Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-23
New Door Chime
Also Is SeIf-Starting
Electric Clock
Newest Home Device
Also Strikes the Hours
And HuIf-HourS
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and
ELIZABETH GORDON.

The latest two-in-one adjunct to
the home is an electric door chime
which also is a self-starting electric
clock.
Many people today prefer chimes
to doorbells and buzzers. Many
homes also have electric clocks
Therefore, the combination means
q one installation and two results.
The chimes are double: musical
melody of eight tones for the front
door, and two resonant notes for
the rear door. They may be installed
to replace existing doorbells, OPP
Grated by push-button outside your
house, just as doorbells are.
The clock is an adaptation of that
old favorite, the grandfather's clock,
consisting of a mahogany finished
case with ornamental eagle on top,
large easily-read dial and four brass
tubes hanging from it. 1t is an all
electric clock, self-starting. and 1t
strikes the hours and the half hours
the deepest of the door announc-
ing chimes You can silence its
striking, If for some reason you want
complete silence in your house. by
throwing a small switch under the
clock case.
The clock-chimes works only on
AC electrical systems, with low
voltage from special transformer
which comes as part of the unit.
It costs about $780,
New Stoker Control.
The makers of automatic fueling
devices, not content with taking the
burden of feeding the furnace from
householders' shoulders, have gone
all the way in 'pampering" us. They
have incorporated an anti-forgetting
feature into one brand of automatic
coal stoker.
One of the few tasks associated
with the operation of an automatic
coal burner is the removal of clinkers
and change of ashcans, after a day
or week of effortless feeding of the
furnace or boiler by the robot fire.
feeder. While this task is going on,
the coal stoker Is turned of, of
course. When the job is over. you
have been supposed to be able to
remember to flip the switch on again.
Not any more. The new device re-
members for you. After Is minutes
of inactivity, the switch throws
itself on
This means the stoker will not re-
main off more than Is minutes, al
though. of course, if you do remem-
Der all by yourself. you still can turn
1t on after or 10 minutes, the
longest period it should take to tend
to the stoker 1t does not mean the
stoker puts fuel on the fire all the
time, merely that 1t is ready to do
so should the fire require more fuel.
II you buy a new automatic coal
stoker with this extra feature it
costs just the same amount it cost
before the extra" was added. It
has to be built in as part Of the |
new control Instruments, however;
you can't add it to old stokers.
Paint Remover.
When we SEW q gold, black zntf
buff can of ssdooE remover" stand
ing on counter the other day we
seized upon 1t quickly, always being
interested in new products to make
floor maintenance easier. The bust |
ness of refnishing wood floor is
one of the most troublesome and !
recurrent problems the householder
has. Anything that makes 1t pos
sible to remove an old finish and
prepare the wood for a new stain.
varnish or shellac is good news.
But 1t is not new product, we
found-merely an old friend in a
new dress. 1t is the remover and
bleacher in powder form, which, dis
solved in boiling water and applied
to the floor with mop, loosens the
old finish and makes it easy to re-
move with the mop and clear water
The good-looking new can takes the
place of a yellow and brown pack