The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-03
CURRENT TENDS
FURNACE AND
4 BABY
Latest Electrical Appliances
/. for Home and Industry at
N. Y. Electrical Show.

I Electric devices for tending the
furnace. making ice, warming the
babyss bottle, relieving toothaches,
reducing fat. beating eggs, pressing
trousers. polishing hardwood floors,
doing all imaginable kinds OF cock
ing. washing dishes or clothes. do.
Ing the ironing. and in fact. every
thing that Is done about the home
were displayed at the New York
Electrical and Industrial Exposition
recently at the Grand Central
Palace.
Lights were flashed on and motors
began to hum at o'clock when
Charles A. Edison, acting for his
father. Thomas A. Edison, threw on
& switch and started the show.
About twenty motion picture shows
began at different exhibits. a few
e the hundreds Of newest radio sets
began to make themselves heard.
1t was o radio show, automobile
show and electrical show combined.
New Furnace Feeder.
f Much attention was attracted by
the electric furnace feeder. which
causes a steady automotic flow Of
coal into the furnace. After e wide-
lnouthed hopper il filled the ma
chine runs by itself for two days
and half, feeding the furnace and
shaking out the ashes. II was said
the electricity II consumes costs only
fifteen or twenty cents a day ana
that it saves money by causing the
furnace to run efficiently on the
cheapest coal.
One important device was a bottle
warmer which can be attached to
the baby's crib. When the baby
cries all a mother has to do Is to
press button and in forty seconds
all IL wen. This was one Of about
! household. There was an electric
hair drier and an electric shaving
mug. Several improved types Of
I electric ranges were on exhibition.
{ There was small electric stove
which win cook almost anything on
the dining room table, 60 that a
clever hostess can turn out o seven
Z course meal without losing the
thread Of the conversation. The
7 Whip-it.all IL a jack-of -all.trades that
viii beat eggs, knead dough or mix
9 Tom and Jerry.
n Used by Doctors.
This years show also featured q
variety Of electrical machines for
/ medical purposes. One Of these
was radiant sleeping bag in which
the patient is subjected to bright
Hight and some electrical current,
said to be beneficial for tubercu-
losis. neuritis and obesity. Another
electrical apparatus initiates sun
light except that it excludes the
rays that cause sunburn. This,
equipped with caps, will concen.
trate strong light on an ailing
tooth or on gums, or will carry a
ray OF light into the throat for the
purpose of killing bacteria by it's
rays. Violet and ultraviolet ray
machines were present in numbers.
The newest developments Of the X
ray were on exhibition, There were
many electrical cabinets for taking
off fat.
The new army radio truck was
exhibited by the Signal Corps. This
IN rugged motor vehicle equipped
to accompany troops over rough
terrain and keep in touch with
headquarters by. a powerful wireless
set.
Electrical apparatus for detecting
gas concentrations and producing
poisons was explained at the ex-
thibit of the Army Chemical Serv.
ice. Poison gases and carnouflage
gases were exhibited in test tubes
and explained.
IS Another by-product Of the search
for deadlier devices of war is a
cure for colds and whoopIng cough,
It has been found, according 20 the
Chemical Service representative al
the show, that certain low concen.
tratiOns Of chlorine gas cure colds
and whooping cough.
This is q dangerous gas and
) cannot be administered except with
an elaborate plant" said the ex
hibifor, "but those who have tried
It say 1t is the finest cold cure In
the world. So far as / know Il
has not been adopted by any physi
clans or hospitals"