THE BEE: ;OMAHA FRIDAY, APRIL hi, 1919.
Lincoln
Man Will; Revo
of Cooking
lutionize-
the Art
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William Gray, Inventor of the ' Per fee
tion Cooker, Destined to Become One
of the World's Greatest Benefactors
Through the Aiding Steps to Health.
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"If you write a better book, or
preaqh" better sermon, or build a
. better mouse trap than your neigh-
-bor, though- you build your home in
the woods, the world will make a
beaten path to your, door."
This homely bit of philosophy, at
tributed to the sage of Concord,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, has a par
ticular application in the case of a
modest, unassuming man, . some
sixty-odd years of age, who lives
down at Lincoln, but who spends a
large part of his time in Oniaha.
- This man, whose name is William
. Gray, has never written a book, nev
er tried to preach a sermon, or build
a mouse trap, but the, world has al
ready begun io make a path to his
' home, and in years to come his name
will be upon the lips of millions as
one of the 'greatest benefactors of
JtiT human race. He is not a war
'hcrovnor a capitalist, nor a philan
thropist. He never built a monu
ment, constructed a railroad,-or en
dowed a library, but from his fertile
brain has sprung one of the greatest
and most useful of modern inven
tionsa device destined to revolu
tionize the art of ooking food, and
. thus add immeasurably to the health
" and prolong the life of the human
race. ,
This wonderful invention is known
as the Perfection Cooke a truly
' marvelous piece of mechanism, so
"simple in its construction' and so
far-reaching in its usefulness that
its value to! the world .can hardly
. be estimated.
When we think of the untold Ju
man misery caused by eating im
properly cooked food, it is impos
sible to estimate the worth of a sim
ple, inexpensive device which in
sures that every particle of food put
into it will be properly cooked, re
taining all of the flavor and nutri
tive elements, and in a fraction of
the time required by any other
known method.
That necessity is the mother of
invention was no. less true in the
ase of Mr. Gray's Perfection Cook
er than in-hundreds of otber great
inventions. Listen to his own inter
esting story as to how. the idea was
conceived and put into execution:
"It ws about eight years ago, and
I had just undergone a sevefc surgi
cal operation. Jhe use of the anaes
thetic had left the salivary glands
paralyzed, which, of course, made
the digestion of food impossible. My
physician said that some means
would have to be found to stimulate
the glands and induce a normal flow
of saliva. Now, I knew, as everyone
elsesdoes, that f ood, properly cooked
and palatable, acts as a stimulant to
the salivary glands. I thought that
if I could just get the food I craved
and have it' cooked in a different
manner, that is, cooked absolutely
perfect, my condition woqld be rem
edied and 1 would again bo able to
enjoy eating. -
"I knew that my trouble, as in the
case of x thousands of others, had
been 6aused primarily by eating Im
properly prepared and indigestible
foods. I knewihat food, as ordinari
ly prepared, loses much of its nutri
tive value by being cooked in an
open vessel or kettle, which allows
much of,the flavor and substance to
escape and prevents the heat ele
ment from reaching all parts of the
food at the same time, which results
in the food being unevenlycooked.
When food thus partially cooked is
taken into the stomach it imposes a
severe strain on the, digestive ap
paratus, resulting in chronic indi
gestion and many attendant ills;
"While lying in bed at the hos
pital, I began to think out a way to
prepare food as I knew it should be
prepared. When I had recovered suf
ficiently to go to my home, I asked
my wife to prepare a piece of meat
by placing it between a hot skillet
and a hot flat iron, so that it would
cook from both, sides at the same
time. This crude experiment brought
very satisfactory results, and the
meat thus prepared tasted he best
of any that I had ever eaten. It waa
because the heat element in cooking
had been evenly distributed, allow
ing the meat to cook on the bottom,
sides and top at the same time and
at the same degree of temperature.
The meat juices and the flavor had
all been retained, because there was
no way for if to escape. -
, "Following this crude- device,
made a cooker of cast icon material,
which, though an improvement over
the skillet and flat iron affair, still
lacked perfection . in every detail.
After several years of experiment
ing I discovered that an aluminum
kettle, with a steel cover, clamped
down by a single screw, and equip
ped-'With a safety valve, answered
every requirement of a perfect
cooker. The biggest problem was
to produce a safety Valve that would
allow the food to be cooked at a
given degree of heat and tempera
ture and ar te same timo warn the
operator of the cooker when a suf
ficient amount of stpam had been
raised This was finally solved
through the use of a small steel ball,
nbout . an inch in diameter, which
fits on top of the escaDe valve, al
lowing the heat to be limited or in
creased tovtwentv pounds pressure,
or 276 degrees Fahrenheit. When
the reauired amount of heat has
been attained, the ball begins " to
dance from the exhaust steam, is a
warning to the operator, who mere
ly turns down the fire under the
cooker to the proper degree.
