Another Study on Household Equipment. 



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this one is not far from $4.00. Another is made of non-absorbent 

 washable metal. Both of these stand upright and receive the utensils 

 with food thoroughly heated through, one utensil being placed upon the 

 other. The latter has a seamless, deep cover, and the inner receptacle 

 is made of rustless metal. These are in different sizes, ranging in price 

 from $6.50 to S13.50. 



The time required for cooking is a matter of experiment for 

 one who has not used a fireless stove 

 although those on the market have furnished 

 with them time tables and recipes. I have 

 prepared in the cooker many a meal con- 

 sisting of chicken or potroast, potatoes and 

 another vegetable. These were put into 

 the cooker, the chicken several hours, the 

 vegetables two hours, before serving. After 

 they had first been boiled on the stove, 

 the chicken a half hour, the potatoes and 

 onions, squash, turnips or cauliflower ten 

 minutes, they are placed each in a different 

 compartment in the fireless stove until 

 ready to serve. The kitchen bears no 

 evidence of the preparation for dinner ex- 

 cept in the other articles to be served, until 

 about ten minutes before meal time, when 

 the cooker is opened to take out the food. 

 Cereals may be cooked for a short time the 

 night before on the stove, placed inside the 

 box and be found hot and thoroughly cooked 

 in the morning. 



3iIost women who use a steam cooker Fig. 4. A good ivay to wring 

 regard it as a valuable asset. If desired '^ '" 



to use one flame or opening over the fire for several articles, a 

 cooker like the one shown in Fig. 3 makes it quite possible. It 

 is no uncommon practice to cook chicken, potatoes, onions and 

 custard at one time in one of these steamers and some of them 

 are so arranged as to whistle when the water in the lower part 

 is out. 



Most people dread the task of mopping. The wielding of the mop 

 over the floor is not the difficult part. Putting the hands into the 

 dirty water and wringing the mop may be a good wrist exercise, but 

 neither pleasant nor very easy. For $1.75 a mop-wringer may be had 

 which operates by pressure on a handle as seen in Fig. 4. It just 



