New Britain herald., 1928-10-31
Housekeeping Is
 ! Just Plugging
That Is, If Your Home Is
 Electrically Equipped.
(BY HoRrENsE sAuNDERs)

(BY HORTENsE eAUNDERs) ,
 New York. Oct 31-Housekeepins no longer is any job for . rod. blooded. two-fisted woman. There h nothing left to it now but con. meeting and disconnecting plugse and gradual atrophy.
 You need only to have attended the Electrical and Industrial Exposi. ton at the Grand Central Palace here to realize how Edison and the other electrical scientists of the day have> made the switchboard raths than the hearth the touchstone of modern life.
 Consider . day in the life of an electrically minded couple. They are aroused by the alarm from . springless electric clock. in which . tiny electric motor eliminates wind- ing. oiling. regulating and cleaning and assures accuracy.
 There is no ice man to let in at an early hour. There's always ico in the electric ice box. or one can have iceless drinking water. elec- trically cooled. by just hooking up a nice white tank to the wall-bottied or tap water. 1t makes no difference to the machine.
 There's no early morning furnace work-the happy husband goes to the basement once in a while and without soiling his hands. which were made for better things, adjusts the automatic electric furnace ten- der, which in turn feeds in coal. takes out the ashes. keeps the house at . uniform temperature. and pays for itself.
 Baths need not be merely the common variety. but may be hy- drotherapeutic bubble baths. right in the home bath tub. at fraction of the expense involved in . visit to a spa and none of the inconven- fence. It's wonderful for the health -or | hangover.
 The dishes may be washed in a jifty in the electric dishwasher, with out wetting the hands. and the dining room and living room slicked up painlessly with the electric cleaner. AS for the family washing. it's nothing at all, and may be done for the entire family in less than an hour-the washing, blueing. rinsing and drying-without once handling the clothes. Current and an electric washer are all you need.
 Then the enterprising housewife plugs in another line and proceeds with the ironing. using the new electric ironer with the piano touch and forearm control-combintng the technique of music and motoring.
 For luncheon. Mrs. So-and-So pluey in the power unit, and beans and peas are shelled in jitfy. Food may be chopped electrically, eggs and mayonnaise beaten. the cake mixed, the coffee ground. the ice crushed, and the ice cream frozen and an automatic release will pre- vent the over-freezing of the Ice cream If the housewife should be busy at another switch.
 After luncheon 1t would be we'll to do the weeks darning. Electri- cally approached, it is the work or only | minute. The new hosiery repair machine mends an average run in silk stocking in 15 seconds. Beat that. if you can.
 About this time the housewife should turn to preserving her health and beauty electrically. 90 that her husband will have no excuse TOT falling in iove with his stenographer.
 She may. nattily goggled. sit for . few minutes in the direct rays Of an electrical sun. This will give her swell Lido finish. at 8 fraction or the regular cost.
 Then If she craves power, health. strength and energy-though there's no outlet for 1t in her home now she can lie down for few minutes on the energizing couch or go for refreshing ride on the electric horse or camel.
 This, too, is a good time to fight flesh. Just let her attach another plug and a vibrating belt redistrib- utes her flesh along any desired lines. She will also be fighting rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, high blood pressure. nostalgia and prac- tically everything else of the sort.
 When the husband returps from his day at the office. panting for his cocktail, he need not chop ice and wear himself out welding the shaker. He squeezes his lemons and oranges electrically, and pours his liouids and ice into an automatic mixer. No one has a chance to pass out from thirst before the drinks are served.
 This isn't the half of it-but it's enough to show you that house.