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.HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 1912. .
ELECTRICAL AIDS IN HOMES
Appliances Minister to Many Com
forts of Housewife of Today.
fLWAY WITH WASHING BUGBEAR
Electrical WaaklB Mackiae ta IHaat
Comlac lata General Cia, Alaif
with Electric Wringer aa
Electri Kitchea.
The Introduction of electrical appli
ances Into homes has been so gradual
that even well-posted people do not fully
comprehend what an Important factor
these appliances have been in making
nearly all kinds of homes more attractive
and comfortable than they used to be.
Take the apartment house, for Instance,
where everything has to be snug and
compact and every precaution taken to
provide against being left at inopportune
times without a servant. Because of the
adaptation of . electric, lighting - and the
utilization of electricity to the simplifi
cation of housekeeping . in apartments,
this r"tfcii!ar ftur of home Hf haa
. become one of the principal .exhibits at
the great electrical shows .which are held
from time to time In this way. - An en
thusiastic exhibitor at one. of these great
shows was overheard making' use of the
following language 1n calling attention to
the march of electricity. as applied ta the
Improvement f the home:'. '"When Ben
jamin Franklin wandered Into the lime
light with a loaf of bread tucked 'under
his arm, he could . never, have dreamed
that the mysterious electricity he was to
bring to earth with his little kite, would
one day be made to mix dough and bake
bread, but that is what has happened."
. Those not familiar with the facts
might be inclined to call that hyperbola,
but not those who are posted, ..
Pre-tiie-Battoa '. Plasu '
Getting , up .on-a. cold .morning, In fall
or winter, the housekeeper In an apart
ment house can press the button at ths
Coot of her bed and the radiator Immedi
ately gets busy,' taking the chill off . the
room, where the windows have been kept
oDen during the night torthe purpose' of
taking in all the fresh air possible. Under
her dressing table she may find an eJec
trio foot .warmer, whioh she can . alto
avail herself of if the weather' is severe.
If a shampoo is desired the housekeeper j
need not go to the' hairdresser nor her
husband to, the barber to .get.it . The
electric urn -wii -supply -th hot' water
and the hair can be quickly dried by. the
electric hair' dryer,' which' now forms a
part of every well equipped apartment
house. But this is only a beginning. On
the dressing table Is an' appliance for
curling and waving the hair, - an auto
matic electric vibrator massages the face
and it is claimed that it will make the
person who uses It thin if he or she Is
too flump, or the contrary. This Is gen
erally admitted to be One of the 'wonder
ful appliances of electrloity. , V ,. ,
Having had the advantage' of all these
new-fangled appliances, It Is safe to say
that the woman of the house, temporarily
without a domestic, perhaps, appear In
the kitchen cf a modern and up-to-date
hpartment house well prepared to get, the
family breakfast She la able to get what
might Justly be termed an electrical
breakfast On the table is a handsome
shiny apparatus, Which l the. electrical
successor oi ( the kitchen range. It has
been aptly termed "a composite of com
fort." It is really a coffee percolator, an
appliance tofr trgtkliig to tut, With P'
for cooking eggs.' There Is also an electric
waffle iron, which cooks waffles en both
Sides at the same time, and Is also a
griddle for cakes. It. may be placed 'on
a little stand beside : the., table
and the plates .thus warmed in an eleo
trio plate warmer. 'It' may be added that
the milk used at," the breakfast; may
come from a sanitary daisy, where the
cows are milked by an electric machine.
The electrlo appliances thus far' re
ferred to minister more particularly to
the comfort -of the woman of the house
the mistress. But the electrical Inventors
and .the developers of electrical, appli
ances have by no mean forgotten' the
man of the house the boss. Be may . heat
his water for shaving in an electrical cup
and shave with an electrical rasor.. But
to return to the lady. The breakfast
dishes have got to be washed and this is
always a bore. .That Is, if you are not in
an electrically equipped house. . It you
are, you simply put the dirty dishes in a
wire basket and set it in a round tank,
then press a button and hot water begins
to flow over the dishes. When they are
clean, they are lifted Into another tank,
where more water rinses them,, and then
they are lifted out to drain and dry.
