The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-01
Uses of Electricity in the Home

ana since one will make a short
opportunity, after standing over a
red-hOt stove, the effect is likely 10
be I. cold or more serious result.
The problem may be greatly smph
fled by using ireess cooker, the
stones of which may be heated by
electricity. After placing the food in
the cooker it requires no further at
tention until ready to serve. or an
electric range is ideal. The heat is
cVen-climlnating the necessity Of
turning delicate cakes with danger o.
causing them to fan; they are equip.
ped with thermometers making the
process Of baking accurate and de-
pendabe In the matter Of break
fast dishes, the requirement of some.
thing easily and quickly prepared is
met by the use of the electric grill.
Have you ever swept a carpet with
an ordinary straw broom? If you
have, you will readily agree with me
that there is no comparison between
this method and the use of a vacuum
cleaner, since almost no physical eff
fort is required to operate the latter.
The work is done a hundred per cent
more thoroughly for the vacuum
takes every particle of dust, and the
cost of the sweeper is soon repaid in
that it does not wear out the car
pet.
Some one has said that an electric
fan in the home is fair substitute
for a vacation in the mountains to
avoid the summer heat ] am sure
no one needs to be convinced that
there is a world of comfort in these
little buZ2ing heat dispellers, and one
could not make a better investment,
with a view to profit in personal
enjoyment than to purchase one for
the summer months.
Your sewing may also be done with
electricity. With It's aid every woman
should be able to make her own
clothes, and sewing is made much
more pleasant by the elimination OF
the weary peddling.
When the blizzard ragged in the mid
winter, when the gas pressure was
bitter cold room, or did you attach the
low, did you shiyer all day long in q
electric heater and remain comfort
able while the north wind howed
and beat against the door of your
coy quarters? If you were fortu-
nate enough for the latter, IN ven
lure YOU won't be without one next
winter.
1t seems that there is no limit to
the uses Of this wonderful force and
the future promises it still greater de
velopment. We are inclined to believe
that it already does its duty in the
home though here again its full pos
sibilities have not been realized. Let
us. however. sum up In one short
sentence the list of its domestic uses
as We have gone over them in detail,
electricity lights and heats the home,
il takes the dirty clothes and in
short while turns them out clean
and white, it irons them perfectly, it
does the churning and still has y.
monent to spare 10 turn the lce
crelm freezer, it does the cooking, II
cleans the dirty rugs with out NIL
ing the roo mwith dust, it runs the
sewing machine, and many more
things. And yet, who knows what in
ventlons, timesaYing and labor'savlns
devices, the next hundred years VIII
add to the list?
The fact that woman has, during re-
cent years, made very rapid progress
in the business world is largely due
to the fact that electricity has re
lieved her OF the greater part of her
work in the home, So that she may
give her time to other things. with
the ballot theirs, women are also
making their intlence felt politically
and to what extent is in some de
greest dependent upon the use Of elec'
tripitV i'm their homes