viii be no ashes
or SCOT. Furthermore, the galleys Tor
kitchens, as we call them will be cool
a very important point on a warship, es-
peclallY when cruising or in port in tropi-
cal ATTITUDES. In ordinary households
electricity cannot be economically en-
plOyed; it costs too much. But on a
electric
installation. All of the machinery on a
modern fighting vessel is run by the
Juice which even turns the tuTrets.
There, Is electricity literally ''tO burn"
and the slightly greater load required
Tor the cooking does not count
incidentally. the cooking arrangements
are very slightly. There Is a spOtlessness
about everything which might we'll excite
the admiration and envy Of any careful
70 u,
ovens are OF sllveTy hue, being painted |
with aluminium paint. Every bit of ex-
posed metal is highly polished. The |
galley floors are of white tiles All the |
soups, and boiled meats are I
in huge copper kettles. double /
acketed. They do not have to be put on /
q stove, the cooking of their contents |
being done by steam that passes in be /
5ween the jackets. In the crews galley /
If the Pennsylvania there will be eight (
such kettles. each of them holding from /
20 to so gallons.
Such kettles are always kept beauti- /
ully FURNISHED; they are attractive OBJ
ects to the eve. So likewise are the /
,Teat coffee urns and tea urns. which 1
IRE similarly dOuble-jacketed. steam be-
ng relied upon to do the boiling There
viii be steam tables of polished copper. !
Ike those in use in the most modern
hotels, with pipes beneath to supply heat
o the huge copper pans containing eat
.bles of different kinds. To get the food !
lot to 1000 men is a difficulty that could /,
'e solved only by the help of steam
ables for it should be realized that it
akes long time to prepare a meal for
o many people. Preparations for break.
asst are begun at o'clock in the morn
ne.
Vegetables in Cages.
All the food supplies on the new bat
leship Pennsylvania viii be kept and /
tored in accordance with the most
cientific and up to date ideas The !
resi- vegetables viii be slowed in