' f
TTTR OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: ATTIIIi S3, 3D0T.
P
1 i
v.
'X
pOW SCIENCE HAS HELPED
5wmwi of Kdn Ecms Broltiit
( fxtm CueM Kst arefe.
klATIO, COOLED, LIGHTED AND CLEANED
T M all rkaaaa-h Air.
M Mrf Uatai- M th
Drali la Om fraas
The drulry of routine housework hat
been materially curtailed during- the last
ten or fifteen years through the assistance
of the scientist and the mechanic The
machinery at the command of the modern
housekeeper would be amasing were it less
generally employed. So numerous are the
conveniences1 Introduced Into the house by
the modern builder for the comfort of the
family that the rising- generation look upon
them as a matter of course, and even the
housekeeper whose girlhood knew no such
luxuries has come ta count them neces
sities. And they are necessities to the
modern scheme of living.
One by one these conveniences have
been introduced until the modern "model"
house is something remarkable to contem
plate. In fact. It would be difficult to
lmngln how more rould be done.
The modern apartment house probably
afford better examples of luxurious equip
ment for housekeeping than even the most
pretentious homes, although many homes
re beginning to borrow this equipment,
where It Is practicable. Down In the cel
lar or the suboellar of many of these mod
ern structures there are groups of ma
chinery that Is never Idle, furnishing power
and supplying these Innovations In house
keeping. In other houses where the vibra
tion might prove annoying at night, power
ful storage batteries are provided to silently
carry on the work while people sleep.
New Way of Avrrepln;.
Fow now are unfamiliar with that throb
bing, churning, noisy machine, as mysterious
a a clroua wagon In Its exterior and not
greatly unlike It In appearance, that not
long since attracted a crowd of curious
spectators whenever It took up Its position
In front of a building or house and ran Its
lines of hose Into the doors or windows.
The "housecleanlng machine" It came to
be called by small boys and other whose
ourlo&lty Impelled Investigation. But when
the marvel was reported to the mother and
housewife. In nine cases out of ten that
patient one cautioned her boy to keep away
from the thing, and perhaps against being
ever-creduloua, and resumed her round of
weeping and dusting quite resigned to the
luevitable Friday cleaning and thoae two
weeks of discomfort to the entire family
the annual spring and fall housecl(anng.
The office building was the first to employ
this substitute for the broom and duster
and carpet beater, and It Is an amazing fact
that It had been successfully employed
there for several season before there was
any considerable demand for It In private
houses. Today It Is so generally used that
the car la engaged weeks ahead, while the
majority of the more pretentious of the
modern homes are equipped with vacuum
Cleaning apparatus. Such a plant Is as
much a part of the equipmnnt of the new
Dfflce building and apartment houses as the
heating plant or the Illuminating syBtem.
the building Is piped as for water or gas
and In each room there la a stop to which
a flexible hose may be attached, long
enough to reach to the furthermost corner
of the room. The vacuum Is controlled by a
spigot, and it Is only necessary to pass the
noxzel over the carpet, curtalne), furniture
or about the brlo-a-brao and every partiqle
of dust Is drawn up Into tho hose, carried
lnV the pipe and down to the cellar, where
It may be shoveled up and taken away.
Several Omaha homes are so equipped.
The cleaning of the air Is another luxury
not uncommon In many of the larger east
ern hotels and apartment houses. Ail the
air circulated through these buildings is
first passed through a machine that cleanses
It of ull dust and Impurities.
Keeping; a House Cool.
The house refrigerating system Is an
other of the modern marvels that while not
generally used promises to become popular.
This, too, originated In the apartment
house, where tall buildings frequently In
terfere with tho circulation of air or the
breeze, and It Is perhaps most practicable
there. The house Is piped much as the
cold storage houses are, though not so
extensively. The colls are arranged in
side the wall up next the celling and are
protected in a way that Insures against
damage to the walls. The cooling fluid
Is furred through the pipes, cooling the
walls and so lowering the temperature
of the room as desired, this being regu
lated by a stop that may be turned on
or off Just as heat Is regulated. The same
plant supplies the refrigerators eliminating
the nuisance Incidental to the delivery of
Ice and Insuring an even temperature
quite Independent of outside conditions or
hindrances.