-"There is no circulation of steam
within the vessel, which allows dif
ferent articles of food, such as rice
and onions, to be cooked at the same
time without the slightest taint of
mixed flavors. Simply place a cover
over each article, and the concen
trated steam pressure from all sides
of the vessel prevents any escape of
flavor or odors. All sorts of food
may be perfectly cooked in this man
ner, in a fraction of the time and at
much less expense than by the old
method of an ordinary pot or kettle.
"I f irml$, believe that T nwp the
fact that I am alive todav tn the dis
covery of this means of cooking food
in an absolutely perfect manner,
which makes any article of food
easilv (licest.ible iinH at the cuime
time makes it far more palatable and
nutritious than any other ytaown
method." Adv.
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New: Industry, Cradled and- Nursed in
Omaha, Will, Within a Few Years Make
the Name of Omaha Synonymous With ,
One of the Greatest Industries in the (
Country. v
i William Gray, Inventor o f the Perfection Cooker,
JTHE ' NEVvfli -
WfectioNI
HEALTH
Perhaps few Omahans are aware
that right here in this city of oppor
tunity and achievement, an industry
destined to write the name of the
Gate City in flaming letters across
the map of the continent, has had ita
birth and beginning. ,
Just the same as the Ford -made
thecity of Deroit know through
out the world as the mother city of
the automobile industry, so this new
industry, cradled and nursed ' in
Omaha, will, within the space of
few years, make the name of this
city synonymous with one of the
greatest of modern enterprises.
Just as the Ford motor cars filled
a lohg-felt want by answering the
demand for a practicable, service
able article at a low net cost, so
also will this wonderful invention,
now being manufactured and sold
in Omaha, gain its popularity by its
own merits.
The name of this marvelous de
vice, whicb is destined to add meas
ureably to the sum of human happi
ness, is the Perfection cooker, the
only known method Ijy which food
can be scientifically cooked without
the semblance of a flaw, and at a
fraction of the time and cost of the
ordinary methods used by the house
wife. Starting in a small way last July,
the Perfection Cooker corporation,
1424 Capitol avenue, has increased
its output ffem five Perfection
cookers. txTmore than sixty-five a
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W. W. Follmer. head of the com-
nanv. has the following to say about
this new invention:
"William Gray of Lincoln, the in
ventor of the Perfection cooker, will
be known as one ol tne greatest
benefactors of humanity the world
has ever m-nduced. His invention
touches what is in reality the most
vital problem of all tne ages tne
problem of food. We depend for our
very existence on iooa. ah me ma
terial success in this world comes
from the nourishment of our bodies
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ana Drains wun tn suDBtance tnat
preserves life. The misery caused
by improperly cooked food, wjth the
attendant impediment of physical
and mental vigor, is impossible to
estimate. By this new device a new
era of health ana happiness has
dawned for human kjad. ;
"The field of usefulness of the
Perfection cooker is co-extensive
with the civilized world. If all of the
women of the land knew the value
of this wonderful article, a thou
sand factories could not supply the
demand. It is tlTe greatest conserv
er of the age. It is held by compe
tent judges to be an invention equal
in importance to the sewing ma
chine. As a household utility It
will be in greater demand than the
clothes washing machine, the refrig
erator, the vacuum cleaner, the gas
stove or the carpet sweeper, all of
which have developed great indus
tries. ,
"The kettle is the oldest known
article of manufacture. The world
has not a home in it that does not
have a pot, a stew pan or a kettle
of some description, besides the
countless thousands of hotels res
taurants, cafes, hospitals and camps,
all using the old style pots and ket
tles. Every one of these is regard
ed as a potential customer or buyer
of a Perfection cooker.
"Household utilities become com
monplace to us. We see them ev
ery day and accept them as a matter
of course. We seldom stop to
think what these commonplace ar
ticles may have meant to industry,
to the employment of .thousands of
workers in their manufacture and
sale, and, what is more important,
to the good fortune of those who
use them daily.
"But to demonstrate the merits of
the Perfection cooker:
"By the use of the higher degrees
of heat obtained by this vessel, the
operator saves two-thirds of the
time, three-fourths of the fuel and
all the flavor of the articles of food.
These facts can be scientifically
demonstrated and proven to anyone
who will investigate.
"Just hew is this done? It's very i
simple, as are most great inventions.
In the old boiling kettle we get only
22 degrees of effective cooking heat
at sea level, while at the same time
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much ' tf the nutritive value na
flavor of the food escapes by beinf .,
carried off by the steam. In higher
altitudes the effective degress of .
cooking heat are still ' further re
diced, because of the lack of press
ure. In other words, the higher th .
altitude the harder it is to cook ia
an open kettle. With the Perfec
tion cooker we can cook with th
same perfect results in any altitud 1
because the degress of heat obtained
by the pressure within "the vessel
give a temperature of 276 degrees
Fahrenheit, leaving 86 degress of et
fective cooking heat as against 22
degress supplied by the old styl
kettle at sea level altitude. The
concentration of steam from all
sides of the vessel at the wme tim
not only makes it impossible for th
slightest amount of the flavor 01
rtutritive value of the article to es
cape, but allows the cooking simul
taneously of different articles, oi
food with adsolutely no danger oi
the flavors bottoming tainted 01
mixed.
