The Washington times., 1924-07-19
LABOR SAVING
DE- VICES ARE
B00INS
Housewives Equip Realms As
Efficiently AS Other Scenes
Of Modern Activity

did traditions are breaking down
and new machines and devices are
accepted more readily than they
used to be.
The greatest Improvement has
occurred in the kitchen. The old
fashioned, overly large. aoorly
equipped and ugly kitchen is gone.
In its place is the smaller, more
compact room equipped with labor
saving machines.
BuiIt.in Features.
There is the built-in kitchen cabi-
net. often supplemented by the
special cabinet as d receptacle for
foods and working place to prepare
them.
Built-in closets for chinaware and
cooking utensils are now considered
indispensable. Dumb-waiters, receiv-
ers which permit delivery Of gro
ceries from outside with protection
against theft; built-in ironing boards,
tables, chairs, ETC., are items OF
equipment now more or less COM
mon.
Gas and electricity have rendered
the unbearably hot kitchen q thing
Of the past.
Kitchen sinks Of white enameled
iron have displaced the tin-lined
wooden affair. One clever SIX com
bination has little revolving seat
attached.
Al notable development is the in-
fHnw nf TnffsiQArA-
ton.
The outside icer is popular, while
use Of the new "iceless" system,
containing cooling machinery within
the refrigerator, or with the cool
ing unit connected with an cleo
trically operated ice-naking machine
in the basement, or in the base OF
the box, is increasing rapidly.
Refuse Burners.
Incinerators garbage and refuse
burners) have been perfected and
simplified so as to come within the
means of the average home builder.
Many housewives prefer to have
the water heater in the kitchen in.
stead Of the basement. The in
Simultaneous" heater, one Of the first
gas-burning types developed, con-
tinues to be used in many houses.
Electrical devices for reducing
labor in the kitchen are numerous,
the most important being dish wash
ing machines, coffee percolators,
hot plates, coasters. plate warmers
and the like.
A close second to the kitchen
in the progress Of Improvement is
the bathroom. Modern bathtubs
have put to shame the clumsy, I'M
signify and hard-to-keep-ciean affair
of the past.
The syphon water closet is rapid.
" displacing the unsanitary wash
down closet, which depends upon
water force to flush 1t.
Medicine and towel closets, special
bathroom scales and electric heat
ers are now considered regular
bathroom equipment.
Living Room.
The living room offers greater
opportunities for built-in beautifi-
cation than any other part Of the
house. Fireplaces, nantes, book
cases, benches, lodges and quaint
little hooks. beamed ceilings, half
partitions with ornamental end
posts, panneled walls, French doors
and artistic windows give unusual
attractiveness.
Added utility is now often scured
by installing disappearing furniture.
The concealed bed, for instance,
Is much more desirably located in
the living room than in the dining
room, where it is sometimes placed.
The modern bedroom is an ex-
ample of compactness that rivals
the modern kitchen. II one desires,
he may have much Of the furni-
ture built in.
Stairs. clothes closets. telephone
table and chair, writing desk,
benches and radiator enclosures are
up-to-date built-in features in re.
ception halls.
The sun parlor is today's con-
tribution to home building design.
Like the dining alcove. it is fur
nished artistically, containing
flower boxes, special furniture to
harmonic with colorful Grapes and
tile floor, French doors and case
ment windows.
Radical changes have taken place
In the basement From the gloomy,
dirty place for dumping and stor-
ing all sorts of odds and ends in
dtsorderly array, there has en-
erged the well-lisilted, spic-and-
span, efficiently arranged and
equipped machine shop" Of the
home. The heating plant, garbage
burner, laundry machines, refriger-
ating system and similar equipment
now have a definite place in plan
ming the modern house basement.
New arrivals in the basement are
the garbage burner and the refriger-
Ating plant.
There are a number Of systems
Of automatic electric 'iceless" re.
frigeration specially designed for
residences. Some have the entire
cooling unit built into the re.
frigerator, while in others only
the refrigerating element Is con-
tanned in the refrigerator. this being
connected with the condensing ele-
ment (motor, compressor, condens.
Ing coiD which Is usually located
In the basement. !
The water softener is an impor-
tant modern improvement which
can be installed in the basement
and connected with the regular
water supply!
Other basement equipment in.
cludes coal chutes, ash dumps Of
various types, hoists for lifting the
ashes out Of the basement and the
work bench and tool chest.
The Laundry.
The laundry in the basement
should be partiti0ned Off ais a. special
department. Clothes chute from