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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1913)
7 THE PEOPLE'S WEEKLY PAGE OF ELECTRICAL NEWS Published Each Tuesday THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, J 11 A 2.0, 1013. ALADIN'S PALACE REYIYED Mot Wonderful Hotel Pleases All Ease-Loving People. MOVABLE CARPET ONE FEATURE Rverr Convenience that Any Guest Conld Wish for Is in He Found In Thta Meireat of Hotels. 1 YOU can actually save money and get more light by use ing Tungsten Electric Lamps in your home. These lamps give a' clear white light that rivals sunlight. They give over twice the amount of light given by ordinary carbon lampsr-for the same energy. Consequently you can get more and better illumination at the same cost of electricity. Electric Lighting is the Most Economical Ilhiminant The rates for electric lighting have again been reduced. On July 1st the rales were reduced from 14c to 12c per kilowatt hour for the first thirty hours' use. After the first thirty hours, the rate is 6c per kilowatt hour. The modern home Uluminant is clean, safe, healthful and eco nomical. If your home is not wired, you should obtain full particulars today. Write or Telephone Today . Omaha Electric Light & Power Company In tho Boulevard dei Itollons, ono of llio moat elegant streets of the French metropolis, thero la a marvelous hotel It Is called La Malson Klectrlquo and Is tho result of the genius of Its proprietor, , Georgo Knapp. It has the unique qual ! Ity of not usInR servants of any kind i From porter, bell bo), chambermaid and j waitress to bootblack, all the work Is dono and all the calls are answered by electricity. I On getting out of his motor at the door, the arrival puts Ms feet on a movable carpet which carries him to tho hotel office, llore, Instead of a key, he Is given a. magnetic combination which opens his room. Ills baggage Is taken to his room In an electrlo hoist and i dumped Into a position in his closet. Tho traveler ascends In an elevator which is furnished with a series of but tons containing the numbers on tho vorl ous floors) ho presses the one which corresponds with the number of his room and the car stops to let him off. This hotel has no fixed staircases what ever. JJverythlng Is either elevator, mov- ing platform or escalator; and the per son who gets into one or finds himself standing upon tho other has not to roovo until ho gets to the top. Eftch room Is furnished with bootolaan- ers. and by pressing the necessary but ton one can get all desired toilet articles. from brush and comb to shaving soap and face powder. The buttons are arranged with reference to meals as well. Coffee and rolls, for example, con be had by pressing the button which has written over It the words, "Light llreakfast.' Seme of the other buttons read: "Wine," "Beer," "Breakfast," "Menu," "Hour," etc. By pressing the "Hour" button a pane) appears In which Is marked tho exact tlmo of day, When a meal la or dered In this manner a door under the button opens presently, and a table Is pushed forward with a tray on it con taining the desired supply. Each room has telephone,, eleotric light, electric appliances for bath and mas sago, cigar lighters, etc, Nor are there any waiters in tho din ing room, nor "tips" required. The guest scats himself at a table, takes up the bill of fare, writes his order With an electric pen he finds at ills side, and his ordw Is carried automatically to the kitchen in tho basement, where tho "chef" does the rest with the aid of electrlo buttons and tho cook. The dishes are sent up to the guest by a dumb-waiter which busies, and he has only to press another button to havo everything deposited In order be fore him. Woman Acoustomed to a Clean House Hates a Dirty One "Yes, this house was 'llmrniiirhlv cleaned' before we moved Into It In aiay,' said a sprightly looking woman to her caller, "but I was very glad after I arrived that I brought by own cleaning apparatus with me. Slnco I bought my vacuum cleaner a year ago I have not been used to getting my hands dirty from working In any nook or corner of my house, but would you believe It, when I started to hanging pictures here and putting around the moulding my fingers bocame positively black. I brought out my cleoner nnd a little rapid suction soon removed the accumulation from the mouldings, but I have found many cor ners which needed It just as badly." The vacuum cleaner which this lady has been using Is on of the greatest Improvements which has been made In the method of keeping house. It Is the prosent day sure way of cleaning house. Ilnx Mnn-r Rlectrlc Motors. Exclusive electric garages are now be ing fitted out to furnish th fltiM tnr and to care for the physical upkeep of me t,wu electrics now in service In New Vork City. The New Tork Electrlo Vehicle assocla tlon Is about to open an establishment which will furnish "bed and board" for several hundred cars. Twn nniiin ... ages are already catering to this class of i.uo. large New York company has approprnoted 130,000 to establish an "ex periment station" to serve motorists of the electrlo persuasion and It is pre dicted that more will