South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-30
Surprising Array
Of Electric Devices
From Cellar to Attic Special
Appliances Help to Make
Homework Easier.

1t is truly interesting TO see how
electrical devices have been developed
for household service from kitchen
10 attic. There is an astonishing list
of utensils, cleaners and other con
venfences which may be easily at
tached TO the wall-plug and operated
quickly and clearly.
The dining room claims a good
share of these appliances. There is
the toaster s, we. on which almost an
entire meal can be cooked right at
the table. if desired. The table grill
is another compact electrical heater.
A combination grill makes breakfast
or luncheon easily possible on short
notice. There is {, disc stove, or hot
plate, upon which any tlat-bottomed
saucepan or dish can be quickly
heated = combination dining room
set includes a chafing dish, double
boiler samOvar and percOlatOr. all
heated from a single electrical unit.
The table range is another cooker
which handles several foods at once.
Kettles for hot water coasters for the
breakfast toast egg boilers, individ-
ual chatting dishes, water cups for
heating small amounts Of water, i'm
mersion heaters for poaching eggs,
and soup tureens for keeping the soup
hot Wl1le IL IS DelnB StlNtts oil NelI
be attached directly at the table.
For the kitchen the list is almost as
long. The double boiler for cereals,
the electric frying pan, the waffle
iron evenly heated by electrical
means, the egg beaten which is such
an Improvement on the fork or the
hand-turned beaten. and the plate
warmer for keeping service china hot,
all make kitchen work a hundred per
cent cleaner and cooler than II ever
was before There is even an electric
refrigerator on the market now-cold
air being forced fan-fashion through
the icebox
An electric laundry IS considered
a great improvement. The electric
washing machine is a saver of effort
and time In go the clothes, hot wa
ter is turned over them and the but
ton is turned on. In 10 or II minutes
they are clean. and after they are
blued and rinsed, they are put
through an electric wringer. They
are pressed with an electric iron and
in very large kitchens an electric
dryer takes care of them in damp
weather For large institutions. such
as hotels and clubs, the starch is
cooked by electrical appliances and
the clothes are mangled by the same
means.
Electric cleaners are the most well
come aids to the housewife. The
vacuum cleaner has come TO stay now
in most large homes. There is an
electric floor scrubber and pOlisher.
too, and an electrically operated buff
fer wheel for polishing brass and
silver
Radiators which carry heat by
electrical means are replacing steam
and hot water in many homes. They
are ideal for heating rooms quickly
for a short time, such as extra guest
rooms. bathrooms and the like. Elec-
trio fans for the home are used more
and more, so that heating and cool
ing are both accessible by pressing a
button nowadays.
In bedrooms and bathrooms the
electric conveniences seem quite as
numerous as those down stairs a
hot water heater. that can be attach
cd to the faucet. will give 21a gallons
Of boiling water a minute when the
kitchen range is not at work.
For the sewing room there is a
pressing iron, shaped for dressmak-
ing service. a fluting iron for making
frills, and even the sewing machine
itself runs noiselessly. A motor at
tachment makes any sewing machine
thing of comfort and speed.
For these domestic services the cost
is from IA of a cent 70 10 cents an
hour.