The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-06
Dolly's Visit to B. R. l.. & P. Co. Proves a Very Interesting Trip
Everything Electrical From the Simplest Useful Article to the Most Highly Ornamental May Be Seen-"M Mazda" Lamps Perfected and aGreat Economical Result Obtained.
 Electric Signs Sketched and Sub
 mitted-Electric Heaters
and Gas Ranges

| Id4itteu anu aFtl5liCailt put hO6SshS& @A V the different articles shown.
 For instance. the electric percolators'' | are very attractive utensils which solve | the art of making good coffee into sim | pie function and not an onerous task
 as formerly, standing over hot stove and waiting for things to boil. There is
 the pot" type and the machine type | of ''percolator'' and these range In price from $500 to s25.o0 There's an electric | boiler water cup for s4oo the little ! 'Elsttric dog for heating curling Irons for S4.00 electric Grills" which cook the | most delicious steaks. eggs. toast any thing you want-the grill costing only
 s5.oo The "Electric coasters" are from s2.50 up to s6.50 In price. ,s
 There's a seming machine motor which every seamstress would appreciate It may be attached to any sort of machine and the price of it is only $500.
 The electric shaving apparatus for men meets all the requirements that this mos mentous function demands-for shaxins | with a man is a sort of rite" one of the
 things which he lays more stress on than
 anything else pertaining to his daily life.
 except what he eats.
 The "electric boiler" for shaving pur- | poses costs only g and will heat the water so quickly that the process of shaw
 ing may be easily accomplished within the 1 small space of five minutes from the starting time.
 | Chafng Dishes range in price from $15
 to S25 and there are ''Electrotherms' (elec- | tric pads) for the rheumatic, which
 hold uniform current of heat--three dif- | ferent degrees being possible and this
 article sells for the small sum of s5. 1 The Shaving Mirrors of aluminium are l very attractive and man would cer- | tainly appreciate sue ha gift. I imag-
 inc. almost more than anything else at Christmas time. The price Is s2.5o 1 A word must be said about "Mazda,. | lamps.
 l I've always wished I could be on the
 free list' for electric lights-so that l wouldn't have to run around the house
 shutting off this light and that one, but
 as no such luck has ever come to me. 1 the nearest approach I can hope to make l is the use of Mazda lamps which are real economy savers.
 MT. Hammond in speaking to me of | the economy of this lamp said:
 The old style carbon lamp, 16 can de power, used, 50 watts of currents
 at the rate of 10 cents per kiiowatt Perhaps an explanation of klowatt might not be ipapropos just here" | Certainly not" I agreed. for if the rest of your women customers don't know any more about 1t than l do
 I'm sure they'd like to have it ex- plained. I've always thought 1t was some sort of awful disease-or may. be one of those unpronounceable for eign cities that are now the center of warfare"
 MT. Hammond hastened to quell my levity and explained:
 'The word kilowatt gets its name
 from Watt. meaning the unit of meas urement fcr electricity and "KfIo," a | Greek word meaning one thousand Il therefore a thousand watts make one
 kilowatt. The present lamp that gives 21 candle power uses only one-half the current of the old style Is candle
 power. The Carbon Lamp gives 1s can
 de power, while the new Mazda gives 55. using the same amount of current I think I may say that within the next
 year this will be reduced even more While other commodities have in-
 creased in price the people are now getting 700 per cent more light today
 than they could get 10 years ago for } the same money"
 One of the attractions at the Bir- : mingham Railway, Light and Power
 company is the matter of buying elec-
 trio apparatus on what Is called
 terms"
 ] The dollar down and a dollar a
 month" plan apeals to the average woman and when she sees that she can
 buy an electric iron, an electroc toast CT, or an electric shaving mirror for
 for friends at liberal rates, she is de- lighted to purchase whereas under oth- CT conditions she might not be so eag- CT.
 There are all sorts of other electric devices-"electric vacuum cleaners, "electric utility motors" for freezing
 ice cream and electric fans" which by , the way are used a great deal In the winter time. being placed near the registers in a house. and distributing the hot air from the furnace uniformly throughout the rooms.
 In the Gas Department of the Bir. mingham Railway, Light and Fowe, company many interesting articles may be had. consisting of heaters for the bathroom-little nickle trimmed affairi for S1.5o up to the more elaborate stylei at e1o. |. The Gas Ranges are to be had in ev.
 cry style and price, from the "sas cab. inet ranges. nick1e and enamelet
 trimmed from $25 to S100 to the double over ranges which sell for SIS to S1t these range. may be bought pr
 terms" the former being e3 cash and s2 per month. while the latter are [: cash and $2 month.
 There are in the gas department "cof. : fee urn burners" from 50 cents up "toasters" from 20 cents up to tail. ors irons" at sf.bo; waffle irons.5s q S2.bo; "hot plates" one, two and three holes, may be had at various pricel , ranging from $1.7S to s876. l These are very popular in domestic
 science schools and for Tight house. : keeping"
 : There are "cigar lighters" in red white, and blue, effects ranging 1T t price from s2.5o up to higher sum. : Among the most useful cofnmoditiei , that are shown at the Birmingham p Railway. Light and Power company ara nl the "Incinerators." which arc | boor e Ito the housewife. being placed in thu l kitchen just ready to receive all thu !, trash and debris which they consume i in less time that 1t takes to tell 1t. nl The "Ruud Automatic Hot Water
 Heaters" are another very useful ar . 1 ticle, as we'll as the "Ruud Gas Tanks. s which serve the same purpose for gal 2 stove that the water back" does fol . | a coal stove, and there Is never the in , convenience of being without plenty O ] hat water when either of these is in
 stalled in your house. : Mir. Hammond had many interesting : things to say about "electric signs" ant
 the tremendous improvements tha [ have been made in this particular flea i, ture of electricity within the past fe, !, years.
 The shadow pictures." said Mir. Ham s mond." arc unusually effective and ther is great field for individuality in tn ' | making of electric slgna. It requires al : artist to get up designs and sketohe : and these we gladly do and submit ther ! to customers for inspection we hay competent people In charge Of thin de
 partment.
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