The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-24
Problems OfHO,,1e
Solved By Clever
Wits of Inventors
Household Tasks Made Easy
by Contrivartces Recently
Completed.

for the inventor, although a multitude
of shrewdly devised appliances already
have lightened and quickened the
housewives work. Characteristic of
the days devices for solving old
household problems in a new way are
these reprinted herewith from the H.
Illustrated World. Chicago.
"Fourth Dimension" Bed.
Somewhere in the United States a
corporation has claimed to have found
the fourth dimension. They give their
discovery to the. public in the form OF
a bed which disappears completely
into the ceiling.
Designed for concentrated living.
this bed does not possess the disad-
vantage of taking up closet space: 1t
lowers from the ceiling when wanted.
It can be installed in either new or
old buildings In concrete or hollow
tile fireproof wall and floor construc-
ton. however, the plans must be
drawn to include the bed installation.
In a building already finished a car
penter can make the installation.
The bed operates by the turning of
n crank on the wall in convenient
place.
: a Bags for Kitchen Waste.
Paper bags are now being manufac-
tured to take care of the refuse which
accMmulates at the kitchen sink. These
bags are of strong paper which sheds
water. They have holes in them for
draining. and fit over a holder which
keeps the bags In an upright position
in the kitchen sink or wherever de-
sired. The holder is timed heavily
and will last for Years.
When tho bag is filled II is removed
from the holder and new bag put in
it's place. and the necessity OF wrap
ping garbage Is eliminated. Fifty
cents covers the cost of thirty-three
bags and the holder.
Dressing Up the Garbage Can.
Even in these days of enthusiasm
about all things enamelled and appar-
entity sanitary we have always thought
Of the garbage can as an ugly tin
can, to be filled and then put out Of
doors for the janitor to take care of as
soon as he felt inclined to get around
to it,
Now the latest craze is to bring in
the garbage can and doll it up. No
one need be ashamed to have the new
kind of garbage can right in the kitch-
en-. for it is made of pure white enamel
and it's cover is on all the time. There
is no dirty cover to raise when one
wants to put refuse into it. There Is
a foot lever which on pressure opens
the can making it much easier. es-
pecially when ones hands are fully
occupied.
Doctors and dentists have used this
type of can for some time, but now it
is coming into the home.
Scientific Clothes Dryer.
There are many points about an
overhead clothes dryer that are sci
cntifically right. In the first place,
the air overhead Is warmer than that
below. Next. the space above is util-
lied. Another point is the advanta &c
of step saving. Still another is that
no clothespins or extras are required
and. best OF all, there is not the DANCE,
OF going out in the cold after the
hard work of washing. to hang up the
clothes.
The new clothes dryer takes advant-
age of the principal that the air above
is warmer, and lets down from the
ceiling by pulleys. The clothes arc
pulled up to the top of the room again
The clothes go directly from the
wringer to the rack. and the dryer Is
large enough to hold a large washing
for. a family of five or six.