The Washington times., 1923-07-16
SAVED BY
ELECTRICITY
PAID HER
Won Promotion and Trip to
Paris in Time Gained
Through Its Use.
By SUSAN ELLEN DODGE.

shortest time of any woman l have
ever known. How do you manage
to do tit"
1.-THE answer is so simple, re-
turned the owner of the tiny two
room apartment, "that you will
laugh. I've been converted to the
new creed that runs our friend Coue
q close second. Only with me, 1t
is: Day by day in every way I'm
growing more and more electrical"
Good gracious! What do you
mean?" The other woman looked
around quickly in undisguised
amazement.
TITS quite story but as be-
lieve every woman, in business or
the home, can benefit by it, III
let you in on my secret. First,
however, suppose you tell me what
you have found your biggest PROB
lem in home management"
Steps Take Time.
'ewhy, the great amount of time
involved and the endless steps one
has to take"
Precisely. These days, however, I
safeguard myself against both OF
those Trouble Twins you mentioned
by simply becoming a life member OF
the lf-Elective Club Of STEP
Savers"
The speaker paused to laugh at
her friends dismayed look and then
proceeded promptly to explain.
lone day decided l needed to
have some added time, daily. in
~ do L been
hankering after and, puzzle as l
would, 1 couldn't see any way OF
finding those needed moments.
The day the water pipes froze, l
went next door to a hospitable
neighbours for breakfast. The meal
was the means of my revolutiOniZing
my home life. This woman was the
type who is, by nature and in
clination, the perfect hostess. Her
table appointments were meticulous
and her breakfast went as smoothly
as perfectly oiled machinery.
Cooking At Table.
"Her coffee, toast and eggs were
cooked right at the table, were
utterly delicious and piping hot.
Every conceivable breakfast aid
was electrical, you see, and every
where I turned, later in the morning,
she pointed out some new device
that added to her comfort, saved
her time and steps and really saved
her money into the bargain, when
she reckoned her accounts at the
end of the year.
"I went home an enlightened wo-
man. The following week I moved
into q new apartment where there
was not only electricity for illumi-
nation but where the builder had
had the foresight to cooperate to.
wards the tenants comfort to the
extent Of installing plenty of con-
venience outlets for Appliances
And what, pray tell, are con-
venience outlets?" the friend ques-
toned.
II was waiting for you to ask
that. They are connections designed
to serve current for electric applir
ances or portable lamps. They are
set in the wall, floor or dashboard,
in convenient places, wherever you
may some day want to attach 4
lamp, cleaner, toaster, fan or what
not.
First Cost Hurt.
$50, with my neighbor as a guide,
the next thing I did was to blow
an iron, not forgetting a toaster.
1t depleated my savings, somewhat,
to do this but from the very first
these Appliances have proved sucn
time, labor and nerve savers that
look back in amaZement to the
short while ago when I was per-
fectly content to do housework the
old, wearing, long-winded way. And
as electricity costs so little the ven
ture proved an economy in every
sense of the word.
Moreover, within a month, I
found had saved myself so many
steps, so many odd moments ard
stored up so much energy by work
ing electrically that I actually found
the time and had the strength to
study French, as I had been plan.
ming for so long"
The friend gave the speaker an
admiring glance. "You deserve
some kind of a reward of merit,
I should say"
Paid Well in End.
"And I got that. too" smiled the
apartments owner. 1--WE have
very recently opened a Paris
branch and my chief is sending me
over in July to study our problems
from the foreign angle. I got the
opportunity solely because I can
rattle off French like q native"
you are a lucky girl"
Eyes, think I am, though in my
case my mascot proved to be
my electrical appliances. can
truthfully say my good luck
came through them"