Evening star., 1924-11-28


to he considered when buying
electrical equipment for the
home, namely, the first cost
of the article, then its operat-
inl: cost. For instance, it costs So lit
lie to operate an electric sewing ma
,hine, which is a necessity in every
home that it is scarcely worth while
80 mention the cost, which is only
about four-tenths of 4 cent an hour.
What do you think consumes the
least electricity in an hours work!
Well 1t is the electric washing ma
chine. because motor-drlNen ap-
pliance is n very frugal user OF cleo
rric current. The electric washer Will
wash all the clothes for q family OF
six for about three cents worth of
electricity, but you must remember
that it takes moro electric current to
produce heat than it does to produce
rower. Motor driven labor-sayers,
like the clothes washer and the
vacuum cleaner, cost only tritle to
operate. The electric range, fatiron
and all small cooking appliances
which use electricity to produce heat
lost a little more to operate, but they
are all good investments.
Electric Lamps.
What we want for best results in
lighting the home is the right amount
If light, neither too little nor too
much, and most of all we want that
light thrown directly on the object
wc wish to see and not into our eyes.
There is q comfort limit in light
lust as there is q comfort limit IN
heat. Arrange your lamps SO that
he light is thrown downward where
You want to use it, not scattered around
The walls and ceiling to be wasted. Use
the right type and size OF lamp in
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enough light for the purpose there.
Yet not too much.
The size and number of lamps should
lc suited both to the size of room and
he tso to which it is to be put. There
ar. four sizes of Mazda lamps suitable
Tor use in the average home, namely,
he small 13-watt lamp. the 2o-watt
amp, the 4o-watt lamp and the oo-Watt
white Mazda"
The size Of a lamp is indicated by the
uumicr of watts, just as the size of a
shoe is marked by inches. 1t means that
the lamp consumes 10 or 80 watts or
electricity. 1t is advisable to use 15-watt
ur 25-watt lamps pretty much through
out the house for general illumination,
I5-watt lamps in rooms that are fin
shed in light tints and 25watt lamps
In larger or darker rooms. Use the
lamps in all the fixtures in different
,arts of 2. room rather than only one
large lamp at one point. 1t means no
-reater expense and gives more pleas
ing general illumination. The reading
lamp. or any lamp for closeup work,
should be Il 50-Watt white Mazda. The
best light means the light that is the
most comfortable, most economical and
most appropriate and pleasing.
For generations dishwashing has
heen started with a shudder and fin
ished with a, sigh. If women stopped
20 figure out how many dishes they
would have to wash for the rest of their
lives all the world would be living in
boarding houses. IS il any wonder that
about the first question a housewife of
today asks the electrical man is: How
about the electric dishwasher? Is it
practical? What does it COST
Let US take a square look at this job
of diShwa ashing-the why of 1t, the way
of it and the worth of it, and see what
find out.
First, we find that the process of
cleaning dishes embraces three op-
crations: l. The bits of food must be
Scraped off. 2. The grease and har-
deHed food that still clings must be
Softened by heat, broken down chem
ically by the alkali in the soap and
washed off clean by the water.
.. The water must be removed from
the surface of dishes so that they
can be put away. When this is done,
the dishes are clean.
1t doesn't matter whether your
hands were in hot, greasy water or
not, or whether a mop or cloth was
used in the performance. If the
dishes are clean and dry, ready to
be put away, the job is done. Any
woman who is ready to take this
point of view is ready to make use