The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22
They We're Life Preservers" in
Hundreds of Homes.
E|FAN IS MODERN Invention
Not Long Ago Only the Rich
Could Enjoy Them.
Value of Electric Fans i'm To.
peka More Than 100000.

The electric fan was a life pre-
server" in Topeka this week. 1t made
life more endurable in offices. In the
still Of breathless nights when the
Precipitation stood out like beads on
the bodies Of thousands of tossing per-
sons this electrically manipulated de-
vice was making hundreds Of Others
up air currents where there were NO
natural breezee.
Relief enjoyed through the means
of the electric fan by people Of the
capital city was purchased at no small
figure-over 100000. In other words
amounted to q small fortune.va Trade
in electric fans has been abnormally
lively this week. say the dealers.
Fan = Modern Invention.
The electric fan is, a comparatively
modern invention. Originally they
dents Of large corporations. Next they
were put in theaters. hotels. restau-
rants. Then in time they were put
into general use in stores, libraries and
even Pullman and chair cars. Not
until recently, however. did the fans
those OF the rich Nowadays, even
working people are buying them.
A Topeka dealer said today: ITO
peka offices are fairly well equipped
WIN l6u8 To-Day. len t1Kne8 as many
Of them are now being placed in the
homes as in the offices"
Placed in the kitchen and facing q
window the electric fan will force the
heated air OF the room along with
the steam and fumes OF cooking. It il
meal time.
Topeka Man Kept Cool.
One Topekan tells how he has kept
cool at night by taking his fan to bed
with him. That ID, he didn't exactly
tuck the fan in bed, but he placed it
on the window sill in such q way that
wherr 1t started running at medium
speed 1t forced generous supply of
cool air into the room. and that at a
cost OF but two cents q night. The fan
was fastened to the window sill with q
small thumbscrew. 1t was placed 90
it did not blow directly on the bed. but
sent its breeze against the wall at a
and sent to all parts of the room.
ventilating Bed Room.
Even with the window open there
IS little ventilation in q bedroom when
the air il humid, hot and motionless
The venti1ating qualities of a small
electric fan have never been fully ap-
preciated by the public. In almost
tirely absent. The only means of ven
tilating room IL to open doors and
windows. In the summer months this
ventilation depends. entirely upon the
wind.
II the wind doesn't blow there il
no ventilation even though the win.
dows are wide open. II the wind does
blow those rooms located on the Lee
side of the house receive no benefit
from It. The natural result is that the
| unventilated rooms are very hot and
stuffv during damp and sultry wealth.
er. This can be remedied by placing
a fan inside the room near the win.
dow. on the window sill. or just out.
side Of the window.
Used . Cake of Ice.
A Topeka man tells of placing q far
just outside Of his bedroom window
and letting the breeze blow over a CAKE
| Of ice In that manner he kept really
cool. The ice cake plan il often usei
in hospitals. and sometimes in thea
! tiers.
| The ordinary electric fan ranges il
price from eight to twenty-five dollars
The price has dropped in the last few
years, 30 now the fan is not an impos
sibility in the homes Of the working
men. The fan served . useful purpos,
| in Topeka this week.