The Washington times., 1923-10-22
ELECTRIC SHOW
EXHIBITS NEW
MARvELS
MuItifoId Labor and Time-SaV'
ing and comfort-GiVing
Devices Displayed.
Rv WILLIAM RANDORF,
Co.monoritan News Service.

C0amODOk1tan
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-That baf-
fling force of nature, electricity, first
noted nearly seven centuries before
Christ by Thales of Miletus. when
he found that amber, on being rub
bed or heated, acquired the property
of attracting other bodies, has been
harnessed by man through the ages
until today he has fashioned "na'
he claims is an artificial sun.
Building upon the observation o.
Theophrastus, in q mighty enplre
fallen into dust two thousand years
ago. distinguished between electrical
and non-electrical bodies, the human
race has wrought devices that VIII
produce another product OF nature
ice-in a comfortable and warm
home.
Steps I'm Advance.
Advancing the science with rapid
strides since Stephen Gray, early IN
the eighteenth century, discovered
this power could be carried by means
of a pack thread and the. Leyden jar
was invented and Benjamin Franklin
made his famous kite experiment,
human ingenuity has bent electrical
force to its own purposes. AT the
electrical exposition here electricity's
use in transportation, industry, COM
munication and the home is demon
strated through marvellous devices.
There are electrical contr1vances
-
cook a meal; tend a furnace: wash
and dry the clothes; press trousers;
heat the home; dry or cut your
hair or help man cut down the
time consumed in shaving. Labor
saving machinery for factories and
shops was also demonstrated.
Large as has been the progress
In the past decade or two, the re-
markable thing is that even Thomas
A. Edison, to whose skill in the
electrical field many of the devices
are due, finds his usually concrete
vision of future development in
electricity become mere fantasma-
CORA when asked to say what VIII
happen in fifty years. Perhaps. ne
indicated. the four-hour day viii be
possible - perchance even mans
whole physical life may be ordered
by electricity, leaving him free to de-
velop his spiritual self.
Aids to Comfort.
One of the amazing things about
the exhibition is the realization OF
the simplicity of working most OF
the electrical aids to mans com
fort and convenience,
ssMan-ma6e sunlight" the ultra
sun lamp used in heliotherapy Is
shown. It is claimed that the
short wave length rays of the sun
violet rays~-that are harmful have
been eliminated, SO that where
sun treatment is required, this man.
made light serves better, at the
same time preventing possibility
of burns. Many diseases are said
to be successfully treated by it.
There is the "ring roller re-
ducer," a motor driven apparatus
that is said to take superfluous
flesh off by stimulating circula-
ton and exercising body tissues.
An automatic electrical house.
hold refrigerating machine is shown,
plant. Overnight, it not only
makes twenty-five pounds of ice.
cut in cubes or blocks. but auto
maticaIly makes mousse, frozen
1ellies, and ice puddings.
The electrical furnace man"
keeps a furnace coaled, removes
ashes, and keeps the house at an
even temperature, end is controlled
through a button from any room
in the house, Another invention
reproduces closely the Pickering
Iames of natural fireplace coal
fire. The turning Of a switch
brings the heat.