Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
Weekly Food
Report for
HOnnennukers
Refrigerator
Eliminates
Ice Trays
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By Violet Faulkner

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Picture a refrigerator, if you
can, that doesn't have ice trays.
It freezes ice cubes, stores them
in a basket and automatically
keeps the basket filled as the
cubes are used. This may sound
fantastic but there actually is
such a refrigerator on the mar
ket this year. We saw it yester-
day. I admit you have to see it
in operation to believe it.
Even the use of the word
"cube" is a misnomer in this
instance because the shape Of
the ice has been changed, too.
In place Of the old-Style cubes
this refrigerator turns out ice
in the form of half moons or,
in the words of the manufac-
turer, ice circles"
This Is how it works: A Ger
tain amount of water flows into
a mold from an outside water
connection. When the water
freezes. small electric heater
loosens the circles and me-
chanical device lifts them out
Of the mold and holds them at
the top of the freezing COM
partment until they are dry"
In the meantime more water
flows into the mold and the next
cycle begins. The ejector arms
turn again and this time drops
the ice circles into a basket
where they remain dry and
loose. The cycles continue until
the basket is filed. There's an
automatic arm that starts and
stops the operation. AS the ice
supply gets below a certain level
in the basket the cycle starts up
again. The drying" period when
the ice circles are held at the
top of the freezing compart-
ment prevents them from stick
ing together.
The ice maker unit takes up
approximately the same amount
of space in the freezer compart-
ment as four ice cube trays would.
understand the refrigerator will
be available in both gas and cleo
trio models. Dealers will have
them on display early in Febru-
airy.
Homemoker's Encyclopedia
Any homemaker knows that In
addition to being mother. cook.
housekeeper and hostess, at times
she's also expected to be car
penter, electrician and gardener.
It would come in mighty con-
venient If she had a handbook
around the house with instruc-
tons on how to repair the plug
on her electric iron. for example.
Today a 12-volume set of such
books will 60 on sale at one Of
our local food chains. The books
cover a multitude of subjects all
pertaining to the home. The
books, each a complete unit in
itself, will be released one each
week, with back copies available
for late corners. One valume, for
instance, tells how to do some of
the simpler repair jobs around
the house; another gives hints
on cleaning metal and woodwork;
in another you'll find practical
suggestions on food buying and
meal planning
The titles, in order Of their
appearance, are 1.-THE Decorat-
ing Handbook" "Needlecraft for
the House." Personal Beauty
and Charm" Etiquette for
Everybody" Indoor and Out
door Gardening" Home Re-
pairs Simplif1ed," 1.-THE Hostess's
Complete Handbook" House
keeping Made Simple" "How to
Care for Children" Food Buy
ing and Meal Planning" Fash
ion Sewing on a Budget" and
Hobbies for Every One"
The encyclopedia, edited by
Miriam B. Reichl, is published by
Homemaker's Encyclopedia, Inc.
The books will sell for SO cents
each.
February PlentifuIs
High on the list of foods in
good supply for the coming
month are three items rich in
vitamin C-oranges. grapefruit
and cabbage. Processed oranges
and grapefruit are likewise
plentiful.
There will be an abundance