September, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
wall mirror could be made to serve the 
same purpose with small stationary lights 
around it, half shaded so that no shadows 
fall upon the face. The electric shaving- 
mug holds a half pint of water quickly 
heated from the device at the bottom of 
the cup when attached to any incandescent 
bulb socket. 
That the hot water bottle is to be rele¬ 
gated to the past, and to those not progres¬ 
sive enough to use electricity, is demon¬ 
strated by the electric warming pad—a 
thick pad apparently made of eider-down 
flannel. The heating element is concealed 
in the center; and when attached to a 
socket one has all the delight of a hot- 
water bag with the knowledge that it will 
retain its heat indefinitely. The warming 
pad is also usable with a small storage 
batterv for carriage, sleigh or car travel, 
and for use where a house is not wired. 
The portable electric lighter has many 
uses. In a home where gas is used for il¬ 
luminating and,for cooking, this lighter, 
attached to a common dry battery, is guar¬ 
anteed to furnish thousands of lights at 
less than the cost of a box of matches. It 
may be used for anything that requires a 
light—lamps, cigars, fires—and its safety 
is assured. 
The various electric culinary helps now 
flooding the stores are enough to make our 
great-grandmothers turn in their graves. 
Think of cooking one’s whole breakfast, 
including griddle cakes, on the table, with¬ 
out the aid of a match, but with an electric 
coffee-pot, and an electric griddle and 
toaster, hot at a moment’s notice. Think 
of the sick-room convenience in heating 
food on the spot. Think of doing one’s 
washing and ironing by electricity. Think 
of cleaning one’s curtains, chairs, pictures, 
woodwork, mattresses, carpets, floors by a 
simple electric suction process. And all 
this in addition to general water and heat 
supply secured by electric motor. 
A general utility motor is now installed 
as part of the paraphernalia of progressive 
housewives. These small motors are used 
for running the sewing machine, polishing 
biass and silver, chopping, washing, and 
freezing ice cream. The friction will bur¬ 
nish brass and silver without paste or 
polish. 
Surely the question of domestic service 
is fast reaching its solution in the genii of 
electricity. 
In installing electric connections it pays 
to see that most careful insulation is made. 
Economy in electric installment is like 
economy in plumbing—a saving at the 
spigot to spend at the bung. 
Three Lilly Pools 
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garden, and then the barrels were filled 
with water. 
The pool was at one corner of the gar¬ 
den, with a background of shrubs and 
lilacs. Water lilies—one the Odorata 
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