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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1912)
THE BEK: OMAHA, TrKKDAY, DKCKMIJBK 17, 1012. People's Electrical Page All Together, All the Time, for Everything Electrical. Brilliant Illumination Makes a City Safer, Gleaner and Bottor. MOTION PICTURES AT HOME Thomas Edison Has Perfected Small Machine for Private Use. j POPULAR CHRISTMAS PRESENT ' CONCERTS FOR SHOPPERS 1 Electrical Instruments at Hospe Store Furnish Fine Music. PLAYER PIANO RICH IN .TONE An Klri'trlvnl Vlnlln Which linn Plnno ti'iMimpnnlment Is Our if Mnuy Kcntnre of n (Hunt Clirl'lmn Ulsplnr. I Throirn t'lrnr, Sharp Vlfvr on 1 Sorrpn and i;ivr Ijtitrrtntn- men I (hut DrllshU All 3lciu1rrn of Knmll j-. OS Ideal Christmas Gifts For clear, sparkling coffee; also for an electric coffee pot that will harmonize with the design of the better class of tableware the New G-E Coff ee Pot is the last word in electric coffee makers it means satisfaction and economy. If you are looking for .an up-to-date as well as a useful Christmas gift, don't faH to look at this offering. Chrlatmoa shopixrn tills your find moie practical toys than tlicy hnvo ever seen before, anil the reason Is found In the electrical advmicc that have been made dunntr the last fw months. One of the most Interesting of tho new intention li tha Kdlson motion tlcturo machine for the home. U combines a motion picture projecting machine and a stcreoptlcon It took Mr. Kdlson a low? time to flitfl a suitable machine for private homes, but when lie perfected this little "movoy" ho perfected a Rood one, and today hun dreds of homes have flickering pictures of their own. The Kdlson homo kinescope Is neither a toy nor a delicate and complicated mechanism, but n machine that combines simplicity, safety nml effectiveness. It Is simple, bocauBo Mr. Kdlson, when de signing It, realised that It would bo op erated by people- who are. not solentlflc- ally and mechanically trained; safe, be cause tho source of IlKht Is carefully pro tected, and effective, because It compares favorably In design, material, workman ship and finish with tho professional type of Kdlson projecting klnetoseopes that aro used In theaters and other public places. lorfco Mnrhliif. It would have boon easy for Mr. Edison to have produced a machine long ago had ho been satisfied with moderately gmxl results on tho screen, but when lie an nounced that tbeso small pictures must measure up to tho highest standards of Hharpness, cloarncss and gradation of tono values It seemed to his laboratory, Htuff that ho was undertaking tine im possible. Under bis master hand, how over, the Impossibilities turned Into thm possibilities and at last Into a splondld reality. Tho llttlo machine Is operated with all tho great satisfaction of the larger ones. It Is moderately-priced and Is finding favor In every home. The films can be exchanged for others of tho same class and tho exchanges can bo kept up In definitely. Theso home motion picture machines aro being sold to the Christmas trade at Ilaydcn Uros. The Edison company also Is making a display of them and tho Christmas trado Is making a big demand on tho supply. -SsssBSBsssBBssslsElr Electric Lights on Christmas Trees Safest of Devices Omaha Electric Light & Power Company Sell your Electric Christmas Presents by using this page Kleelrlc Vrnt llnHnn Motors. Since It has become generally recog nized that proper ventilation Is essential In connection with tho proper heating of buildings many modern hotels, office buildings and apartment houses are heated by a systom of supplying warm, fresh air. which at the samo tlmo permits efficient ventilation. Advantage Is also taken of the vontllatlon system to supply cool nlr In the summer. This system Is exemplified In the Wtz-Cartlon tlvoteI, New York City. In this systom the air Is drawn In by a fan. It passes first over a tempering coll, which warms It above tho freezing point of water, and It then passes through a washer, which purifies It; It Is then heated to tho proper temperature while passing through a reheater; then it Is sent through the ducts, by which It Is distributed as required. Tho tempering colls and reheater consist of radiator sec tions heated by steam In which tho tern porature is always maintained at the proper point. The electric llghtm outfits which aro made especially for Christmas treo deco rations givo tho finlihlng touches to the tree. Small different lights, lights In tho center of Christinas bolls, lighted balls overythlng to delight tho small person so eager for Christmas funmay be had on a silken cord ready to decorate any tree. POINTS TO REMEMBER IN PLANNING THE HOME When building a now home, or when planning a new system of illumination for the old homo, tho following Important rules should ! most carefully considered: 1. Always use a shade or rpf lector with a lamp: that Is, a bare lamp, which pro duces a glare, especially when near tho level of the eyo, should never bo cm- ployed without a protecting dovlcc. 