Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

With two gigantic electric power
companies already in the field and with
the probability of a third furnishing
power in southern Idaho towns within
a year, the possibilities of electric serv-
ice are almost unlimited ana it is not
unlikely that its uses will be brought
more and more into the home within
the next few years until it becomes in
reality an electric servant The use of
electricity for general heating and
cooking is becoming more general every
year, especially In localities where cur
rent can be furnished at low rate As
much of the electric energy furnished
in southern Idaho will be used during
the summer months for pumping water
for irrigation purposes. this energy
during the winter can be used in tho
home for heating purposes at q
cost which viii make it more economi-
cal than burning coal, while its uses
in the culinary department may be con-
tinued the year round and it will be
found not only the refinement of con-
venence and cleanliness but the cost
Of consumption Of current in the orii-
nary home will be so light as to prac-
tically eliminite 1t from consideration.
AS a servant in the home, electricity
can be used to do the sweeping, dust
ing polishing, cooking. beating eggs,
mixing bread, grinding meat or coffee
freezing icecream, sharpening knives,
running the washer and wringer, dry
ing and ironing the clothes, cooling
rooms heating the house and, with the
electric mixers fast coming into USE
there is every probability that they will
be extensively used by the Boise valley
dairymen. as it has already been DEM
onstrated that a mixer can do the
work of three men and will in no way
1njure the cows.
Throughout the civilized world there
Is a demand for labor-saving devices in
all lines OF manufacture and trade, vet
1t is only in recent years that the sub
ject of economy in household work has
been brought before the public, but it
has since made great strides until now
there is demand that every home
should be equipped with complete and
comfortable service and electrical en-
ergy is fast meeting that demand and
at the same time offers an opportunity
for actual domestic economy in dollars
and cents.
Electric Heating.
Electric heating is practical for the
reason that heat can be furnished when
you want it and where you want it,
while its regulation can be so perfectly
controlled as to meet all circumstances
and conditions OF weather, also the heat
of room or building can be more
evenly distributed, than by heating
with furnaces, stoves or hot water
Take, for instance. a sudden change in
temperature in the fall at a date too
early to start the furnace or set up
the stove; the electric current is al
ways at command. A press of the but
ton and the radiator CLOVIS and the
cold room is soon made comfortable
Another demonstration which proves
that electric heating Is the NEST prac-
teal, is the fact that il is not neces-
sary 70 heat several rooms when only
one is to be used, such as is necessary
In the use of stove. and 1t is by thus
placing the heat, where 1t IS needed
and when 1t is needed, that makes cleo
tricity the coming rival of the stove
dealer and the coal man, while for
cleanliness there Is no comparison
When electricity is used there IS no
dust, no ashes, no SCOT no heavy show
cling OF coal, no carrying Of the hod.
no running out Of fuel suddenly; the
heat Is always at your command
quickly conveniently and without ef-
fort. IL the fall there are no stoves
to set up and in the spring none to
take down. No new joints of stovepipe
to purchase. no ehimneys to clean. no
cellar from which ashes must be moved,
all Of which expense must be taken in
to consideration when heating is done
by stoves or furnaces, and when such
costs are added to the cost of fuel,
electrical heating will be found to be
the most economical where a suffi-
Gent amount Is used to obtain ii at
commercial rates, as is the case in q
number of places in Idaho.
Household Drudgery Banished.
Electric appliances in the home do
not alone represent improved meehani-
cal methods, but In most Instances
Danish some form Of household drudg.
cry. In lecture some months ago be-
fore the Boise Congress of Mothers. DR..
l.. P. McCalla referred to the broom as
a relic of barbara ages, declaring that
1t was the most dangerous article in
the household, as 1t stirred up the dust
caused germs to fly about the house.
while its use caused too great a strain
upon women. The vacuum cleaner
proves beyond a doubt that .invention
always keeps pace with the demands
of progress" 1t Is replacing the broom
In public buildings and in the homes.
1t lessons the danger Of disease. re-
leases women from the backaehe and
absolutely eliminates the after work
caused by the broom: that of busting
the furniture, which is almost as tire
some q duty. The washing machine
is another Of the great inventions which
Is proving boon to womankind Sew
eral Boise women who use them tes-
tify that they wash and wiring the
clothes with less wear on the goods
than the old method, thar the clothes
are made even whittier and that what
was formerly full days work can be
completed with machine in the mid