The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23

Fly husband saw the ad in the paper and wanted me to come down." said the woman in a fur trimmed suit who appeared at demonstration of household labor-saving devices yes terday. All the other women made some similar remark to the demon strator; "Its the men who under stand the right way to solve this ser want problem"
 'sEvery woman who comes in here tells me that her husband or father or brother wants her to get modern appartus for the household" the demonstrator continued. Its the women themselves who hold back. They can't bear to give up all the good times they've had getting cooks and laundreSses and cleaners.
 The demonstration stood before magical electric range, which was equipped with what looked like small telephone switchboard and an alarm clock.
 This device is recommended to women politicians, movie fans and confirmed shoppers for it is so con structed that the most inquisitive hus- band may be led to believe that his wife has been home all the afternoon getting dinner when in reality she left the house soon ar,er he did and returned to the apartment just before he arrived.
 "It looks as though a person would have to learn telephone op arstting to manage it. complained the woman in the fur trimmed coat. "Tt isn't anything but a fireless cooker with a telephone attachment, is it?'
 '~That's just the point" remarked an enthusiastic friend. wouldn't it be convenient to telephone the dinner when it was time for it to begin to cook itself?'
 The demonstrator explained how a roast beef or any other roast, pud- ding or any article which was to be cooked for some time could be put in- to the oven cold just before the house. wife left in the morning. The house. wife would set the range clock at the hour at which the viand was to com mence cooking. pull out and insert one or two plugs so as to regulate the oven, and then leave with the perfect confidence that the mes enticing policeman on the block would be pow erless to interfere with the dinner be ! ing ready exactly on the minute.
 "Of course, it is necessary Tor the housewife to l-now how long a disI should cook,'' explained the demon strator, then she allows fifteen min utes for the oven to heat up and set the clock accordingly. The difference between this and the freless cooke is that it can begin to cook long afte the housewife has left the house.
 Some of 'em expect the range f go to the ice box, bring out the food put it the oven and decide for itsel how long it wants to COOK" she nut tered to an assistant demonstration you've got to exercise a littIe hu man intelligence even With one O these ranges"
 While the electric range was mag icaIly responding to telephone mes sages the electric washing machin was doing the family laundry and tn electric ironer was operating on striped object that looked very muc like mans shirt.
 You wouldn't think said tn demonstrator, that an electric rolle could iron mans shirt, but it cal Of course you have to do the colls bands with a hand iron, but the pow CT machine does the writbands beat tifuIly.
 q aways used to iron my husband fine shirts myself" said a charnoir looking elderly woman rather plail lively, "I had such pleasant though of him while I was engaged in doir ., fine piece of ironing. When I W; a young girl I used to do my brotl CTS shirts and he always threw the right back in the wash if they werer ironed to suit him.