2. "When possible mount tho lamps high so as to be out of tho ordlnnry lino of the eye. 3. If tho celling of your room In low use two or three small lamps rather than one largo lamp; It tho celling Is high larger lamps may bo used. Metal filament lamps are made In a largo variety of sizes, suiting them to practically nil con ditions In the home. 4. Reflectors are designed for given sizes of lamps. If you uso a 40-watt lamp, secure a 40-watt size reflector. Al ways use the rvflootor holder which Is designed for tho particular lamp In ques tion, C, Do not foiget that too much light may be ns harmful ns too little. If your eyes become tlredl and hurt toward the end of tho ovcnlng they may either b blinded by too much light or strained by an Insufficiency of light. 6. Keep the lumps and rrflectors clean, because much larger losses of light due to dust and dirt occur than you wpuld lmaglnb. Christmas shopper are hrlng enter tained at the Ho.pe store by the elec trical illusion Instruments which are among tho best produced In the country Mr. Hospe make a. specialty of three fine Instruments-live Welte-Mlgno Au tograph piano, the Vlolsnn-Ylitiiosn and the famous Apollo electrical player Piano. Visitors to the big store ore being enter tained by these instruments and are be. Ing delighted by the wonderful playing that Is done. Tho Wolte-MlRiioii Is considered tho finest Instrument of Its kind In tho world. H reproduces the bent work of tho master musicians, and reproduce them so that the composers can hnrill) tell them from their own playing. The shade, tho nccntuntlon, expression, all the nuances, even life most subtle: nil tho charm of personality and forco of montnllty aro faithfully and literally re produced. Tho method' nf communication to tho audience Is a slmplo one. NoleltM Mlretrli' Motor. The machinery of the Welte-.MIgnon Is driven by a noiseless electric motor which Is hidden from view. A flexlblo cord con ncctlng tho machinery with the nearest electric fixture will set it In motion. The manipulation Is equally simple. It Is so constructed that It gives a perfect repro duction of any pianist's performance. Tho Vlolano-Vlrtuoso Is an electrically operated Instrument which plays the violin with piano accompaniment, the two Instruments, in one case, sounding In perfect harmony nnd with the human expression one hmirs only from talented! concert nitlsls. Tho Vlnlnno-Vlrtiiono takes tho place of an orchrsstra, because It Is an orchestra In Itself. It has four bows and can play aa many as four strings simultaneously, whllo It com mands sixty fingers to tho pianist's ten. Theso instiuiucnts have been installed In the Millard hotel cafo and In tho Myer- Ulllon drug store. Tho Melville Clarke electric player piano Is one of tho musical ttlumplut of tlic age. It Is recognized as an achieve ment. It may be operated In four differ ent ways and brings out tho sweetest, purest nnd truest of tones, playing won derfully tho most 'lirricult of, pieces. It Is played dally at the Hospo store for visitors, who are wolcomed and Invited to hear the various electric Instruments. Short Circuits. Mobile is to have a "great white way." The first cablo was laid at Dlrmlngliam, Kngland, in 1S37, More than half a million people visited the recent Uoston electric show. Wireless communication between air ships has been successfully tried In Ger many. Ferry. Kan., a town of but noO popula tion, haB a twenty-four-hour electrical service. An electric automobile was recently run from Detroit to New Orleans, a distance of 1,700 miles. 1 Over and Abovethe Shopping Crowds YOU It ntcsMiRe wIiirr through the storm-swept Nliccln to tho crowded, Imslllni: wliops. llcforo any of tlicso tlrctl, bwlniKRlcd shoppers linvo lml (lino to Rft homo on tho crowilwl rnrs, jour purchases nro on tho way. Through (ho telephone's rendy nhl, cxperlcnco tho plcimtiro of n ilny well Mpenl complete In KnUs faction nnd accomplishment. i Throw your shopping burdens on tho Moll. I'rntliicliiir Ulrclrlol I . Electricity Is produced by chemical ac tion, or by the action of acids) etc, on metal plates. This current Is called gal vanlo electricity and Is tho kind generally used for operating telegraph lines, tele- phonos nnd door bells. There aro a great many forms of galvanic batteriew, from tho "wet" battery of tho telegraph lines, consisting of coppor nnd zlno plates Im mersed In an acid solution, to tho "dry" batteries such ns nro used on door bells and for ignition purposes In gasoline engine. Krlctlonal . electricity, or static elec tricity, can be produced by rubbing glass and other substances with silk cloth. Lightning Is stntle electricity and UHiintly the quantity of static electricity Is small, hut the pressure, or voltage, enonnou.. This explains why It snap and crackles when It is generated by rubbing tho cat'n fur. Motor. Dynamos and Oeneral Repairing1, Electrical Machinery and Armature Winding; a specialty. XIiECTRXC ELEVATOR REPAIRS POWER WXRXHO Le Bron Electrical Works; Smart Electricians and Machinists Day, Soar. 2170. 