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House & Garden 
ELECTRIC LUXURIES THAT ARE NECESSITIES 
Because They Save Labor and Minimize 
the Servant Problem 
EVA NAGEL WOLF 
The table grill , which comes at $15 for a sin¬ 
gle burner and $27 for the double, has four 
heats and is provided with three cooking pans 
Breakfast Minus Servants 
Mitch of the day’s start depends on the 
cofee, and the coffee depends on the perco¬ 
lator. Prices vary according to size, etc. 
copper or silver plate, on straight lines, Co¬ 
lonial pattern or a copy of the well known 
Sheffield plate decorated with the Old English 
chased pattern. Or a set composed of urn, 
sugar bowl and cream pitcher on a tray to 
match makes an attractive gift at $29.50 to 
$49.75 for the silver chased pattern. 
For golden brown toast, the electric toaster 
is to be commended, for it will keep the family 
supplied with toast that is always hot and crisp 
waiting in the rack above. With the advent of 
the electric toaster we are assured of the dis¬ 
appearance of the leathern square that used 
to masquerade under the name of toast. They 
are priced at $6.35 and on up to $12 for the 
Sheffield pattern in silver. 
If one wishes a heartier breakfast and has 
time, just five minutes, to wait for the electric 
waffle iron to heat, why waffles can be turned 
out- two at a time every two minutes. The 
electric waffle iron is certainly a wizard. The 
aluminum grids require no greasing, conse- 
No well-ordered household can do 
without an electric flatiron. A six- 
pound iron, capable of making a dent 
in any laundry bill, comes at $6.35 
A Table Grill 
The more pretentious meal of 
luncheon or supper, or even the 
war time dinner, can be prepared 
at the table on a grill or table 
range. The latter comes in single 
or double. burner style with or 
without a single burner oven. 
The round grill at $9.50 has four 
heats and three cooking pans. 
One can boil, broil, fry or toast 
on the single burner grill. The 
single table range with an oven 
in which one can roast or bake is 
$15 and the double is $27. A 
whole meal for a small family 
can be cooked on the double 
burner table range, for the heat 
above and below each burner can 
be utilized. While the meat is 
roasting, potatoes can be browrr- 
ing under the same coils. The 
single portable range can be op¬ 
erated from a lamp socket, but 
the double range requires special wiring. 
Most women are familiar with the uses of 
the alcohol chafing dish, but now that alcohol, 
is prohibited the electric chafing dish will be 
substituted and will be found much more con¬ 
venient and certainly much cleaner to operate 
than the spluttering alcohol lamp that usually 
needed filling in the middle of the cooking 
operation. Electric chafing dishes cost $15.75 
and the silver Sheffield variety is priced at 
$27.50. 
Electric Heating 
After the experiences of last wintef it is 
the wise person who looks into this matter of 
heating with electricity if it has not already 
been done, for, with poor gas and little or no 
coal, one hails with delight, even though it is 
a bit expensive, the portable electric heater. 
It is most practical for the smaller room, and 
for the nursery, sick room and bath room, it is 
indispensable. It costs $9.50. 
O NCE upon a time there was a genie who 
was very powerful and very much feared. 
After many years there was bom a wise man 
who made many plans to outwit the genie. 
He studied long hours, consulted many huge 
books and made many curious experiments but 
finally enchained the genie until even to this 
day he is at the beck and call of those who 
but desire his services. This genie is elec¬ 
tricity, and the clever wise man, none other 
than our friend Edison. 
Those who desire the 
services of the great genie 
have but to push the but¬ 
ton or turn on the switch 
and lo! electricity is ready 
to serve. 
Many are the devices 
that have been made to 
enslave this genie, and 
this year especially are 
they in demand, for with 
the scarcity of coal and 
the rarity of servants, elec¬ 
trical utensils are a neces¬ 
sity in every home. 
A dainty table, a beau¬ 
tiful, cheerful woman op¬ 
posite, a piping hot break¬ 
fast served from glisten¬ 
ing electric utensils onto 
attractive china — what 
more could any man ask 
to start him right on his 
day’s work? That the 
woman is beautiful mat¬ 
ters not, but that she radi¬ 
ates cheerfulness is most 
important. In these days 
quently there is no smoke. What 
a charming gift for the family! 
The price is $15. 
of intermittent servants it is difficult to start 
the day cheerfully, but with the genie at the 
other end of the wire, and attractive cooking 
utensils, it is almost an unalloyed pleasure to 
cook a meal. The old drudgery of preparing 
a meal has lost all its terrors with such ap¬ 
pliances as the coffee percolator, for instance, 
which is easy to clean and in which one can¬ 
not help but make delicious coffee. 
Percolators or urns can be had in nickel, 
