Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-28
ELECTRIC FANS
USED FOR MANY
GOOD PURPOSES

The summer song of the electric
| fan is heard in the land. We turn
on the electric 'an and call it day.
The man-pC wered punkah of Asia.
the silk gate fans of China, the
palm leaf fan of Japan and the
feather and sandalwood fans of
France are mere property affairs
They require too much human
energy to T. of use.
The first patent on an electric
fan was taken out in the United
States patent office in 1854. The
fan blades were large and very
similar to those seen on ceiling fans
today. 1t was designed to be run
by a system of motors by electric
ity. 1t is probable that fans like
these mad ueen fashioned and run
with spring motors.
In 1890 central stations were be-
ing established for the distribution
of electric energy, and the deveL
opment and improvement of cleo
trio fans received considerable en-
couragement. Since that time the
production of household. desk, cell
ing and ventilating fans have in
VI 1dotu tIoi lllOublgs AhoNilis plN-
ture houses use more electric fans
than any other concerns; hotels are
next.
The electric fan is capable of
much more than stirring a cooling
breeze. In large assembly halls,
auditoriums and moving picture
houses and theaters, they actually
help wash the air that they circu-
late.
What u Fan Did for Sick Child.
A mother In a small home where
her little one lay i'll with fever, and
where the sordid air of the street
filled the rooms, made some small
screens of cheese cloth which were
kept damp by bei-g placed upright
with their lower edges in pans of
water. Against these damp screens
the current of the electric fan was
directed. Pushed thus through the
screen the air was washed and
strained. The room lost its stuff
ness through this operation.
A man who was going to the
mountains told his wife to pack up
two of the smaller electric fans.
We'll get plenty of breeze there"
she said. 1--WE may and We may
not" he replied. Il want a breeze
insured"
To the average Americans. who
installs fans in his home just as he
does an ice box, heat has no terror.
His rooms are as cool and comfort
able as any vocational spot.
Taking a vacation means now to
tho A mo oh 90
scenery; for with all the electric
equipmer at hand to produce
GOODNESS and comfort there is little
need of goin~ far to find changes
of environment. In these warm
summer months society is making
itself vastly busy trekking to the
mountains and to the sea shore. 1t
Is trying to keen cool. 1t Is look
ing for a change and a rest; but
like others it may find that the
landlord will get the change and
the doctors who patch up personal
summer damaS es will get the rest.
The old story of the very rich man
who moved out In the back Yard
for a vacation and found it great
deal superb with the addition
of a few electrical Improvements
to the front of the house is inter-
esting, and more than one person
has tried this method with good
results A back yard where flow
ers and grass may grow with lit
tie inducements, where one may be
lucky enough to have tree, where
a tub may be sunk for gold fish,
with border of verbena or some
other low flowe ring plant is bless
ing denied, perhaps to the majority,
but within the reach Of many who
will not take it.