313 South 13th St..' V. f Omaha Electrical Works Electric Elevator Repairs nnd Westinghouse Motors 108-13 IT. 11th St. Phone DOUg. 1181. Electric Supplies And Electric Wiring Bennett Electric Co. 801 Omaha National llank Iildg, Electrical Musical Christmas Gifts The Wonder Players of the Age The Apollo Player Welte-Mognon Autograph Piano The Violano-Virtuoso These grand self-playing instruments are shown in the dis . play rooms of this store. We invite you to hear them play. "Wo are glad to explain tho details of their mechanism and to show ' you what electrical wonders they really are. 'Eaoh instrument stands I supreme among its type; each instrument is a grand instrument. They inako ideal Christinas present, and take the best music of the world into your home, playing it for you without any labor on your part. Visit our concert hall and hear theso players. A. Hospe Co. 1513-1515 Douglas Street LET ir BE AH ELECTRICAL XMAS Christmas Trse XJfhtlnr Outfits, x lights, one circuit .... $3.60 I A lights, two circuit . $5.00 24 lights, three circuit ... 16.60 32 lights, four circuit. . JU.UO We will only have a limited stock of these. Batter order now! Felonze Eleotrlo Curling Iron $3.50 Pelouin Klectric Curling Iron with hair drying comb ... .,14,50 Every woman should have ona of these, Chafing- Sisfce $18.60 to $30.00 Coffee Percolators ..... .,.$8.00 Electrlo Touttn .$5.60 and $5.00 Pocket Plash Xdg-hts, $1.00 to $2.00 Burgoss-Granden Co. 1611 Howard St., OMAHA A Christmas G ift that's Instructive At last Mr. Edison has perfected a Real Moving Picture Machine for THE HOME. MHsSSSSsMsBsnsSSslsbl UBBBBBBsl any It's Just Hko what tho bis theaters una, only smaller. Samo design, matorlal, work manship and finish. It Is the essence of sim plicity. Perfectly safe: hoy or girl can operate It The pictures are perfect In sharpness, clearness and gradation of tone value. You will be amazed and pleased. The 80-foot film used In the Homo Klnetoscope con tains as many pictures as the 1,000 feet of film used In theaters, and gives as long a performance about 16 minutes. Cost of machine Is moder ate. The film VOIl hnv nnti bo exchanged for other pic tures ui same class and exchange ltely. tho kept up Indefln HAYDEN BROS. PoDept, The ELECTRIC SHOP &ET XT BE AIT EX.BCTHXOAX. CKHIBTSCAS, AHD SO YOUR SHOP- PJKO WOW. WX HAVE Christmas Tree Outfits H sockets with tilno lumps, different colors ,..53.60 1G Hiickots with elftlitoon lamps, different colors now at.... 55,00 24 sockotH with twcnty-olKht ImnpH, different colorw, now at, 9S.60 .12 Hockotn with forty lamps, ulfferont colors, now at 9.00 You can Kt fancy IIkIiIs, such as hlrds, flowers, fruits, Hajita Clans, clowns, iIoks, etc., at .Idr, 40c and EOc ench extra. r Eleotrio Irons 92.00, 93.00, $4.00 and 53.00, nil aro strictly guaranteed. Percolators Hluhly nickel plated 9 9.00 and up Chafing1 Dishes , 910.00 and up Tea Urns 13.75 ana np Dluzors, KryliiK J'unH, . Stoves, Combination TouHter StovoH complete with troy, 98.60 and up. Curllnjr Irons with attachment for drylrfd hair. Luminous electrical radiators 910.00 and np flash Elfhts 9 1.00 and up Toy Motors and Trains, to work with batteries and transformers. Toy Transformers 95X10 and up. Aloro safe to iino than utlmrs with controller switch. Reading- Ltmjii of various designs from S2.S0 to 810,00 floor amps from 53.00 to 914.00 Vacuum Cleaners .J 35.00 and up Call us by Bell Phone for any information. We are always ready to dent (rostrate. Wolfe Electric Company Tyler 1414 jaio rarnam St. Wire for us and we will wire for you. NEBRASKA CYCLE CO. 15th and Harney Sts. 334 Broadway, Council Bluffs The Best Christmas Gifts are Electrical Gifts This storo bubbles over with Christmas gift suggestions, offering many unique ideas. Ainoijg those aro the electrical conveniences- the best gifts for Christinas. This Yulctide hundreds of Omaha housewhes will be made happy through tho receipt of some handsome electrical present, the only safe way to light the Christmas tree Wo show beautiiul and subsluntinl G-E electrical irons (They do away with drudgery), toasters, disk stoves, coffee percolators, etc See our electric tree lighting outfit. It is It dnzdes tho children by its instant lighting of many colored little lamps. C-ome carh in the day. NEBRASKA CYCLE CO. 15th and Harney Sts. 334 Ireatfwiy, Cm Mil Muffs. 1