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The Washington times., 1922-03-27
Where the Gain Is.

Electrical Editor: You have de.
scribed an electric water.heating
tank with U.shaped outlet pipe,
which. it was stated. would seal the
hot water in the tank, on the siphon
principle, until a faucet was opened
somewhere i'm the house. / do not
understand what gain there is in
this. for surely the pipe leading to
the faucet is filled all the way with
water when the faucet is shut off,
even if you do have this seal and
the heat from that long pipe full Of
water is lost. viii you please ex-
plain this more in detail? B. II.
You are overlooking the fact that
in the ordinary hot.water pipe there
is constant circulation of water. AS
the water in the pipe cools L drops
back into the tank and hot water
rises to take it's place, which means
that heat is continually being con
sumed in heating and reheatIng the
water. The li-shaped pipe puts an
end To this circulation and hence
Conserves the heat, which is auto
matiCally controlled. Since, in add.
ton. the tank and pipes are swathed
in asbestos, the electric current is
used in the most economical way
DOSSible.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
HOW YOU CAN BE SURE
YOUR LIGHTING is RIGHT

You do not need to be an ilumina-
ting engineer to know whether your
home lighting is right. In your own
living room, you can appl these
tests.
Is your light so diffused that you
can sit in any chair in any position
and read or sew comfortably?
Are your lights so arranged that
no direct rays of lights are reflected
into the eye from your book or
paper, impairing vision and causing
eye strain? Are you sure that no di.
rect rays will strike the eye while
you are either standing or sitting?
Can you group around the piano
without casting shadows on the mu.
sic score or play without discom-
fort? Can you read and select with
out Inconvenience the names of rec
ords at the Nictrola in the corner?
Are the details of pictures and
portraits, or the beauties of furni-
ture and draperies plainly visible
from all parts of the room?
Is there an absence of light
spots" caused by lamps or other
wise. which induce eye strain by the
repeated effort of looking at bright
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
Attachments Valuable.

Electrical Editor: In purchasing
a vacuum cleaner, I am in doubt as
to whether or not to buy the attach'
ments. I know so many people VINO
have bought them and never useu
them. y, H. ~
IL the suction of the cleaner Is
strong enough. the attachments are
exceedingly valuable, for then they
will do good work in cleaning over
stuffed furniture. drapes. holdings
and>all sorts of places which are
hard to reach with dust'cloth OF
brush.
In using the flat nozzle attach
ment, without a brush. you must re-
member to tilt 1t slightly as YOU
sweep it over the surface, for II 1t Is
held flat, very little air can enter
and YOU have practically no sue,
ton at all. Frequently people VIII
run this nozzle over q piece OF up
holstered furniture, pressing 1t down
hard. and then wonder why 1t fans
to remove the dust. They do not
realize that when they pace the
flat nozzle against the fabric theN
practically seal the air out OF the
tube
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
Buttons Are Safe.

Electrical Editor: How about run
ming garments with buttons on them
through the electric ironer! | shoulu
be afraid I'd have to be sewing but
tons on all the time, il | used one
though l must confess that the pros
pect of having everything ironed me.
chanically is very inviting.
MRS. PAXTON.
Ordinarily each button will lie
flat as the garment goes through the
ironer, and there should be no trouble
of this sort. Housewives who do
their ironing say that occasionally,
when they are not watching, but
ton may lie twisted to one side as 1t
passes between the roller and the
shoe, and then it will, of course, be
broken. This does not happen nearly
SO often as it does between the rollers
Of the clothes wringer, however. be-
cause the garment Is fiat as 1t
passes through the ironer.
ELECTRICAL EDITOR.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
L|GHT|NGSTUNT
ADDS CHARM To
DINNER PARTY
Contrast of Ancient Candles
With Modern Electric llIu-
minating Devices Effective.

