The Washington times., 1938-10-04
MODERN RANGES
AVAILABLE At A
SPECIAL SALE.
Roundup Drive Permit
Great Savings

Great Savings
Figures compiled by the Wash
ington Gas Light Company dis
close that the number Of Wash
ington women struggling along
with old-fashioned stoves total
well over one-third of the more
than 10000 ranges now in use.
The ear-marks of an outmoded
stove, according to the utility, are
readily apparent. Modern gas
ranges, beside their well-advanceo
beauty and grace of design, have
incorporated hundreds of scien-
tific discoveries resulting in better
cooked foods, the retention of i'm
portant vitamins and other food
elements, and less work for the
woman who habitauly feels tied
down to the task Of cooking three
meals a day.
"STOVE ROUNDUP"
The result of the recent survey
Is a city-wide "Old Stove Round
up" in which the gas company,
all major department stores, and
33 household appliance dealers
are participating. 1t is conducted
in the form of a limited-time sale
with allowances Of $40, SIS, and
$40 being offered for the old
stove on the purchase of a mod
ern gas range. AS a further in
ducement to corral as many time
, worn kitchen veterans as possible,
every store has agreed to waive
the down payment.
Two factors, according to gas
company officials, have contribu.
ted to large numbers of old stoves
still in use.
WERE WELL-MADE
First in Importance, perhaps, is
the fact that all of these ranges
still cook. The first gas ranges
introduced in Washington around
1885 to 1900 were sturdy, heavily
constructed appliances. There
were few things to break or &C
wrong. They were the best in
their field when they were manu-
factured. And they proved it BY
outliving their day.
Gradually changes were made
IN cooking equipment. The manu-
facturerS ightened the appear
ance OF the gas range, made il
more convenient. Those interme
diate models, too, were gooc
ranges. They, too, are still cook
ing in Washington homes. The
owners possibly have not realized
1t, but they, just as surely as the
earlier models, also are OUTLYING
their day.
MANY CHANGES
Revolutionary changes have
been made, however, in recent
years. Woman's increased &C
tivity outside the home; woman'i
widened interests, her clubs, hel
parent-teacher'S associations, hel
desire for more leisure, forced
manufacturers of all homemaking
equipment to pay serious atten
tion to her demands for more
freedom, more personal time
more convenient methods Of per
forming household tasks.
Science took a hand in planning
and designing home equipment of
all types. Technical laboratories
were established, testing new prod
uctS under actual conditions o1
use in the home. Labor saving de.
vices, time-saving inventions, began
to be incorporated in articles
placed on the market. Beauty of
appearance became strong factor
in homemakers' demands upon
manufacturers, and famous de.
GignerS were called into conSulta.
tion with engineers.
NEW TREND
Gas range manufacturers were
pioneers in this trend. With the
aid Of the American Gas Associa.
tion Testing Laboratory, leading
manufacturers of gas ranges set
to work to put their products in
the lead among homemaking ap-
plianceS. The outcome of years of
technical research, Of careful en-.
gineering, and skilled designing
has resulted in a gas range which
has revolutionized cooking en-.
tirely. The older ranges still cook
but their technique is that of a
past generation of culinary artists.
The latest model gas ranges ele.
vate cooking to its highest plane
of convenience and modernity
Each feature of the latest models
makes for certain, simplified, ef
fortress cooking. The improve
mentS Of convenience eliminates
guesSwork, pot watching, waste OF
food through baking failures
cooking odors and many other un
desirable results of the outmoded
ranges.
NO MORE GUESSING
Gas ranges have always done an
Excellent baking job, but until re
fcentIy the cook had to guess about
baking temperatures. Today the
new models offer improvements
that insure success every time you
bake. Automatic heat control il
the secret. No longer is it neceS
sarv to nut your hand in the oven