Electricity la the Home.
Nothing has profited more by the intro
duction of electricity than the modern
home. The electric light is one of the
oontlnucd delights of the housekeeper and
for her convenience It has been put Into
every nook and corner until there is no
longer need of a single dark place in the
house. The electrolier as a means of Il
lumination is scarcely less a Joy as a
decorative feature. The drop light or read
ing lamp Is no less an ornament, while
the swinging bulb may be carried about
In any part of a room or Into the depths
of the blackest closet without danger, and
anchored to a book or a nail while neces
sary. In some of the newer houses the
closets are equipped with electrio lights
which turn on or off automatically as
the door opens or cloaca. Sockets are also
provided in shadowy places In the cellar
or attlo to which a bulb on a long wire
may be attached when desirable.
For cooking purposes electricity and
gaa are quite as practical aa for Illuminat
ing. In the modern kltohen the coal rang
Is becoming more and more a stranger
and In Its place, the clean, quick and
quit as economical gas or eleotrlo range
has oorae. Even the warming oven has
been perfected to th point where the
top of the old stove Is no longer missed.
The possibility of interruption In th eleo
trlo current prejudice many in favor of
gas for all purposes, and except for the
danger of fire from contact with th flam,
It Is as convenient as electricity. A oold
room Is no longer excusable In any house
piped for gas. for the little gas heater
can quickly overcome this difficulty.
'Pax-ate la the Haas.
Th eonvenleno and th value of th tel
ethon can only be eatinuUed by thou
comparatively few occasion when this
means of communication la out of order.
And what th loiaj-illtrtanc telepiiones
means to the business man, the house tele
phone Is coming to mean to the mistresao
of large establishment. Th old-fashioned
pauklng tube onoe counted such a luxury
ha beea almost entirely supplanted by the
aouae 'phone, whiuh Is much surer and
luleter and which admits of no possibility
H transmitting odor or sola through th
house. Th stables or garage, or even the
maa In the greenhouse may be communi
cated with direct from th mJstree'
boudoir, aa well aa th conk In th kitchen,
tha laundress down stairs or th maid busy
M the) Jsaa above. Tha syataoi Ls aim pi
and eaf not only against th danger of
wiring, but that of eaves'lropplri " wH-lleatlaa-
I' inn 4s of Today.
Furnaoes, ateam and hot water heating
plant for residences ar too common to
longer attract attention, except when on
or the other 1 not supplied, but improve
ment are constantly being made even In
these systems. Utile If any evidence of
the heating plant U now to be seen in the
newer building. The unsightly radiator
and hot water pipes are completely hidden.
One of the most approved methods place
the radiator in a space provided In th wall
Just beneath th wlndowalll, which was left
correspondingly broad. By this plan th
heat rises atxmt the window, where the
cold commonly enters, and the result ls
most satisfactory. An Instrument much
like a thermometer aoeompanle thl ar
rangement and It 1 only neoeasary to turn
the indicator on Its dial to any desired
temperat ure.
The Introduction of water Into the mod
ern house Is no Ingeniously contrived now-a-days
that It Is available In any apart
ment whore there would be possible oc
casion for its use. The lurury of some
bath rooms ls little short of regal. The
private bath with each dressing room ls no
longer unusual, even In home not counted
pretentious. For supplying the other house
hold necessities the water system la con
venient In proportion. In the lavatory, the
kitchen, the butler's pantry, the laundry
and even In hoee attachments scattered
over the house for use In case of fire, one
only has to turn the spigot and an abund
ant supply 1 at hand.
Frea HeMvery Helps.
Supplementary to all these conveniences
within Is the convenience of the free de
livery system that prevails In almost
every business and department that con
tributes to the comfort of the home and
its occupants. The postman brings the
mall to the door not less than once and in
the majority of towns and cities, twice a
day, while In many sections of the cities
there are four to six deliveries a day.
The dally papers are delivered at the
house door morning and afternoon and
where people live In apartment houses, as
ls the case In many larger cities, the
mall and papers and packages are sent
directly to their apartment by means of
an automatlo carrier. The launrlryman
calls for the soiled clothee and returns
them again clean at the end of the week.