. Polishing , the silver Is another hard
task for the . housekeeper, but in ' the
electrified apartment it merely means
another button to presa TWs pressing
of the button. starts the buffing machine
going and the pojlshlng of the silver is
very simple matter. '" ; '
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Away with-Washing Bagbear.
But of all' the hardship which, fall to
the 'lot Of housekeeper's, probably ; the
washing of the clothes of a family .is
hardest A good laundress is hard to get
and atlU harder , to kp. . But the elec
trical Inventor has simplified It all The
electrical washing machine is fast com
ing into general use. The clothes - are
placed In the tub with hot water, and
soap, a button Is pressed and the tub be
gins to revolve. , There. Is none of, the
laborious rubbing -on that -cruel wash
board, which has worn out the Uvea of
eo many women. By the new system the
clothes wash themselves, helped along of
course by the electric motor. , When the
clothes are clean an electrlo "wringer
takes them in charge. By this new sys
tem of doing the ' household laundry the
woman . of .the house can .read or em
broider while the washing process is
going on, thus saving a whole lot of
drudgery- When it comes to the Ironing,
plotrlcltv makes a tenstrik. The elec
trical flatlron is' working beautifully in
so many Omaha households, that to de
scribe it would be supererogation. ' It
reduces the labor of ironing one-half.
When it comes to the cooking of the
meals of an exacting family-there are
many exacting households in Brooklyn
electricity achieves Its most pre-eminent
triumphs. There is the coffee percolator
and the teapot; there is the chafing dish
in which latter a long list of tempting
dishes may ce preparea; mere is an elec
tric mixer with Which the best bread can
be made, with, less than half the labor
which breadmaking. according to the old
methods, formerly required. When the
bread Is mixed and is allowed to rise
In the tins the loaves are placed in an
electric range and given a browning
which could sever be accomplished in
the coal range. :
The electricity sharp has not hesitated
to tackle that housekeeping accessory,
the refrigerator. . An ammonia machine,
run by electrlo motor, keeps the storage
room cool, clean and. sweet gad U tfie
Homes that Are Different
By Arthur C. Clausen, Architect
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.HH tendency of the times is to-
sTT 1 wd making the best use of
I I simple materials, getting ef
fectiveness out of the struc
tural parts of a home, espe
cially the roof rafters, lnnn
mill work, such a mouldings; ornamental
bracket, etc: fewer rooms on th rt
floor and more unllght and fresh air
men wa thought necessary a few years
ago. W are also reverting to some of
the good old thing like the open fire
place, high back seat and cistern water.
It is an easy matter to provide a els.
tern that will supply the laundry tubs in
tne Basement, and the advantages of soft
water over bard water for washlna-. csds-
cially th water we get from the city In
winter tune, is well know to every house
wife. There 1 a tendency to give more indi
vidual character to each home, permit
ting the designer to ' create something
with individual characteristics, and get
away from the stodk plan idea of dupli
cating the same thing . over and over
Whatever you home is, do not make it an
exact copy of some one else's home, at
least not in th. same town. There t
no great harm In duplicating homes out
side the cdty in which they are built with
the consent of the original owner, but
there I something about copying a home
In the cam city that goes against the
grain. When a man has put thought and
time Into the tilannlnar of his home and
paid an architect to create for him a
special design, it does not seem just ngnt
for either that architect or anyone else
t04up!lcate the house in the same -city.
MR CLAUSEN'S POOK
"The Art, Soltaoe and Sentiment
of Homebuilding."
Thirty chapters, 300 illustrations.
It cover a wide rang of subjsots,
including th planning of bungs
lows, antnrban and city home,
costing from f 3,000 to $20,000, let
ting contract, choosing materials,
proper design of entranoe, -windows,
fireplace, eto. Hew third
edition. Price, postpaid, $1.00.
