The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-13
WOMAN MAKES
HOUSE INTO
HOME
Five Electric Servants to Aid,
Recommended to Man,
the Builder.
BY SUSAN ELLEN DODGE.

BY SUSAN ELLEN DODGE.
Man builds the house but some
woman makes it into home. This
woman does not make it into a
home on her own account. Her
transformation is effected through
her feeling Of service toward the
family that she loves and toward
her friends. Such a woman realizes
instinctively that a house is not a
home, no matter how much money
Is spent upon It's interior furnishing
and decorating, unless an atruos-
phere Of comfort and service per-
vades It.
This atmosphere Of comfort in the
home depends largely upon its being
kept orderly and clean. Food has
to be prepared, meals served on
time and the house kept In order,
and although the work incident
thereto should be shared by every
member Of the family It all too
often rests on the shoulders Of one
individual-the housewife. In such
a home servants are hard to keep
because of the thoughtless tasks
imposed upon them by careless in
dividuals.
Electric Servants Aid.
Electrical servants come to the
aid Of the housewife in such a
home. The electric dishwasher> and
the electric range are hers to COM
mand. The conduct of the home
has been individualized by these
electrical servants. Each member
may do his or her share with
greater ease, fora share consists in
hardly more than touching an cleo
trio button.
Because Of the need for quick,
personal service in households of
large families, the electric iron has
become the most popular electrical
appliance in the world. The women
members must have blouses, under
garments, laces and ribbons pressed
on a moments notice, and the men
Of the family likewise appreciate a
pressing iron as a contributor to
their personal appearance.
The electric suction cleaner stands
next oh the list in popular appeal
to the home keeper. Its ease of
operation and its absolute efficiency
as a dirt, dust and germ extin-
guisher upon floors, walls, furnish
ings and hangings has stamped it
as the best method Of house clean
ing in the world.
Helps in Laundry.
The electric laundry stands third
on the home makers list Of fav-
ored household utilities. Labor,
time and health are saved by it's
installation and the saving in money
is another great inducement. This
saving has been proved by compar-
ing the housekeeping budgets in diff
ferent households-the one type
paying out draining sums to laun-
dresses and the other paying only
the absurdly small cost Of electric
current for about three hours a
week, which is the time required
to do an average family wash.
Many housewives, especially those
who entertain considerably, consider
the electric dish-washer the most
desirable servant of all the electric
It Is without doubt
most satisfying to be relieved of the
disa greeable task Of washing dishes
three times a day, three hundred
and sixty-five days in a year, or to
face the alternative OF having such
dishes stacked IN the kitchen, wait
ing greasily until someone can sum-
mon the courage to tackle them.
There is nothing so pleasant"
writes an author OF note, than a
prettily served plate Of wholesome
food. and there Is nothing exactly
go unpleasant as that same plate
OF all but its refuse"
Dishwasher a Need.
Stacks Of such unpleasant china
are not conducive to fine thoughts.
But the electric dishwasher has
stepped in to alleviate the woe Of
the hospitable housewife. What
greater help could she have at such
a task than simply scraping her
dishes, stacking them upon racks in
a sanitary cabinet, turning on the
water and electric current and
realizing that in a few minutes she
may open that cabinet and see rows
of shining, clean and dried china
ready for service again?
The electric range is the desire
Of every home-maker who loves to
cook. It is three reliable servants
in one, for it mot only provides it's
fuel and cooks the food, but it
watches that cooking and
when 1t Is done 1t shuts off the
fuel. There is no danger of scorch
ing or burning food in such an
oven. Fire underwriters have
written in praise Of the safety of
electric cooking in it's various forms
from the tiny hot plato to the
largest range.
Above all, when the homemaker
has the service Of these five great
utility appliances at her command,
she knows she can call for extra
service from them at any moment
and that there are no tasks along
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