The Washington times., 1916-08-01
THE TINES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGE
Day Spent Buying
Cleaners :
BY ISOBEL BRAND.

SSVouhE Just the person / want"
Helen Underwood greeted NE
ping Yesterday. I've decided to buy a
vacuum cleaner for mother with the
check Uncle Henry sent last night for
me 10 BUY her a present from him. and
d0nt Know how to select one"
why, you use one yourself" I said.
TO her In establishment! you know
Just as much about them as do"
Yes. but l don't want to buy one as
large as mine. want to get n .sn,aIler
one. but good one. maybe one as small
as yours. and i know that you must
nave spent days In choosing yours and
are fun OF information" she added. her
eyes twinkling, teasingly.
Have To Tess Up. 3.
There was nothing for me TO do but
to Tess up. Fact Is I received my
cleaner as a wedding gift. and i don't
know anything. about the subject.,n Il
admitted. but this Is a Hno chance FOR
mo TO 20 with you and, learn some
thing" -. =
Certainly II was an afternoon profit
ably spent for 1t would have taken mo
many. many moons and much experi-
mentihg to md out what / did. We WIS.,
tied several establishments and asked
innumerable questions. more or less in
telligcnt. chiefly less Helen whis-
pered. as a most patient salesrnan in
ono place unfoldedt tho, mysteries =, of
tho points beeApAA: I. knaw.,I wouldn't
remember them all. and II will be fine
Information for me to have on hand IL
my vacuum cleaner ever wears out.
gets lost. or there befalls some other
calamity which compels me to invest
In a new one.
Heretofore. a vacuum cleaner was
1ust vacuum cleaner. and all makes
looked pretty much alike. except that
some were larger or were operated by
hand. instead of electricity. But, al
though there are many makes OF clean
ers. there are just three principles> that
they operate, on. 2
Suction Cleaner Explained.
First is the suction cleaner. This is
constructed with a bellows which sucks
In air. dust. matches. pits Of paper. and
what not. every time 1t Is pulled. II
operates sort of rhythmically. almost
like breathing-a long pull and the dust
and dirt are sucked In. Then there Is a
pause. just Ike there IL In 'letttng your
breath out" and the next intake Of air
"breathes' more OF the dust inside the
cleaner.
Second is the vacuum cleaner. Every
thing that Is called a vacuum cleaner
lsn really operated on the vacuum
principle. Inside the real vacuum type
of cleaner Is a small motor. This mo-
tor-started either by attaching to the
electric plug or by the hand process
operates one or more pairs OF fans. At
each rotary motion a vacuum Is ere
ated. and then the surrounding atmos-
phere rushes In through the small open
ings of the dust bag" and brings with
in the dust and threads. The difference
between the vacuum and the suction
sweepers Is in the pull" The suction
sweeper stops for breath at each pull.
while the vacuum cleaner revolves regu-
larly with Its pair of fans and keeps
on absorbing the dirt.
Combination Cleaner.
Third is the combination brush and
suction sweeper, which Is built like the
suction cleaner except that II contains a
brush, SO that as It revolves the carpet
is swept as we'll as having the dust and
matter on the surface picked up.
The new models they are putting out
are being improved constantly. and,
notice that the ones liked best are the
lightweight ones. easy to move about,
and those with the wide nozzles. A
cleaner with IA small opening makes II
necessary to go over the carpet SO many
times because you can only cover a
small surface at time. But with n
wider nozzle you get over the ground
much more quickly.
Copyright, 1916, Newspaper Feature Service