The Washington times., 1920-07-25

fee. while an electric toaster browns
her toast or an electric waffle iron
cooks warfles on the dining table TO
be eaten piping hot. In three minutes.
Then, clearing the table. she puts the
breakfast dishes into the electric
washer Here they are not only
washed but dried. She has only 20
put them away.
The vacuum cleaner sweeps the
house and dusts, running about into
obscure corners that would escape a
broom. Its many brushes and attach
ments clean walls, hsngings, cushions
and furniture, The work is done In a
third the time. No lingering dust nils
the eyes and nostrils.
Lunch or dinner Is put on in the
electric stove, which 10 either a ftre-
less cooker or a stove. as she wishes.
A clock is SGT and automatically II
adjusts itself In an iceless Tefrisers-
tor, electrically cooled, food IL kept
sweet and cold. In an electric Ifreezer
so nearly human that IL even breaks
the ice, ices and Ice cream may be
frozen in jiry."
FURNACE "RUNs ITSELF
The furnace In the basement takes
care OF itself. Electricity sees TO
that. II will be quite perfect when 1t
can take out it's own ashes and dis
pose of them.
The garbage In disposed OF by the
electric incinerstor which nts into a
niche in the kitchen. Put the gar
bage In. push the button and behold!
1t is all burned up. noiselessly and
! odorlessly.
The washing 10 done with wash
! ing machine which washes and wrings
and dries the clothes. An electric
ironer presses them, with an electric
| iron for the smaller pieces.
A sewing machine. electrically run.
makes home sewing no longer a
drudgery.
The photograph plays itself, being
| electrically started and stopped.
When milady washes her hair. an
electric hair dryer makes II a matter
! OF few minutes work.
When we have been through a day
! in which electricity does all the real
work OF the home, we wonder why
more homes are not equipped with IT,.
IT'S so expensive" groans the
housewife.
WELL WORTH THE EXPENSE.
Is II really so much more expensive
than the maid and the cook and tho
man who tends the furnace? Than
the ice, the coal. the gas. the labor in
volved in supplying them? Don't you
save enough in worry. and work to
compensate for the current used?
or course. the thing that the wom-
an who uses electricity must learn
Is to plan her work and her meals so
that the minimum of electricity is
used. Don't try to cook one thing at
a time; cook several. Even on a grill
three things may be cooked at once.
This saves current. When the house
gets too hot in winter. don't throw
open all the windows, shut of the
heat. Take care to turn out lights
in unused rooms. Don't 60 out OF a
room and leave the electric fan going.
Plan the ironing so that it may all be
done with one heating of the iron. Do
not repeatedly let it cool and have to
reheat it. This wastes electricity.
Learn to conserve 1t and you'll find
it economical instead of extravagant.
The house that Is to be run cleo
trically should have plenty of outlets
for current. Don't try to do with one
socket in a room and that hanging
from the center of the ceiling. Put
them about in inconspicuous places
at convenient heights. All this should
be planned when electricity is in
stalled Consider just where your
furniture Is to be placed and what
each room is to be used for. Then
wire your house accordingly.