The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
TAKES PLACE Of
ICE IN MANY
HOMES
Electric Refrigeration Gives
Year-Round Service As
PreserVer of Foods.

It is human nature to keep on
using q thing until something better
comes along to take it's place. Then
the original object is dropped like a
hot potato or discarded like an old
shoe.
Ice, mostly man-manufactured, has
long been looked upon as the best,
because 1t has been practically the
only means Of refrigeration. Up un-
til twenty years ago we knew no
other way to keep foods chilled and
fit for consumption other than by
the use of an icebox, domestic or
commercial. For this reason, we
have stood patiently Tor otherwise)
the various annoyances attendant
upon this possession. We have
had no recourse when the iceman
has failed to deliver ice at our door
or when we have had to arise some
where near cock-crow to let him
obtain access to our refrigerator. If
we are OF the gentler species we
have, with great effort, remained
dumb while he has tracked mud
across an otherwise spotless kitchen
floor, which had perhaps been
mopped just five minutes before his
entrance.
We have, as just said, borne all
these things because we had no re-
dress other than stopping the de-
livery of the ice, which meant our
own discomfort apd Inconvenience
and that Of other members of our
family. We have emptied pans be-
meath said ice box until we have
exhausted every expletive known to
our vocabulary. And all, until now,
to no avail. The ice box was a
necessary evil and as such we ac-
copied 1t, though we berated it
meanwhile.
Now, at last, the shoe is, seem
ingly, upon the other foot. Many
OF us are in a position to ignore
both the common or garden variety
of ice and the common or insolent
variety of iceman. From the com
fort of our screened porch, with an
electric fan tempering a hot July
breeze, we can think pityingly of
those of our neighbors who are not
as fortunate as we. For we, be it
known, have just become the proud
possessors of an electrical refriger-
ator which removes the need for
both ice and iceman while chilling
our foods to an even temperature
constantly sustained) and even sup.
plying us with cubes of self-manu.
featured ice for table consumption.
We can set a more elaborate and
less expensive table than our
friends because we can buy per-
ishable stuffs in larger quantities
than they, absolutely secure in the
knowledge that these foodstuffs
will remain chilled for days on end
without our lifting a finger.
We can even go visiting our rela-
tives for the weekend without hav-
ing to worry about replenishing ice
in the ice box. Our electric re-
frigerator Is always on the job. the
motor that is 1.-The power behind
the chilling apparatus" starting
voluntarily the moment the tenn
perature begins to drop below a
certain fixed point.
Our food wastage Is next to
nothing. Meats and vegetables
keep their nutritive, sweet quail
ties practically indefinitely.
The initial cost? Oh, yes, we
admit that the initial cost of pur-
chasing and installation is some
what in excess of what the regular
ice box would be. But when bills
are computed at the end of the
year and when charges for ice,
food wastage and doctors bills
through upset stomachs are weighed
against the first cost of our refkig-
orator plus the monthly charge for
current. the evidence-from the
standpoints of convenience and
health-are all in favor Of the cleo
trio refrigerator.