A past and present party Is an en-
tertainment device that can mix to
good purpose the charm OF the past
with the jazz fun of the present.
The clever hostess can work out
effective contrasts in her invitations,
menu, entertainment, and table dec
orations. The invitations may carry
out the then-and now idea by begin
ming in flowing, old-time script
penned in violet ink and ending In
typewriting. But the most viva
contrast Of all can be made between
old-time lighting and modern decor
ative electricity.
With as much mock formality as
you can summon. usher the guests
into a candlelight room. Also use
candles as table lights and decora-
ton during the first courses of the
menu. Then, at signal, have the
guests blow out the flickering
candle flames and with these lights.
their revival of the quaint and prim
past.
For a minute the room will be in
darkness, then II is time TO push the
button that will illuminate an cleo
trio cent, NpieCe which has been ar
ranged to give these delightprovok
ing results: For moment the room
will seem flooded with a wonderland
OF valentines. with little luminous
red hearts glowing. disappearing,
and miraculously reappearing.
1t is simple enough scheme to
contrive, but the effect is like a
stage trick. In the table center as
paragus fern is heaped about some
attractive inverted bowl of milky
hue, translucent glass, or thin lus
ter ware.
But such bowl. AS the lights go
on ii bursts into glow Of lighted
hearts that come and go, first red.
then G.1e, orange, and finally red
again.
The explanation? Hearts have
been cut out Of preparation Of
gelatin such as is used to make col
ored lights on the stage. These are
pasted under the bowl. A Christmas
tree lighting outfit is connected up
and the cord decorated with fern.
Then an ingenious "winking" de-
vice, procurable from any electrical
dealer. flashes the tiny lights on and
off, in fascinating trickery. With
the turning on of the lights, the
colored lights CLEAN and CLINT and
the little colored hearts beat and
glow.
This inexpensive lighting stunt
puts an ultra modern electrical
touch to the climax of a past and.
present party.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
RESTFUL LIGHT
REVEALS CHARM
Of HOUSEHOLD
Different CoIored Lights Pro-
duce Varied Effects on
Persons and Things.

Colorful lighting in some of our
theaters in connection with sym
phonic programs, notably the sun
rise lighting for the William Tell
overture, suggests the possibility
of colored lighting for decorative
purposes in the home.
May not the color of home light.
ing be gauged to increase the in.
innate hospitality of fireside
grouping, to intensity the beauty
of a picture, to cast lovely-hued
shadows on objective points?
Experiments prove that these
effects may be secured. but that
they exact more care and restraint
than commercial and theatrical
usage. For real charm, says an
authority, use colored light for high
lights, not for flood light.
The magic of a colored lamp may
make a wall paper which is soft
yellow in day time appear tinged
with a warm red one winter
night, while this same room on a
summer night may appear cody
refreshing under a daylight lamp.
Rose light brings out becoming
flesh tints in the complexion which
a greenish light would distort in a
CHASTITY way. Accordingly, the gen.
eral color of living rooms should
be the soft, restful light which fiji.
ters through rose, gold, amber, med
FUN and light yellow. and orange
Here and there spots and fleCk.
ings of more emphatic color will
add emphasis and create interest.
For example, the general lighting
OF a living room might be a warm
pinkish yellow Then for the in,
teresting high lights. very deeply
colored lamp could be placed to cast
brilliant green or purple glints on
the bronze of a statue, or the lac.
quered surface of a bowl Screens
of colored gelatine.pap as well as
colored bulbs of the lamps them.
selves are used to provide the ac.
centing color.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
SAME TYPE OF PLUG
DEEMED DESIRABLE

There has been widespread
movement in the electrical industry
to equip all devices with plugs. OF,
that is. connections. having sim laI
parallel blades. so that they MAJ BE-
used at different outlets inter
changeably. When this is done. one
may attach any appliance at any
outlet without having to unscrew
one type Of plug to make place for
another. In purchasing equipment,
IL is well to see to it that you al
ways get the same type of plug.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
The Electric Tea-BaIi.

AS modern invention turns out one
irgenius device after another, the
possibilities of combining two or more
familiar inventions into Il piece of ap-
paratus of multiple utii'ty are al
ways increasing. The electric heat
ing element is one inver don. and the
tea ball is another: and now We have
the two combined into a single unit.
The tea ball is filled AID placed in
the water, az usual; only now it Is
on the end Of a cord. The switch
is turned, and the heater which is
of the immersion type. gets busy.
In short order the water is boiling
and the tea infusion is ready for
the table.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
.E[ECTR|CFANS
GIVE ALL YEAR
|. ROUND SERVICE
Breezy Devices Can Be Of Help
In Solving Many Spring
Problems in Home.

