Evening star., 1941-02-22
Washing Machine
Extracts The Color
From Blue Monday
Unenergetie Housewife
Now Cun Set Switches
And Forget 1t
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.

The average housewife is turn
ing over more and more Of her
tedious housekeeping chores to q
growing army of electrical servants.
Cleaning with vacuum SWeepers,
cooking on automatically controlled
stoves and many other tasks that
formerly meant drudgery are now
to be taken care Of by machines
that require the mere flick of a
switch.
Blue Monday had special mean
ing to most housewives not SO long
ago by putting them face to face
with great stacks of dirty clothes
to wash and iron. Then along came
the washing machine and a large
amount of k-breaking work was
eliminated, but still great amount
of work had to be done manuaDy to
get the clothes out of the washer,
wet-dry them and make them ready
for the ironing process.
Not long ago completely automatic
machines made their appearance
which would take load of clothes,
put blueing in them, rinse and
damp-dry them all ready to be
ironed All this was done without
your having to take the clothes out
of the machine and was accurately
controlled by dial-like switches. One
of the latest of these new machines
looks for all the world like hand
some radio-victrola combination,
with a streamlined square cabinet
and smart styling.
With its capacity of nine pounds
of clothes all you have to do with
this device is swing open its top
door, place the clothes in a porcelain
container, set the switches on the
front for the type of clothes being
washed and go away and forget it.
The top hatch is arranged so that
1t is automatically locked when the
spinning process is going on and its
location in the top makes it easy
for you to load in the clothes and
other articles to be cleansed with
out having to stand on your head.
The manufacturer also points out
that the door in the top makes it
impossible for any of the hot, soapy
water to spill out.
BY means of a new system of
vibration elimination it is possible
for you to install this washer any,
where in the house without fear of
trouble from noise or creeping or
crawling. 1t requires no floor bolts
or special foundations, and if you
want to make it a semi-portable in
stallation you can have it connected
to water and drain lines by means
OF flexible rubber hose, thus en-
abllng you to take it with you should
you have to move some day.
II you live in small house you
possibly have been interested in
some way to enjoy automatic coal
heating at a minimum of expense.
There is something highly luxurious
In being able to fill hopper every
few days instead of having to dash
up and down stairs at all times of
the day and night to keep a decent
fire in the furnace.
A new stoker with a maximum
coal feeding capacity of 20 pounds
an hour is on the market now. 1t
probably will fit into your present
furnace and give you that long
sought comfort at low cost, not only
for the initial investment, but in
the economy of its operation. This
new stoker has a number of in
tereStlng features which should
make it satisfactory mechanical
servant, and enable it to serve you
long and well over a period of many
years.
All you will see in the basement
IS the handsomely enameled coal
hopper mounted in the front of the
furnace. 1t is ust-tight, using
sponge rubber sealing strips on its
door, thereby preventing costly dirt
from getting upstairs where it might
attack furniture and decorations.
Inside the housing are located the
coal-feeding motor and transmits
sion. and blower fan, and leading
out into the furnace is an efficient
coal tube with its rotating screw.
Coal which is led down from the
hopper is carried out and into the
furnace by the screw mechanism
and deposited in a cleverly designed
cast iron retort where it is burned.
This cast iron retort is fitted with
sectional tuyeres so that contrac-
ton and expension are properly
taken care of. 1t is also equipped
with special air ports graduated to
admit more air at the back and less
at the front, thus taking care of the
fine coal which always seems to be
fed to the back, while the coarse
coal which needs less air is fed to
the front.
II you would like to know the
names of the makers of the prod
ucts described in this column send
a stamped, lf-addressed envelope
to Lawrence CroliuS, inclosing
clipping of the column, to So East
Sixty-seventh street. New York, NY.
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