Address, Arthnr O. Clausen,
Architect, 1136-37-38 X,umbr Ex
change, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Every man has property right in hi de
sign, even If law does not especially
mention the fact, and no one has a right
to take what is his from him without
his consent
We are getting more and more toward
the craftsman idea of home building,
embodying, as it does, the use of simple
but good material The pent roof dorm
er so common in the craftsman style
are equivalent to a piece of the main
roof raised a few feet Koof effects have
been attained in a simple way like this
and are not expensive, and that is one of
the secrets of the growing popularity of
the craftsman style. Attractiveness, with
out undue expense and a sort of whole
some, built on honor, substantial, good
quality . appearance, which often lends a
charm to ven some very small home in
this style. . ' .
A pleasing combination for this little
same tun , manuiaciure tweniy-iive
pounds of ice per day, in the box. By
thla process th housekeeper become en
tirely independent of the ice trust
Apartments la Paris.
Barry Allan, Jacobs, the architect of
th new Friar' club about to be erected
on the aouth side of Forty-eighth street
near Sixth avenue, New York City, re
turned from Europe a few day ago.
During his absence abroad he made a
careful . study of apartment house and
building conditions in Parts. "
' While the French were the first to
adopt the apartment house idea," said
Mr. Jacobs, "that type of building has
in recent year been ' brought to Its
greatest development in this country,
particularly noticeable in th conven
iences and modern equipment of our
large apartment structures. In the lat
ter respect, a decided change for the bet
ter 1 noticeable in th newer Paris apart
ments. . , ... ';
"Old landmarks are being destroyed,
gjving way.toanjmnrovedype of build
Ing1 with. ail moderri conveniences and re
quirement, and '-with 'the most advanced
sanitary.' conditions.' i Skeleton construc
tion la. beginning to play a, moreprornl
nent'part arid modern methods of build
ing construction are being employed,
similar to those now, in Vogue and prac
ticed by our . large construction : com
panies. ... ,;. .v
"The height. of the apartment house Is
still . unchanged, 1 and . a uniform cornice
line la still the building law, limiting the
height to a maximum of seven or eight
floors, including the stories In the man
sard root. The modern elevator is sup
planting the old ascenseur or lift All
apartment are now liberally supplied
with bathroom. Servants quarters are
still kept on the upper floors, entirely
separated from the; apartments.
"The comparative amount of the rents
of the apartments In Paris is from one
third to one-half of those In New, York
City. I found that the ' highest priced
apartment in Pari rented , for ') 30.000
franca, or $6,000 a year. This apartment
consisted of. very large, foyer- hall, about
thirty feet quare,-gallery about fifteen
feet wide by. sixty .feet long, with the
principal reception rooms, salon, dining
room, library and billiard room, six
master bedrooms, four , principal bath
rooms, kitchen, pantry and six servants'
room, besides separate compartment for
household linen and " other accessories
necessary for the comfort' of modern
housekeeping." i.. ... i.. . jw.,..: ,
: By mean of these various Inventions
and other which 'might be named. th
labor of , housekeeping U very - much
I lightened. The servant girl question is
easier to solve, in view of these labor
saving appliances, which Is to be added
to the comfort and attractiveness of the
home where such appliance are In use.
Many of these electric convenience are
old by th Omaha Eieotrio and Power
company, and. by Burgesa-Granden.