"Another important featureof
the Perfection cooker is that it ia
impossible for this receptacle to boil
over-or boil dry. Covered with e
steel lid that clamps down tight by
means of a single screw, and guard
ed by a safety vavle, a pint of water
toay be boiled all day long without
losing a drop through evaporation.
By means of a small steel ball, fit
ted over the exhaust tube in the ;
cover, an alarm is sounded when the
required amount of steam has been
obtained, and the operator merely
regulates the fire to the" desired
temperature. - -
' Because all of the flavor of the
article is retained or cooked into it,
the Perfection cooker, besides being
a great time saver and conserver of
fuel, is a great economizer in that
the cheaper cuts of meat, such as
neck bones and rump steak, may be
cooked m such a manner as to be
wholly as palatable and nourishing
as the finest cuts of meat
"I consider the field for such an
article practically unlimited. The
only problem is to brine the merits
of the Perfection cooker before the
people, to educate them to the
health value as well as th money
valna of . t.bi VioiikpIiaIH nHlifv. -
which will eliminate the drudgery of
the kitchen and revolutionize the
art of cooking."- Adv.
'Arkansas
1,574,449
Arizona
204, 354
California
2,37T,549
Colorado-799,024
Connecticut
1,114,756
Dalawaro
202, 322
Florida
752,619
Georgia
2,609,121
Idaho
325,594
Illinois
5,638,591
Indiana
2,700,876
Iowa
2,224,771
Kansas
1,690,949
Kentucky
2,289,905
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7' Alabama
2.138,093 1
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Massachusetts
3,366.416
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iirara
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Louisiana Maine Maryland
1,656,383 742,371 1,295,346 ,,
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Nevada
61,876
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Mlchlga.
.2,61 I
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Minnesota
2,075,703
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The PERFECTION COOKER is the only cooking
utensil that conservesall the things the old-fashioned
boiling kettle wastes. The cooking untensil that won't
boil over or bo jl dry ; that saves two-thirds the fuel usd
in ordinary cooking, one-third the time of ordinary
cooking and every bit of thejfood flavor. The cooking
utehsil that' thoroughly breaks up; and releases the
oils, fats and nutriments contained in the food cooked
therein, therefore insuring you better tasting, better
digesting, more enjoyable meals.
, , From every state in the union we are receiving requests
for cookers. ,We need live wire representatives in every
town, eounty and state to look after these inquries. This is
a real opportunity to get into a new field, where the market
is unlimited and the demand increasing every day. A field
where your income will match your efforts and be just as
big as yOu choose to make it.'
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1, 797,114 t , OX
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Foods cooked in a PERFECTION COOKER are
not predigested, but are in a form that whets your ap
petite, they taste so good; are easily digested, and ab
sorbed by the system. -
The strongest stomachs appreciate such foods; the
weakest stomachs find foods so cooked provide a
health-building treatment which promotes the flow of
digestive fluids without the aid of drugs or other meth
ods of artificial digestion.' We want you to have a
Perfection Cooker in your home, and to enjoy the
saving its use will mean.
A PERFECTION COOKER will save you time.
work arid worry, fuel, food and flavor. We guarantee
'to give you satisfaction.
Why be without this modern convenience? Five
thousand PERFECTION COOKER users in Omaha
and Lincoln demonstrate that PERFECTION COOK
ERS reduce gas bills, grocery bills and promotes sav
ing, not wastis. Use the coupon and let us deliver one
to your home. -
You can buy a Perfection Cooker on weekly or
monthly payments if you wish.
Live Wire Representatives Wanted in Every County in Every State
phone; call or write
If you want to make $2.00.an hour'or better get in touch
with us at once, but be sure to give bank or other substan
tial references; as we are not seeking floaters nor have we
anything to give away; but for live wire men and women
who have vision and are willing to work we have the op
portunity of a life-time. Use the coupon or writers a letter.
DO IT NOW.
COOKER SERVICE CO.
1424 CAPITOL AVENUE
OMAHA, U. S. A.
PCirtcnoi'
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Nebraska . ' Oh ia
, - 4,767,121 ,
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Oklah.
1.65745
"t- . - Oreion
672.76T
Pennsylvania
7,655,111 .
thode Island
642,610
' South Carolina
1,615,100
South Dakota
683 ,8V
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Ten
5 lr 11S1V01F Sy
New Hampshire
430,572 .
New Jersey
2,537,167
New Mexico -
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New York
8.1 13,614
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' ' North OakoU
577.056
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North Carolina
2,206,287,
2.184.769
Texas
3.896,547
UUh -973,35'
Vermont
355,950
Virginia
2,061,61?
Washington
1,141,990
iVe.t Virfinla
1,221,119
Wisconsin
333,860
Wyoming
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