Packages, no matter how small or how
large are delivered by all dry goods stores,
while the supply of milk, once one of the
most exacting trials of the housewife, Is
delivered as frequently as desired, at the
door, In carefully sealed bottles that have
only to be emptied and rinsed and set
out to be collected when the man comes
again. It Is not even necessary for the
housewife to go to market to make her
purchases. The telephone serves to com
municate her wants to the grocer, the
butcher and the baker, who In turn, de
liver her purchases at her door.
HARDWARE F0R HOME USES
Many New and Varfal Articles Shown
by the Dealer in Metal
Goods. 1
Hardware for the home has made a
switch in the last year and is getting away
from th fancy gewgaws which have pre
dominated for the last few years and back
to the old plan of simplicity of a colonial
nature. In the last few years giant strides
have been made In ornamental hardware
until today the hardware to a house Is
considered all Important in the furnishing
of a home. 1
In many of the up-to-date homes in
Omaha it ls most noticeable that there ls
a tendency to eliminate the large massive
doorplates and knobs and to substitute the
plain grip handle of a century ago, thereby
obtaining the more desirable result In con
venience and beauty. The more ornamental
trimmings were a nuisance to clean and a
bother to the good housewife and the maid,
while the simpler are Just aa rich and no
trouble to care for.
New devices of all kinds are being pat
ented each year In the way of locks and
fastenings. This year a new window fas
tener ls out which Is warranted to be bur
glar proof. By merely opening or shutting
the window from top or bottom It will
lock itself automatically at the desired
point. It prevents rattling and drafts and
weather strip ar unnecessary. Nothing
can be done to pick this lock and it Is
firmly reinforced against the onslaughts
of the burglar's Jlmmle. It fits new or old
windows and does away with center saah
locks. i
Another firm has a lock which I said to
be a wonder In its simplicity, as the only
weakening to the door Is by four small
holes which are put through. Machine
screws are used and It carries out the new
Idea In hardware of simplicity.
Glass knobs, cut 'and otherwise, are used
quite extensively In some of the more
costly houses, adding a richness not found
In bras or bronze, especially when on
milady's door on which is a full length
mirror.
Many small novelties In hardware have
presented themselves for the choice of the
home builder. Nobby sash lifts are made
In designs to match other house hardware
and are especially desirable for heavy win
dows or window far above the floor.
Shutter bars are made in varied designs
with screw to match. Wardrobe hooka
may b had a fancy a on would desire,
single or double, for lde or celling. Towel
and ' toilet hooks ar manufactured with
reference to us on wood or marbl for
th bath room. For screen doors fancy
catches and bolts may b had with orna
mental ecreen door bracket for relieving
th corner For front screen door mor
tis lock ar especially prepared. These
work like a night latch on a heavy door.
When th door 1 looked it may be opened
from the outBtde by a key only, but when
the stop ls not In use the knob will work
the latch from both sides.
An adjustable metal frame window screen
ls now manufactured and is coming Into
large use. A swinging screen is also on
the market. It does away with the objec
tionable disadvantages of sliding half
screens. It ha no piece which might split
off from th grooved sides of a screen.
There also la an absence of sjltings and
slide strips which might interfere with
storm windows, and no parts to loosen or
replace whea making th change from
creen to storm saah. Th hanging screens
do not stick, cannot b raised, pushed or
blown from the pivot by accident. They
are flyproof and the screen ar stronger
and will outlast a sliding screen.
Th steel frames are made to order and
th claim ls made that outside shutter do
not In any way interfere with the screens.
They travel in metal guides, screening only
half tha window at a time. To remove th
screens from the guide It Is only necessary
to exert a slight pressure to one side. It
I claimed that screen fabrics can be re
newed with th greatest ease sine th
sides of th frame are made in two parts,
one working within the other and of such
shape that aa the parts are drawn together
with the screws the screen clotji is stretched
perfectly tight.
It I said that th whole operation can
b accomplished with no other tool than a
screwdriver.
Jewel ramclee.
