Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-17
ELECTRICITY TAKES JOBS
OF HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS


Goodby, Brigdet Hannah and Lena!
Your days are numbered, if indeed not
entirely over Those beautiful noun
tain streams high in the Sierras have
taken your place.
Electricity, that silent, safe force, has |
brought the power Of these waterfalls
into your home to wash your clothes |
cook your meals, clean your house and
solve your servant problem.
At breakfast time think of the ioy of
sitting at your table with an electric
percolator making your coffee, a roaster
stove frying your bacon and eggs or
pancakes and a turnover toaster making
your toast Truly this is pure joy. Even
the efficient Bridget is in the way, for
now she has no work left to do. Elec.
tricity has taken her place.
And the aishes-yes electricity will
do this for you-at snap of the switch
the dish washer starts and, 10 and be-
hold, your dishes are clean.
Wouldn't Bridget be astounded to see
the modern wash day with the electric
washing machine washing the laundry
for family of six for cents with
| no WOIk. ANA IHen comes
ironing day-the electric iron always
just the right heat, saving countless
steps to and from the fire and irons
smoothly, and easily the entire washing
for about Is cents. .
What use have you of Lena? Her
old-tme broom and duster have been
traded for the up-to-date vacuum clean
er. Electricity will clean your home,
rug, curtains, floors and all for very
few cents. Lenas work is done; elec-
/ tricity has taken her place.
! Even sewing, electricity has revolu-
tionized. No need of milady tiring her
self with the old-fashioned foot treadle
machine. Electricity will do this work
and many thousands Of housewives find
pleasure in sewing the electrical way.
And in the middle of the cold night
the baby must be fed A simple snap of
the switch heats the baby's milk with
out your moving from your bed. Just
think of the great help electricity is.
On the breakfast table many good
things can be cooked without even 60
ing inside the kitchen. The illumnum
waffle iron cooks fine crisp waffles
right on your own table without any
grease or smoke, just piping hot ready
to serve. An electric percolator keeps
the coffee just right and always hot,
and the toaster stove toasts just as
much toast as you want and no more.
! In the bathroom the coZy glow of the
electric heaters give soothing warmth.
After the bath and on chilly mornings a
snap of the switch brings the CHEEKY
electric rays to your bedside.
Truly electricity is humanity's great
est friend.
ELECTRICITY means freedom to the
women of this country" stated c. +.
Ferguson of FL Centro in an interview
yesterday.
The housewife can make electricity
to do all the drudgery of house cleaning,
washing and other burdensome and tir-
ing work of the home.
"It seems too good to be true" ex-
claimed a pleased housewife when the
advantages of electricity were explain
ed to her.
1t is a pleasure to get out of bed
these cold mornings when you can jump
into the coZy glow of an electric heater,
throwing off a radiant, dry heat with
no smoke or gas, it's just like good old
summer sunshine, and then by using
electricity you can cook your own
breakfast right at your own breakfast
table. No jumping up or cooking over
a hot stove in the kitchen. 1t can all be
done right at the table, with an cleo
trical percolator steaming. just the
right strength can be made in very
few moments, while the turnover toast
er cooks delicious golden brown toast,
piping hot just as much as you want
and inst when YOU want it.
Perhaps Mrs. Housewife wants an
omelet With electricity it is a simple
matter At the snap of the switch on
goes the table stove and in a few min
utes you have wonderful fluffy ome-
let ready to serve Or, perhaps hubby
wants griddle cakes, sausage, bacon,
eggs or steak. 1t all can be electrically
cooked easily and quickly at your own
place at the table, just done right to
suit everyone-always hot.
1t used to be a nightmare for the
housewife to think of the old-time house
cleaning days. Now with electricity it
is pleasure The modern vacuum
cleaner sucks in the dirt out of the
cracks and around the corners, cleans
the curtains and the rugs, and only
costs a few cents to clean the whole
house. Then when washday comes, all
the drugery of the oldtime scrubboards
is over for electricity has taken it's
place. 1t is a simple matter now to
wash the family's washing these days
with a modern electric washing ma
chine. At the snap of the switch the |
washer starts and scientifically washes |
the clothes The water is washed thru |
the clothes and washes them snowy |
white. Then with the electrically driv-
en- wringer, it is a simple matter to
rinse and wiring out the clothes and
the days washing is done before you
realize it.