The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-15
Many Trick
Appliances
SAGE Labor
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

mild winter that it is, a whole crop
of new spring gadgets for the home
already are springing up every
where. Since many women are do
ing their own work this winter, and
making a fine art of it, some of
these might give them new inspira-
ton and likewise lessen their labors.
For the husband who is down
right fussy about his ham and eggs,
there is a new square skillet which
cooks them separately but at the
same time.
1t has compartments which do
the trick, a rectangular compart-
ment for the ham or sausages and
two squares for the eggs. The idea
is, of course, that the grease from
the ham can be used to grease it
all and then the eggs kept neat,
ready to be served, on the square.
A Clever Cleaner
For real usefulness, there Is
new rubber coating that comes in
can all ready to put under that
skidding carpet to make it nom
skid. Also in this category comes
new type of wire pot-and-pan
cleaner that has a handle so you
don't get those mean little wires
in your hands.
Wide new hangers keep trousers
pressed without leaving the mark
that old ones sometimes did, thus
necessitating re-pressing, after all
of the trouble of hanging them
up properly.
Also, you now can get nom
skid rubber gadget that protects
your enamel kitchen table when
you clamp on the meat chopper
and it also holds the thing in
place.
Pie tins come with founces
around the outside, to catch the
overflow if you have put in too
many apples or berries and the
juice rush over They prevent oven
odors.
Something nice to amuse father,
mother or all the children is a
brand new weather glass" His
torically, this harks back to the
old clipper days when mariners
along about 1854 could tell weather |
conditions only by gazing at what
then seemed miraculous inven-
ton.
It is a beautifully shaped squat !
little glass bottle, with long, thin
spout. If the water stays in the |
bottle proper, there is clear weather.
ahead, but should the water run up |
the spout, look for squall or a
good storm within from eight to
twenty-four hours.
Reproductions of these barometers
make real additions to any home,
they are so attractive, so amusing
and so relatively inexpensive.
Ice shavers, or crackers, which |
turn like meat choppers and grind |
I'D your cubes in no time, ice forks
to serve the chopped ice, If you
really are high toned, and some
thing new in a thermoS-syphon-
spipot combination are likely to
make an addition to homes where
in beverages are enjoyed.
Knife DecOrates Beets
For mundane things like beets
and carrots, there are new tluted
knives that give them an original,
dressy look as they cut them up.
Especially for garnishing and Tor
salads these are nice.
A brand new triple-blade chopping
knife will cut up your red cabbage
in triple-quick time.
Very decorative for those roman
tic enough to love candlesticks, the
new U-candle holders are modern IN
more ways than one.
Made in the modernistic design OF
black and chromium, they not only
make a perfect u themselves, but
call for candles melted into the self
same mold. They are stunning on
mantel or dinner table.
~ For bridge addicts there are all
kinds of new gadgets. Tally cards
.~that clamp on the table have roll
ers of scores inside that pull out and
tear off as used.
~ Convenient Cruets
81 There are new thermometers that
can be read from three sides, hav-
ing new kind of marking on the
front, and on the squarish left and
right exposures.
For the housewife who can't keep
her spices straight and neat in the
cupboard, there now are kitchen
cruet shelves of enameled tin in
the new soft colors, with glass
/. cruets, each plainly marked, each
fastened securely with air-tight
caps.
n. Last and most interesting to folks
in wet districts (meaning the eli
ssmate), is a new salt and pepper
combination which is a little metal
rack with attached glass salt and
pepper shakers that give up their
y store of seasoning when you press
button on the top.
SIS That releases spring and which
every you press comes out the bot
tom. They are alright, so no salt
gets moist, even on the high seas.
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