Ther Is a fancy for violet stone in
Jewelry, amythyats being mure In vogue
than anything except diamonds and tur
quoise. Figured chiffon laid over cloth of
gold and silver Is most effective, and so ar
black eUaparte WM Soli
ELMS FOR UICflEN USE
Ittct IotwMm tut Ire Iw tWitl far
LMMsfb Wwk,
MANY tHfROYl BENTS ON OLD DESIGNS
laumaTaXlaae ml Ksay UHl Mark tea
the Ww 1 ta Dawaewlfa sal
fake Baa Part One f
Necessity being the mother of inven
tion and the necessity of lightening the
load on the shoulders of the patient
housewife being very great to the man
who loves his wife, there Is no branch of
the household duties for which more uten
sils are constantly being invented than
for the kitchen, by which it Is Intended to
Include the cooking, washing, laundry and
other branches that have their headquar
ters around the back door. Nor do the
Inventive minds stop at necessities when
they find it a paying field In which to
operate their genius, but they go on think
ing up all sorts of fancy things no house
wife would ever think of by herself, with
the result that the shelves of the hard
ware and crockery dealers are loaded
down with numberless little trinkets and
big ones as well, some to aid her In pre
senting a more enticing meal to her business-worried
husband when h comes
home at night and others to make her
labors easier.
So many and so varied are the con
trivances in this direction that it requires
an exrert to pass from counter to counter
in any hardware store and be able to tell
the uso of each article seen. In fact the
manaRer of the hardware department In
an Omaha store remarked last week that
he Is ohliRed to look up the pamphlets In
dozens of Instances before he ls able to
explain what many of his articles dis
played for sale were manufactured for.
Woman Understands Them.
Bewildering as the different tins, pots
and peculiarly shnped dishes might be to
a man, they must present a paradise of
possibilities to a woman. New material
for cooking utensils, new and pretty
shapes for molds of different kinds, new
Instruments for doing all the Irksome,
disagreeable things in connection with
preparing meals are shown.
Sanitation Is the watchword in the manu
facture of all cooking utensils and to this
end vessels with a smooth polished surface
are favorite. Most of them are of foreign
make. There are a number of different
materials used In the outside finish, given
various names, but steel for the Inside to
give strength and shape is mostly used.
The so-called granite ware ls one of these
with which the public ls best acquainted,
but a new article has recently been Intro
duced from Luxemberg, Qermany, of a
brown shade on the outside and the inner
bowl coated with a white treatment, for
which , special hyglenio properties are
claimed.
A full set of these brown vessels present
a handsome sight and they are In almost
every shape and size for almost every
purpose. They withstand a great deal of
heat and can be placed In the hot oven or
on the stove In direct contact with the hot
metal without Injury, but will not stand the
lire direct. There are handsome custard
cups, shirred egg dishes, casseroles, both
oval and round, egg friers and fancy mold
of many shapes and sizes, all of the same
appearance and material. Whole sets of
crockery and dishes for the kitchen cabinet
are provided and should make the careful
housewife swell with pride and admiration.
Labels on the Vtenslls.
Then there are other enamelled wares
made under other patents Just as good,
enough to allow any woman to follow her
particular tastes. Some manufacturers put
out vessels of the sanitary virtues with
pretty letters on to Indicate the contents
they are supposed to contain. Some are
made of all one color, except for the In
side, which la always white enamelled,
and others have the enamel running over
the side making a white border.
A tendency in fancy cooking Is to give
all sorts of pretty Bhapes to gelatines, pud
dings and the like, and to facilitate this
matter all sorts of molds in all materials
down to pluln tin, are offered. Dealers
can show rows of nothing but molds for
these purposes and certainly any taste
ought to find Its own.
Certain firms which make a specialty of
such small cooking tools publish little
booklets, to be given out gratis, showing
the use of their products, with illustra
tions of their fancy waffle Irons, pastry
and pie trimmers, rosotte Irons for wafers
for all purposes, rubber bags and tubes for
decorating and also recipes for mixing
wafers, with, what Is perhaps more prac
tical, colored pictures of what the products
should look like when completed. Thus
asparagus on wafers, strawberries, mar
guerites with peaches, poached egg pro
ductions, all decorated with greens or
cream In the daintiest ways possible, are
shown "in action." The only trouble with
the pictures ls that they make the diBhes
look too good to be eaten and thus spoiled.