The electric fan is not only a hot
weather comfort, it is an all year
round utility. Consider the chill.
damp days Of March and April that
alternate with pleasant days OF false
spring. The fringe Of the winter
season seems all the colder because
Of occasional balminess. 1t Is then
when even warmth in our homes
would he most appreciated that the
furnace perversely shows signs OF
fatigue from long winter service and
behaves temperamentally.
A club in an Eastern city had been
having this kind of heating trouble.
The air right around the radiators
was warm enough, but there 1t
stayed, leaving the other parts OF
the room cold Electric fans were
brought in and placed so that they
would blow directly on the radiators.
Fifteen minutes after the fans had
begun TO circulate the warm air, the
temperature of the room had risen
from So degrees to 81 and at the
end of two hours had reached II
degrees.
Besides improving radiation. the
electric fan will stimulate the heat
ing efficiency of a hot air furnance.
Placed I'm front of a register, it will
keep a uniform temperature by cir
culating warm air. This is the self
same principle by which the fan
keeps the temperature cool in sum-
mer; that is by tanning away the
heated air and replacing 1t with
air which is cooler. In winter, the
temperatures are merely reversed.
Another winter use for the electric
fan is to force the draft on TO the
furnace when currents are not be.
having properly.
Therefore if you have an electric
fan, get full value form il by using
il TO solve your early spring heating
problems. If you are planning on
one for this summer, set the pur-
chase ahead to now 50 that you may
enjoy several additional months
service from your fan.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
ELECTRIC IRON COOKS
DElECTABlE WAFFlES

New Maple Syrup" announces the
grocers sign, and even the most
iaded appetite quickens. To the
tired palate it's like bit of liquid
spring. flavorous with new, growing
things. this honeyed sap. How would
you like some yelling up in each
little square and triCkling delicious
rivuletS down the Crispy sides of
waffles hot from the griddle?
For Easter breakfast YOU can give
yourself this luscious treat, doing
the cooking right at the table with
out grease or smoke-if you have an
electric waffle iron. Switch on the
current, put in the batter. and in
just three minutes eat three piping
waffles.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
LABOR SAVERS ARE NOT
CONSIDERED lUxURIES

When the conscientious home
manager weighs the pros and cons
Of the purchase of an electric clean
err percolator, a toaster, or wash
ing machine, she sometimes decides
mo on this basis: I'VE can't af.
ford it. ! can get along without;
therefore it would be extravagent
to buy now. Labor-savers are
really luxuries."
1t is easy to understand her
point Of view in conserving re-
sources. but 1t is not quite fair TO
term all the things she can get
along without 'luxuries." Viewed
that way, we could scrap civiliza-
tion.
On the other hand. here are a
few of the items we do spend
money for: In 1919, $4,000 900 900
cigarettes. 64,000,UD0 chocolate al
mond bars and $4,000 talking>> ma
chimes.
When these expenditures are
looked at dispassionately and apart
from ones personal failing for Gig
arettes, almond bars, or talking ma
chimes, il would appear that the
housewife can afford labor vers.
Canned melody, candy and tobacco
all fill a very real need, probably,
but in the rational home should
they not come after the deft "elec-
trio broom" tina. cleans without
backache in less than half the
time of the old method. or after
the washing machine that makes
electricity do the work of knuckles
and arm power?
The Washington times., 1922-03-27


plug" and why?
MRS. MARQUARDT. =
Are you building this spring or
wiring the house you now live in?
If so, the seasoned electrical man has
a word of warning for you. 1t is.
Don't forget the three-way switch
and other small details of wiring and
electrical equipment"
And what. you ask, may a three
way switch" be?
Simply the switch which is ar
ranged 50 as to permit a light to be
turned on or off at either one of two
places. They are found most FIRE.
quently in front halls of residences,
so that the hall and stairway lights
may be turned on or off either up
stairs or down. but this is only one
of several places at which they should
be installed.
There will be less danger Of
stumbling into flower beds and
tomato patches in the backyard on
the lateat-night trips to and from
may be controlled from the house.
Cellar stairs are less difficult to
navigate If the lights may be
flicked on first. The back stairs.
and the lights in the attic should
be thus provided for. The expense
of installing these three-way
switches is not great, though Of
course 1t adds to the cost Of the
wiring. Like many another cleo
trical feature, the few dollars in
vested is sure to be justified in
the increased convenience and safe
ty which results
The electrically lighted house num-
Der is another convenience you will
not wish to overlook. The tiny light
which burns behind the number con-
sumes but a trifling amount of cur
rent: it supplies a suitable entrance
light during the evening. and does
away with considerable annoyance
both for yourself and for passers-by
who may be peering about in the
dusk for a number A door bell ring
transformer is another small. but i'm
portant, item to be remembered. 1t
enables you to use the regular house
current for the door-bell, and puts
an end to the nuisance of being
obliged to renew batteries every now
and then.
The motor-operated furnace regu-
lator will save you many a sigh ard
an unhappy early morning trip to
the basement next winter if you take
thought TO install ii now. And you
will not want to neglect such little
comfort points as radium markers
to illumine the electric light switches,
and turn down lights for night use in
bath and nursery, for dark back
halls and entries.
OF course, you will take care first
of all to provide plenty of outlets
throughout the house for convent.
ent use of the various electrical ap.
pliances-but that is another story
entirely, and not related to this re.
minder Of some of the smalled de-
tails of planning the home electrical
equipment.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
HOUSES ON COAST ARE
ELECTRICALLY EQUIPPED