follow. "Murder Help!" Call on Telephone Heard by Polioeman Two bold highwaymen recently entered the store of Charles J. Sutter of St. Louis. Mo., and waited until tho young lady cashier started to count out the money for the pay envelopes. One thief guarded the door while an other demanded from the young lady cashier all the money she had. The frightened young lady seized upon RAILROAD ELEW WASHER Boxcars Gleaned on Western Road by New Device. REVOLVING BRUSHES NOW USED Vina May Ue Modified do that Vnm. enter Couches Mar n Taken Cnr Of In Somewhat the Rme Slannrr. Every day sees a new application of electricity In railroad operation for Im. the nearby telephone, as her means of proving service, lowering operating costs una ior greater convenience and comfort of the traveling public. One of the electric railways of the west is using to very good nurnose an nlAf. Urge sum which he had expected to get , r,cl mathlne for washing box cars. Tho defense. As the thief pointed a revolver at her she screamed "murder help" Into the transmitter, One of the thieves grab bed the small sum of 190 from among the and both men made a hasty exhlt In time to avoid the ten policemen, who came in answer to tho telephone's "murder help,' Flickering Light Causes Bad Eyes, Says Ellioe Alger In a paper prepared and read recently by Klllce M, Alger, M, P., before a meet ing of tho New Vork section of the Il luminating society, there are some very excollent Ideas expressed under the sub ject, "Illumination and Eyestrain." One subject discussed Is flickering light "One of the greatest causes for eye pain and headaches Is that of a flickering light, for the muscular contraction of the retina is so sharp that this part of the eye becomes fatigued and oftentimes there is a temporary blindness. Con tinual exposure of the optio muscles to light of this variety will havo a tendtnoy to cause permanent blindness." Swords into Plow Shares A regular army bayonet, converted from an Instrument of war and destruc tion Into an Implement of peace and con servation, now forms part of the hand telephone kit of every forest ranger in tho United States forest service. These bayonets have binding posts fixed to their ferrules nnd are used as ground rods to establish a return connection with the single-conductor telephone lines which am being built through the wilds of the principal national preserves. The most washing apparatus consists of two large vrnnancai crushes mounted vertically on each side of the track and driven by a small electrlo motor. The brushes are piped with water from the shop mains and the washing process consists In sim ply running the car or train of cars on the track equipped with the revolving washers. The cars can In this way be cleaned very rapidly and with .tr..,i. jingly low cost. Possibly a modlfloatlnn in hub pian mignt be used to some ad vantage In passenger coach yards. Storms Affect in No Way Electric Lamps; Proved Faot Early last summer the residents of a country home awakened to tho faot that a storm had left them without any light. Somo small defect about their own home wiring had allowed some sort of a vtbm. tlon along the wires, which had broken me oia style lamps which they had. In use. These lamps burned were Immediately replaced with the new style Maida lamps, which have withstood all subsequent storms. The family la drawink long breaths of relief over the fact that they do not hoyo to overhaul their electrlo llghtin IhsallaOon. 1 J People Run Their Own Wheel Chairs .LtlPr ,U" """h nn Patriotism. Private Murphy," asked tho captain, why should a soldier be ready to die for his country;" The Irishman scratched his head for a while; then an Ingratiating and en lightening smile flitted across his face "Sure, captain." he said pleasantly! "you're quite right. Why should he?" What Hlie Wants. Docs your wife want to voter" "No. She wants a larger town house, a villa on the seacoast, and a new llmou. sine car every six months. I'd be pleased most to death If she could fix her atten tion on a small matter like the vote.' Hero Is tho latest method of travellnir the board walk at Atlantic City and Important use for these lines Is the re-: promenades of other fashionable summer porting of forest fires. When a ranger and winter resorts. wishes to communicate with headquar- It is an improvement, or rather the sue ters lie takes a coll of bare wire from cesser of tho old wheel chair, which has hid niv. ii. IMO uua&rvqi llio. i uobii igr ml long MIC Only metllOU for phone wire, and "saws" on the two ends ' many people to enjoy tho close sweep of until a good connection Is established. I tho breese. Meanwhile, his bayonet has beon thrust' This now chair Is reallv a nmnii ion- deep Into a moist place In tho ground, and ( trio runabout, comfortably seating two wiui mo uiruuu urns compieiea ine loneiy . people ana allowing them the pleasure of wnjinror tun mm wim civilisation, re Port hi position or summon help. TELEPHONE KEEPS TAB ON P0UCE IN NEWEST SYSTEM Polco signaling systems. In which the telephone furnishes tho means for com munication between signal station and police headquarters, aro coming more and more into universal