The Washington times., 1922-11-20
ELECTRIC COST
OFFSET BY ITS
COMFORTS
Cooking Range Advantages
Over Coal Shows Margin
on Its Side.

The first question people ask re-
garding electric cooking is. Does il
cost more than gas?"
This is a wong mental attitude.
One does not ask whether owning a
motor-car costs more than riding in
street car, or whether the posses
sion OF a sewing machine costs more
than n paper of needles, or whether
vacuum cleaner costs more than
"A broom. The reason we have these
modern ConycnienCcs is because they
save us labor or add TO our comfort
and well.being. We weigh their cost
against their value as measured in
comfort. and II IL appears they are
worth their cost we pay II. In most
cases we are glad To pay generously
for anything which will improve liv-
Ing conditions and add to our pleas
ures, health. leisure and convenience.
The electric range. viewed from this
standpoint, IL very much worth
what IL costs, both for initial invest.
ment and for operation. Admittedly,
electric cooking costs more than gas
cooking, and electric ranges cost
more than coal stoves, but against
these higher costs we have many ah-
yantagcs which are unique ana de-
sIrable, and which balance the cost
and leave a good margin III favor OF
electric cookery.
The most important fact regarding
electric cooking is that II can be per.
formed automatically. BY means OF
clock or thcrmostatic control. the
heat may be turned on or Off at any
Undetermined time. Breakfast may
be nut into the stove at night ana
be piping hot and ready to serve
when wanted in the morning. supper
NAV he prepared right after lunch,
placed in the cooker compartment
or oven. and forgotten until the MN
ute Of serving. There need De no
more sta apding over stove, bastinG,
tasting and watching lest the fooos
burn. Automatic electric cookNls
means an end to the food being over
done or undcrdone, or any uhcer'
.ainty as TO III" result.
or course there are other advan-
,apes 70 electric cookery. The shrink.
age in the weight OF food is much
les, when II is cooked electrically.
'rbe taste Of many dishes is greatly
improycd. The elimination of fumes
from gas and the bother of coal and
ashes are things which are worth
money 10 many housewives. The
GOODNESS Of the kitchen IL a big Item
especially in summer. But most I'M
portant of all is the fact that electric
cooking il automatic cooking which
cuts In half the amount or time re-
nuircd in preparing meals and which
insures exact ard dependable results
in every case.
"I must hurry home and prepare
dinner" cXClaims Mrs. Oldfashion, In
the middle Of an afternoons shop
ping.
"My dinner is in III" stove, COOK
ing perfectly right now, responds
her friend Mrs. TDtodatc.
What? Cooking ard shopping at
the same time" asks her friend in
amazement.
Yves: because | own an ELECTRIC
range which does the greater part
OF my cooking automatically. When
| left home ! set the clock whlCh
turns on the current AT half att"r
four and IL | should be a little late
the heat control turns it off auto
matically when thG oven reaches the
right temperature. after that II con.
tinues to cook by the stored heat.
and it's always just right when
open the oven
Is not such convenience worth a
little extra expense? Thousands OF
women who have bought electric
io