A building survey in San Francisco
and Los Angeles established the fact
that 80 per cent OF homes now be.
ing constructed on the coast are
homes electrical in the sense that
they provide at least one conven-
ience outlet for each room.
en you consider the solid com.
fort that can be attached to each
Of these outlets in the form OF con.
veniently placed reading lamp, pain.
relieving heater pad. aides to more
pleasurable living like percolator,
toaster, and grill, and labor savers
like the vacuum cleaner. washing
machine. and electric ironer, you be.
gin To realize that each one of those
convenience outlets will mean for
thousands OF home dwellers. Hap.
piness in every room"
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
CORDS SHOULD
LAST FOR YEARS
WITH GOOD CARE
Most Of Annoyances on Wash
ing Machines Are Traced
to CareIessness.

Do not allow the cords of cleo
trical appliances to drag about the
floor unnecessarily. When through
using any appliance, coil the con-
Meeting cord and hang it out of the
way. Most of the. annoyances ex-
perienced by users of electric wash
ing machines and ironers can be
traced to cord trouble" which is
caused by cords being allowed to
get wet or worn by being trampled
under foot upon the laundry floor.
Connecting cord for electrical de-
vices Is made as strong and as
nearly waterproof as possible, and
with reasonable care will last many
years. But this cord, in order to be
flexible, is necessarily subject to
wear. The wire itself is made of
many very fine strands; the in
sulation must be pliable, and this
means that strength is necessarily
sacrificed: it must be fastened to
small and handy plugs, so that slen-
derness is requisite.
Yet despite the limitations which
compel the manufacturers to pro-
duce connections which are thin,
light and flexible, it is remarkable
how sturdy these cords are. The
clusters or strands" of fine copper
are wrapped in cotton thread, then
In pliable rubber composition, then
both strands are encased in stout
insulation having several layers and
proportionately as sturdy as a good
automobile tire.
1t takes great deal of abuse
and long wear TO injure a good ap-
pliance connecting cord, but this
cord, like the machine, requires it's
modicum of care. Keep it dry. Keep
At coiled up and out of the way
when not in use. Avoid linking"
1t. If you follow these three simple
and common sense rules your cord
will give you no trouble.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
Electrified Apartments.

An Oakland apartment house now
in construction is to have forty suites
Of five rooms each to rent at Sl2J
month. Each apartment is to be
provided with ten electric ConVen
ienCe outlets, three in the living
room, two in each bedroom. two In
the d,ning-room, and one in the kitCh.
on. Besides this there is provided
a completely electrified laundry. The
her own.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
WASHINGTON TIMES PAGE OF ELECTRICAL NEWS AND NOTES
ELECTRIC IRONER GREAT
TIME SAVER

This is an example of what an
electric ironer can do in one
hour:
Two tablecloths. eight dinner
napkins. one lunch cloth, three
sheets. four pillow cases. one bed
spread, twelve towels, four
doilies, one centerpiece. two
pairs curtains, one dresser
scarf, twenty handkerchiefs,
twelve pair hose, two rompers.
four suits underwear. and four
nightgowns and pajamas.
BY the old tedious hand way,
this ironing would take five
hours.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
Electric Bulb Makes
Darning at Night
Simple

A housewife reports to the
electrical editor that she always
found darning at night an ordeal
until she discovered that by in
sertng an electric light in the
stocking and darning over the il
Illuminated glass end, the process
was simplified. Aside from the
light enabling her to work faster
and more neatly, the glass sur
face provides an excellent darner.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
Makes Rugs Mothproof.

