The Washington times., 1925-07-02
NEEDFOR WIRED
FURNITURE
SHOWN
Has. Manifold Advantages for
Small Apartments, Says
Sally Davidson

Although furniture wired for cleo.
trio service is not very new, Few
people, l believe, realize it's many
advantages. 1t is ideal for small
apartments and it also solves the
problem of those living in rented
quarters that do not have a suffi-
cent number of convenience outlets
to enable them to make use OF such
electrical equipment as they may
possess.
= person in this position without
wired furniture has one of two
{ things to do-either go without
using electrical appliances and
lamps or pay out his good money
|, to have extra convenience outlets
installed. 1t is no wonder that
many people have preferred to do
without rather than make an ex-
penditure which served them only
while they continued to live there,
for unfortunately, electrical conven-
fence outlets are not something one
can can take with them upon va
eating a rented house.
Logical Thing To Do.
But a family can and does take
its furniture along when moving
and so the logical thing to do is
to Have electrical convenience out.
lets installed in the furniture. Then
when obliged to live in a place
which has only one electric con-
venience outlet in each room the
family can still use its table cleo
trio appliances, lamps and other
electric appliances.
That is, by an adaptcr plug &
single convenience outlet can readi-
" be converted into a duplex" To
this then can be connected q lannu
and the feed cord of the wired din.
< ing room table or tea wagon. Thus
one may use an electric toaster and
grill or waffle iron and coffee per-
colator, both of which do not ex-
coed the outlets rated capacity,
which is usually about twelve hum
) dred watts.
The wired tea wagon is particu.
slarly comfort. for it enables one
TO serve breakfast. tea and even a
light luncheon or supper in any
room in the house that has con-
venience outlet. This, as every
housewife knows. is quite con-
venience.
Wired Buffet.
The wired buffet enables one to
use artistic electrified torcherss or
candlesticks. while the wired dining
table enables one to use the small
electric appliances for cooking at
the table. Many people arc also
wiring their dressing tables sc that
they may have the comfort Of two
lamps to dress by. In fact, there
IL scarcely a piece of fur liture
which cannot be wired unless IL be
the over-stuffed living room chairs
and couch.
A friend Of mine, whose husband
Is quite smoker and insists upon
having very complete hunitdor.
even had that piece of furniture
wired so that he might use his eIec.
tric cigar lighter without having to
get up. This wired huniidor stands
beside his favorite chaIr. 1t has a
duplex outlet installed underneath
the top, to which are connected the
cigar lighter and a bridge lamp,
which Is also part OF this furnl.
ture group.
An Ideal Table.
For those living in small apart.
ments, Svhere every BIT of space
must be utilized to the best advan.
tage, there are a number of con.
yertible pieces OF furniture on the
market which can be made to serve
two purposes. One of these is a
living room table, the top of which
s lifts up and reveals the INTERIOR
miniature electric kitchenette, where
, one may keep the electric grill,
toaster, waffle iron and a small
percolator. 1t has one or two du-
pick convenience outlets and, for
cleanliness. is lined in white enamel.
Such table is an ideal piece for
those living where the living room
! must also serve as dining room
and kitchenette.
There also are various cabinets
which become kitchenettes when
opened up and when closed have
the appearance of a console, phono-
graph or lowboy.
i, Wiring Vanity Table.
Then there is vanity table which
is wired for using the electric curl
ing iron, vibrator or any other cleo
.trical aids. to beauty The top.
which lifts up, becomes a mirror
when open and the inside of the
table is divided in three sections.
The electrical curling iron and other
such occupy one portion of the
storage space, while the center
section is devoted to toilet articles
and the third to 'kerchiefs AMI
other odds and ends.
In our house, although there are
enough electric convenience outlets
In the dining room, about six all
told, including a center floor outlet. 4
We have had the dining table wired
because IT simplifies the plugging
IN" of electric appliances-that is,
II eliminates all the bending ana
cropping otherwise necessary in con-
Meeting the appliances to floor or
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