Present day bom builders, of Omaha
homes find; no trouble' In arranging for
the furnishings of their abodes, for the
reason that so many departments, of. in
terior decorating are maintained in each
city. Experts from these departments
Visit the home, draw design and submit
plans tor the complete furnishing of the
home. -Miller, Stewart & Beaton malm
tain just such a department, one of the
largest In the west This section Is on
the second floor of this large store.' A
department of oriental rugs, - in charge
of an expert ha been connected with
the decorating section so that buyers may
have the advantages offered by the two
departments. ' ' ' '- ;
The unusually : cool weather of early
September made a large number of peo
ple sit up and take notice, especially
those . who had . really made up their
mind not to pass through another winter
burning from ten to twenty tons of coal
In their furnace and having several cold
rooms, .when Jy using a most simple de
vice they , could' heat, every room per
fectly with no additional expense. In
such a system. the. water heater must be
suspended from the dome of the furnace,
for there la wherethey. grasp .and, retard
the waste hot 'gasses -on x their way to)
the chimney. Every water heater placed
on the outer surface of your furnace will
heat but it is like cutting a yard out of
your dress. It don't help the furnace to
keep you warm,, and takes away from
its radiating power just as, much surface
as It occupies. The Omaha Stove Repair
Works have made a very careful study
of combination heating, and many ' of
Omaha' finest homes are equipped with
the system. By actual test it will pro
duce 90 per cent greater efficiency than
any other known system of heating.
The Persistent and Judicious Use of
Newspaper , Advertising is the Road to
Big Returns. v-
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cottage would be a red. brick foundation,
a pearl gray cement stucco exterior, mad
by using white cement and sand, or fin
gravel, with a stlckley . brown trim ; for
cornices, brackets and . window frames,
and pale green window sash and screens.
Another combination would be either a
very rough paving brick foundation, set
In natural cement with deep set joints
and laid Flemish bond, with each header
projected a little farther than the main
wall, and on the rest of the house a
stucco, composed of cement' and-large
gravel, about the else of marbles, with
the gravel washed off by acid and .water
just before the concrete haa set hard, so
as to show up the gravel In . Its .various
colors, with a mission - brown - trim and
cream white window sash. In either case
the roof should be of dark- moss greon
Instead of the paving brick for the; foun
dation. For the last named combination
field stone, either split or whole, . could
be used with a pleasing effect, and with
either field stone or clinker brick:, foun
datlon, the upper part of the house could
be covered with a wide aiding composed
of plain ten-Inch boards, lapped 'two
Inches, and leaving elf ht Inches exposed
to the weather," with a rougn. side with
out same to be screwed, down and then
stained a stlckley vbrown, with either 'a
cream white trim for the balance of the
house, a light green trim or a dark mis
sion trim. With this combination a dark
red roof, a little darker, than til red, so
aa to allow; little. for a fading, would
look well.' The'chiney in all case should
be mad of th , same ; material a . the
foundation la composed of.
Is your home what "home" means?
. . Where a flame flaps around -a log on the crate and dancing: shadows
speck ;.the walls; where-children creep upon ricyy colored rugs; where
mother sews at a tastefully designed table; where father is thrown back
into a spacious, restful chair; where sister bends intently over a, book
and brother droops lazily, over a lesson; where fresh wall decorations,
rugs and furniture harmonize; where electrical aids give mother every
convenience; where! splendor,: substantiality,; ; dignity," charm,, and comfort-speak
from every cornef;-where appointments- are: superb that's
home. : .,.,'.'. i
How few know this home! This ideal place of -comfort, charm and
peace. , Only here and there is a home thai is "home," - but "everywhere
canthere be a home' The Bee, through its Builders' Department, ap
pearing every, Sunday, contains suggestions for making .'every residence
an ideal home. Follow the advertisements of this page Sunday after
'Sunday accepting their offers, and you will have a home that is "home."
Omaha Bee, Builders9 Department
We make advertising pay our advertisers
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week. Something doing all day from
noon until; 11:00 p. m., the performance
being continuous between those hours.
The regular bookings will Include the
Hughes' Musical Trio, whose proficlenoy
in , execution on a: great variety of ln
atru'thent to too well fcbown initiappteci
ate'd -to call ' or , lengthy advance com
ment Louise De Foggl,. a petite little
budget Is listed for character songs aud
COturoejhangea.Th''featttre ct on
the v bill tlwll!:, t - the American SNew
boyrf Quartet, Adair and Adair will offer
their' entertaining novelty and there will
be still.' other, acta to be announced later.
