Evening star., 1924-11-28

of the electrical dishwasher. which
is a very simple appliance that does
the work thoroughly and 1s easily
operated. If you buy one, demon
strator will show you how to use it
and you will receive full directions.
1t will not wash pots and pans. This
problem is solved by the clean-as-
you-go method. which prevents clut-
ter and accumulation.
Ironing Machine.
Washing by hand Is hard work, but
ironing by hand Is longer work.
Every week it means just so many
hours of standing by the ironing
board, pushing a flatiron back and
forth, and walking to the sizzling
stove to put the cooled iron on and
get a hot one. 1t Is Il hard job that
should be banished from the modern
home. and this is possible, for even
as the electric washing machine and
electric dishwasher have emancipated
housewives from much drudgery, SO
the electric ironing machine can
solve the problem of laborous hand
work. 1t will iron fully 50 per cent
of the clothes. 1t will do all except
the frilly parts, and these can be
quickly finished by hand.
Think of the hours saved in ironing
say nothing Of other articles. These
articles take so long to do by hand
and are SO quickly and so much bet
ter done by machine. The electric
ironer is time-SaVer, labor-Saver
and a money-saver in the long run,
as, most electric appliances are.
There are various designs on the
market and YOU should test each one
before buying. SO as to find the one
e Il n.Ig ri
which is the easiest for you to oper-
ate.
For Small Apartments.
Lighting a small apartment is a
simple proposition. Ceilings are rel
atively low and the rooms themselves
are not very large. This makes the
use of portable lamps the ideal meth
Cd of lighting. You need not have
a center lighting fixture anywhere in
an apartment if you have attractive
table and floor lamps placed at the
effective points. Even in the tiny
kitchen and bathroom wall lights
will suffice. In the living room there
should be a tall floor lamp or one of
the newer chair lamps not quite as
tall. There should be a table lamp
and possibly a small desk lamp. all
with shades harmoniZing and throw
ing their mellow glow over the room,
Electrified candlesticks on the din
ing table. of the proper height and
properly shaded, give plenty OF light.
Small decorative lamps answer well
in the bedrooms Here it is best to
use lamps slightly larger than in the
| other rooms-for instance. the 5O-watt
white Mazda lamps with the milk
white pear-shaped bulbs.
For use in small apartment. IN
vest in the type of washing machine
which you can use as 4 kitchen table
when it is not washing clothes. There
are also special apartment type
washers which take up no more
space than kitchen chair and can
be used either in the bathroom or
kitchen. It is a thoroughly efficient
little worker with a capacity of three
sheets or their equivalent. 1t operates
exactly the same as the larger types.
The best type of electric vacuum
cleaner for an apartment is the small
lightweight machine, of which there
are several kinds on the market.
There are electric sewing machines
made SO compact that regular,
standard type machine in its case is
not much larger than a portable type
writer. They. can be carried easily
from one room to another and when
not in use put away in a closet or
handy corner. They can be used on
any table and will do all kinds of
work.
If your kitchen is large enough, in
stall small electric range of the
single-oven type. Lacking a range.
you may have an electric grill, cleo
trio chatting dish. ovenette, used with
electric grill; toaster, percolator.
waffle iron. and disk stove. The cleo
tric grill is the most all-round USE
full utensil. 1t will perform two or