But any woman should be delighted to own
the apparatus with which she might be able
to turn out such appetizing dainties. By
their aid the commonest dishes are turned
into tha appearance of studied deserts.
Improvements la Ranges.
The use of gas as an easy and cleanly
cooking accessory ls now common, and
now come advanced Improvements In
ranges, bofh for coal and gas. Ranges are
made with high ovens, standing even with
tha head, so It ls not necessary to bend
over In order to look at what ls cooking
Inside, a heretofore very inconvenient and
unpleasant act. The tup of the stove ls as
formerly, but the heat ls carried to the
oven by means of flues. There ls also the
table stove, with side oven and broiler,
which others might prefer, but the former
take up much leis space.
A recent Invention ls the "tireless cook
stove," Tha name should make every
woman who bakes her own bread look up
and notice. But the name carries too
broad a meaning, though it indicates an
article that should be a valuable addition
to every kitchen. The work of this stove
U merely to finish cooking what has al
ready been started and has Its value in
the fact that it need not be watched nor
any fir kept going. Food is placed on a
fir a usual and heated to a boiling tem
perature. This may be done in the morn
ing, directly after breakfast, If the wife
expects to be busy during the forenoon,
either to go to church or to clean up the
house, so she has not time to stand over
tha stove and cook.
After all the foods which are to be cooked
have been placed In the stove ther ls
nothing to be done but close it up and
then go about other bubtness. When the
time comes to eat open the stove and the
food will be found thoroughly cooked, but
never overdone, by its own heat, and ail
ready to be served. The woman who find
herself short of time should be able to
make good us of such a contrivance.
No l a.
"I hear you us hypnotism." said th
womaq. "and I want you to try it on my
husband. He's suffering dreadfully."
"All right," responded the dentist, "bring
him in."
"Bring him In? Why, say, unless yoo
hypnotize him first he can't be dragged
within ten blocks of your office."
"Absent treatment 1 out of my Una," re
sponded the professional man, somewhat
cgUiy. Philadelphia ledger
1H
TT
MAKING STATUES OF SAINTS
A Prosperous Industry Which Center
in One Quarter of fthe
Vreneb Capital.
AH the world knows that Paris Is the
world's art center; but there Is no more
curious phase of it than the moulding of
those gorgeous and often Jevd statues
which one sees in Catholic churches all
the world over, from London to Buenos
Ayres and from New Tork to Sydney.
This craft ls carried on around the old
Church of Saint Bulplce, in the neighbor
hood of the Rue do Rennes and the Odeon.
At one time the big religious statue was a
very costly luxury, and only the wealthy
could afford to place such works of art In
the churches. Nowadays It is different,
for thanks to mechanical progress any
number of copies of a costly original may
be made, so that the humblest church may
buy a statue of Its patron saint,
Perhaps the greatest dealer In all Paris
ls Pacheu. himself a practical artist, and
erhaps the greatest authority on haglology
alive. Such a man Is wealthy enough to
commission Auguste Rodin himself to ex
ecute a statue of angel or saint at a figure
running into tens of thousands of dollars.
The right to reproduce in any size and
material is bought from the artist.
In some cases the sculptor will merely
design a statue on paper and Pacheu's own
staff will execute it in stone, plaster or
wood. Some of the artists on the manu
facturer's staff, by the way, draw salaries
up to $7,000 a year.
Last, but not least, it must be borne In
mind .that in spite of this duplication the
original statue retains at least some of its
value as a work of art. Pacheu and two
or three of the other large dealers In these
quaint objects sustain severe losses occa
sionally by- following their own Judgment
in the matter of buying and then finding
that their purchase falls to find favor.
There ls a good deal of secrecy about the
business, especially In the matter of the
composition of the modeling plaster. Th
Ingredient of this material are known only
to the principal of the house, and after It
0,
-
We Will
"We are especially equipped for movincr housphnM
,.-
gooaa ana pianos. Large vans and wagons.
Our men are careful and accommodating.
Separate Locked Rooms for storage. Call and in
spect our warehouse, 1120-22-24 North Ninteenth
Street, on Boulevard.