Completeness will 'be given by the non
flicker, display of the Hipposcope's non
flicker' brand of fan torn fotoes. Sunday',s
performances .'Will be. given at the usual'
house from l' to 5 and. 7 to 11 p. m., but
starting I Monday' and; continuing during -I
parade week, there will always be some-
A,
thing doing at .the Hippodrome from noon
until-11 p.Tm. . , , ;,
Barney Gerard's "Follies of the Day."
with Gertrude Hayes, fifty people and a
real live goat, will be the Ak-Sar-Ben
attraction this week at the popular Krug
theater, commencing with the usual Sun
day matinee.- - The show is a howling
laugh from start to finish. There are
four scenes in the piece, one being a rep
resentation of j th,Jj Centra Park plaaai
at Fifty-ninth' street andFifth avenue;
the second Palm Beach, Fla.; the third
the gay white way at Broadway and
Forty-aeoond street and the last the big
bariauet hall' t the tjotel 8 Astor. (lies.
Gertrude Hayes 1 in her sixth year with
the! show as the. star comedienne. Vir
ginia Kelsey, the "duchess of burlesque,"
makes a handsome appearance as a so
ciety leader, .while lss Ida Sturgess
plays a chlo manicure girl in a pleasing
manner. Harry Keeler gives a good ac
count of himself aa a boss politician land
Charles H. Mackte plays the part of
William Jennings Bryan, the commoner
from Lincoln. James Uchter imperson
ates Louis Mann in a race for congress.
James Bryson and Harry A. Henshaw
impersonate Bull Moose Roosevelt and
Woodrow Wilson. Ambark All la an
Irishman with more than the usual droll
mannerisms possible In a part of this
sort There Is a chorus of thirty dash
ing and beautifully gowned young women,
and, altogether, it is but mete that the
show should be booked at the Krug dur
ing the1 big carnival week.
Complicated Transaction.
"Dat Mose Madison is" de mos' 'scour
agln' man I ever talked to," said Brastus
Pinkjey.; ,x"He do hate to see anybody
oss I done paid 117 fur," ,
-wnat Happened to him? -1 though he
was dead."
"No. uh TTa Ala IT-
1 iDlftlflM tn MnflA An T hAli.ht him
117 an' sold 'lm foh fohteen dollars an"
oeveniy-nve cents, an- aiose says I lost
two dollars an" a quarter. He won't hear
It no odda way." '
"Well, didn't you?"
"Vrvli 1 a mn Ko - - rmaf T mm.. 4nf
gine on to say dat it was wuf at leas'
ten dollar to rlt M n' 1a hnui" Won
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All Ak-Sar-Ben
Until Oct. 5th
. : .: QUALITY IS NO ABSTRACT THING-We . are showing exactly what
quality is and what it means to you in economy. We are serving" food cooked
on a famous stove the , -x ' '
Quiclv TJeal Steel Range
Yon can see every, detail of this range we are proud of every piece. 'A
factory representative will tell you exactly how it is made. These features .
porcelain enameled flues,' asbestos lined walls, all steel top frame,' aluminized
oven, and many others, place the QUICK MEAL in a class by itself. , .
' ' FREE DuriDP- this 'demonstration we are Mvincr a hpantifnl nn a.inm.- to a coinP1!i2
inum Mtchenoutf it worth $8.90 Free, until Oct. 5th, with each ranffe. ' 1
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Scenes in New Douglas County Court House
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The two Interior views presented her of -th Douglas connty court house, now
almost ready' for occupation, show : the furnltur and flxture supplied by Hay
flea Bros. Tit benches, chair and' ubl w la tt coart roam ex of rich Quartw--
sawed oak. The bars and railing for the cares are of bronre. -The furnishing
and fixture aro considered to be amoos Uie best gracing any public buildjnt: in
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