favor as a reliable means of maintaining a check upon the movements of the police officers and of summoning aid In emergencies. One of these systems has been Installed at Ply mouth, Pa., a' town which Ilea In tho heart of the anthracite coal mining dis trict and has a population of approxi mately 17,000 Inhabitants, the majority of whom are employed In tho mines. I2arly Chrlatmnn Shopping. In Toronto 4S3 women purchased toaster stoves in one day. Tes, It was bargain day and many of them claimed to be do ing their Christmas shopping early. Two most .worthy motives, to say nothing about the other excuse a hot summer rapidly advancing an4 a hungry family to bo fed. Women will bs women on bar. gain day. rinrl.er Ilulitu Ilaldness, Barbers and hairdressers have a new medium at their service for the preven tion of baldness. There Is a new instru ment for use In the fine art of hair singe ing one which attaches to an electrlo light socket and singes by heat alone. Those who havo recoiled from the flam ing taper will appreciate (although prob ably too late) this characteristic of the electric singe. IIbts Advantages of City. The rapidity with which the farmers In southern Idaho are adopting electricity to general uses on the farm has compelled the Oreat Shoshone & Twin Falls Water (Power Co. to construct many miles of new line during the early spring. Prac tically seventy-five miles of additional new lines are now being constructed or will be built for this purpose. The com pany has approximately 400 miles of high tension lines In Southern Idaho, nil of which are situated In a progressive, rapidly growing agricultural community. A telephone system, American through out In equipment and providing a service equal to that of any city in the United States, has recently been Installed In Bahla, Brazil, and Is giving complete satisfaction to subscribers, their own driving. It Is so easily con trolled that no preliminary lessons aro ncedca by anyono who wishes to sniff the sea at close range. The new' electric chair has but ono speed, Just about that of en ordinary walker. Electric Fans for Cool Southern Hotel The Man'land hotel at St. Louis, Mo., has just Installed 240 special electrlo fans for tho comfort of Its patrons. A fan will be placed In eyery guest room, for which no extra charge will bo made. During the summer when the tempera ture Is at a standstill at the top of the thermometer in at Louis, electrlo fans must sound good to those who expect to visit fit. Louis and tho Maryland during that time. It 1m Easy Work and Good I'njr. The two-gallon Ice cream freezer Is again becoming a popular article. Since some genius discovered that the sweat of man's brow could be saved and a small electrlo motor be' used for turning a crank, home freezing has become the bitter rival of home cooking. To attach a small motor to a crank and have swiftly concocted the season's favorite 1b an effort well worth the reward. wireless uuxiits And other specialties are now for sale here THE ELECTRIC SHOP 1810 Farn&m WOLFE ELECTRIC CO. Tyler 1414 Sole agent for the Electric Importing Co, BENNETT ELECTRIC CO ros SAFE AND UKUAMiB WIRING it PAYS to PLEASE (01 Omaha KM. Bank Bldtf. XI 081 Omaba Electrical Works Electrlo Elevator Rop&ira and WoBtinghouso Motors 10O-X8 XT. Uth BX. mum JOoag. 3181. Ahead In Transportation. Altogether 3,610 electrlo vehloles arc registered In the state of Ohio. Of this number Cleveland leads off with 1,838, and other cities havo the following: Co lumbus, 40; Toledo, W, Cincinnati, 8j Youngstown, 118, and Akron, 8. The elec trlo vehicles make up approximately 0 per cent of the total number of automo biles In the state. Unppygrnms. "What a debt we owe to modern sanitary science," said Mr. Landlord, as he put down the newspaper. "Good heavens)" exclaimed his wife, "Haven't you paid that plumbers bill yet I" A double-track electric Interurban rail way Is being built between Toklo and Yokohama, Japan. When completed next year It will be tho most up-to-date rail way in the far east. Practically all of the old tramway lines operatctt by steam and compressed air locomotives In Paris, France, are being converted Into electrlo street railways. Under proper treatment your business will grow. On this paper advertising will nourish your trade and give you results that you need to get, Try this Electric Page method. Advantages of Adequate Telephone Equipment The essentials of telephone sendee for a busy es tablishment are- 1. An open door for outgoing telephone calls. 1 2. An open door for incoming telephone colls. 3. Facilities of immediate communication bo- tween floors, rooms or depantmeuls. ?l A Private Branoh Exchange will meet these re quirements. Lot us explain tho service and rates. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPftNY if'"". ' ' ' ' SL Furnished rooms Comfortablo, home-like furnished rooms can bo found in Tho Bco classified pages. The best apartments and rooms in Omaha aro advertised in Tho Bee. If you have a room to rent tell tho largo crowd of Beo readers. You'll get a desirable tenant got him quickly. Phone your ad in well collect Tyler H LKKJ Vc-cuum Cleane rs--$ 3 0 --Burgess-Granden Co.