Portieres. draperies. and floor COW
erings that are gone over frequently
with vacuum cleaner are virtually
moth proof. Moth eggs, it seems,
cannot long withstand the searching
cleaning of the electric suction.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27

and dark spots, contracting and di-
lating the pupil of the eye?
Illumination is the result of the
proper application and distribution
of light. The prime function of the
lighting fixture is so to distribute
the light that good illumination is
provided. Do your living room fix
lures do this?
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
TST0 THOSE
WHO EXPECT To
BUILD A HOME
Three-Way Switch and Other
Seemingly Small Details
Are Essentials.

Electrical Editor: VIII you
please tell me what is a standard
plug" and why?
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-30

Old bundles ot newspapers at tue Empire, 25 cents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-30
RED PEPPER FOR
 COLDS IN CHEST

Ease your tight, aching chest, Stop thes pain. Break up the con- gcstion. Feel bad cold loosen up in just short time.
 Red Pepper Rub is the cold remedy that brings quickest relief It cannot hurt you and it certainly seems to end the tightness and drive the congestion and soreness right out. Nothing has such concentrated penetrating heat as red peppers, and when heat penetrates right down into colds, congestion, aching mus cles and sore, stiff joints relief comes at once.
 The moment you apply Red Pep per Rub you feel the tingling heat In three minutes the congested spot is warmed through and through When you are suffering from cold rheumatism, backache, stiff neck or sore muscles, just get jar of Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made from red peppers, at any drug store. You will have the quickest relief known
 advertisement
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-30
Tides Tomorrow
SPOKANE IS DUE IN
 PORT DURING EVENING

Steamer Spokane is due in port tonight from the South, anytime be- ginning at 9 o'clock, 1t all depending upon weather and storm conditions south of Juneau. The Spokane will remain on the Channel discharging freight for possibly five hours. then go to Skagway, returning southbound late tomorrow night or early Monday morning.
 The Spokane has 50 tons of freight for Juneau. 10 tons for Douglas and 20 tons for Treadwell. The basketball players of the Doug las High School are returning on She Spokane and the steamer had the following passengers for Juneau out of Seattle: J. H. Guffey, William Garster, United States Marshal George D. Beaumont, H. L. Faulkner
 wife and daughter. Ed. Provost ana one stecrage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-30
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NorthboEnd

 SPOKANE due to arrive be- ginning at 9 o'clock tonight. JEFFERSON, if sailed this mcrning from Seattle, due to arrive about next Friday as she calls at Hyder north bound.
 Scheduled SaiIinas ESTEBETH will leave for Skagway II D. m. Monday. MAIL BOAT GEORGE, JR., sails for Petersburg and way ports nex. Saturday noon. PRINCESS MARY scheduled to leave Vancouver tonight NORTHWESTERN scheduled to sail from Seattle January 4.
 Southbound ADMIRAL WATSON south bound beginning about 6 o'clock this evening. SPOKANE probably sail south late Sunday night or early Monday morning. VICTORIA southbound about January 3.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-30
NEW CHANGES
 Now PROPOSED
 IN TEXAS LAWS
New Constitution Will Come Before Texas Assembly
 Other Issues.

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. BOA consti- in state tax laws and the educational system, reclamation and flood con trol alteration of highway laws and relocation of the state prison, are among the matters that will come before the Texas legislature at it's January meeting, according to state ments from leaders of the two branches.
 The attorney general already has prepared a measure for the creation of a new constitution, designed to replace the present one written in 1876.
 Proposed changes in the state tax laws are due to a deficiency in the general revenue fund this year a. times amounting to more than two million dollars. Many Texas schools may be forced to close early next spring because of the shortage of state funds. An emergency appropri- ation and an increase in state allot- ment for the schools are advocated.
 Separation Of the state banking and insurance departments has been endorsed by the State Bankers As sociation and other statewide bod. lies. Flood control measures are ad- vised by Governor Neff, who recent ly led movement to work out such proposals
 There also is some agitation for the presentation of a soldiers bonus measure.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-30
WATSON DUE TONIGHT

Steamer Admiral Watson IS due from the Westward en route south bound beginning about 6 o'clock to- night. No wireless messages were received up to o'clock this after noon relative to the exact time the steamer is due. The Watson will probably remain in port only about an hour