Cut rate shippers
all coast points.
Call on or 'phone
Omaha Van
ion, jrarnam Street.
J"hoa Donflaa UM.
r
"The World'
tkmA kip. '
piAjno
T7
n
iniavaeii
GENERAL DISTRIBUTERS
"Always in the Lend"
Catalogue and Full Particulars Upon Request
has been boiled, pounded and strained It
ls thinned down, according to the degree
of fluidity which the modeller requires.
The first thing, of course, Is to obtain a
mould in two parts, from which any num
ber of copies may afterward be cast. ' In
the case of a life-size statue a mould Is
obtained in two ways a bon creux or a la
gelatine. In order to produce a mould by
the first named method the original is en
tirely covered with little bits of plaster
four or five centimeter thick, thus con
stituting the mould.
Th dimensions and form of the pieces
vary with the lines of the model, and to
prevent these falling apart the artist uses
an outer envelope of plaster. When this
Is thoroughly set the whole Is divided
down the middle and back and the mould
Is then ready for use, faithful In every de
tail. But even after the mould has been se
cured In this way there Is a good deal
to be done, for the copy ls covered with
plaster ridges where there are Joinings in
the mould. These Imperfections must b
removed by another artist.
To model a la gelatine the artist first
makes an outer casing of plaster, then sus
pends the original statue upside down and
puts the casing In such a position as almost
to touch the sides of the model. The nar
row space In between is then filled In with
liquid gelatine, which when hard produces
a perfect mould.
Even when the replica comes forth from
the mould and its glaring imperfections are
softened down much remains to be done.
It must be colored, gilded or equipped In
accordance with the Ideas of a parish
priest In Andalusia or southern Chile.
Russia is one of Pacheu's largest custo
mers and every year he sells hundreds of
thousands of gayly Jeweled Ikons to ortho
dox churches all over the empire, from the
Oerman frontier to eastern Siberia, And
often enough, when the statue reaches a
rich Siberian town, like Irkutsk or Tobolsk,
the plaster crown will be removed and one
of pure gold substituted, set with magnifi
cent uncut diamonds and emeralds. New
York Sun.
Now ls the Umi to make your want
known through The Be Want Ad page.
Move You
- - ' t
of household roods in
us.
& Storage Co
s
IB)
ros
dflflli
jf
Limited
Special Offer
New Colombia Graphophone (type EN) end
Complete Outfit $28.60; including your
choice of six 10-lnch Columbia Disc Records
Thig handsome new Graphophone has a large
quartered oak Cabinet, a noiseless Motor that can
be wound while running, and a beautifully decorated
flower Horn black or red. It is equipped with
the same patent aluminum Tone-Arm and the same
Reproducer that have made the Graphophone
famous for mellow resonance and sweetness of tone.
The six records are regular 10-inch Columbia disc
records, beyond comparison for purenes3 of tone,
faithful reproduction and absence of foreign noise.
That's the outfit that costs you 28.60 and is sold
under our writttn guaranttt which accompanies
each machine. Come in and let us show you.
COLUMBIA PnovofJRApTT COMPANY
1621 FARIMAM 8T.
Th Only Exclusive Talking Machine
8Ur In th Clty
PAYS FOR
ITSELF IS
THE SAVIXQ
OF GAS.
Iftuf a rxttNAM
If You Want a Gas Range. Get the
DIRECT ACTION
THE GREAT GAS SAVER
Sold on Easy Payments of $2 Per Month
Bold on very easy payment. Bee
V?
O
(6
MORE ECO
NOMICAL TUAX A
COAL STOVK
sruitis. omaha.
The Direct Action Oat
Range in ready for baking
the minute you light the
gas no waiting (or the
oven to heat.
The broiler Is above the
oven, not dona to the
floor.
The Direct Action U
made of heavy steel ijlatos
not cast Iron.
The Direct Action has
every part removable and
cleanabte, very sanitary.
We guarantee that the
Direct Action will cut
your bill one-third and
pay for itself In the sav
ing of gas.
You can get this Range
only at the Peoples Htore.
demonstration, first floor.
7 ..cnz3i
If