STORY OF THE SALAMANDER

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2705, 26 February 1916, Page 7

STORY OF THE SALAMANDER

ECONOMY IN THE KITCHEN. This is tho day of strict economy. It is tho national cry, and the only com-moil-sense way of getting ready to meet the day when the war bills liavo to be paid. And we've all got to pay, mark that. Some peoplo think that economy moans pinching and scraping, a kind of horrible discomfort, with 110 joy and heaps of worry. Nothing ot the* kind. Sound economy means cutting down the waste. There are people in this town to-day who can live twice as well on half the income of their neighbours simply because they have cut down waste in every department of household economy. In other words, they run their houses on business lines. And that is the whole story of the Roberts Salamander oven. There is nothing very wouderful about its make-up; the man who invented it wasn't looking for complicated construction and fancy touches to catch the eye. .He was right out after the waste, and ho built a stove that was guaranteed to do it; the Salamander fills the bill. Lieutenant Roberts used to be quartermaster for the Wellington Infantry Regiment, which - 'means that lie had to see that tho men in camp got tlioir nieals hot, well-cooked, and on time. But the waste worried him, and to solyo his troubles ho invented tho Salamander, and be proved to the satisfaction of Sir Alexander Godloy, Commandant of the New Zealand Forces, lihat his Salamander could pay for it- - solf and reduce waste to the vanishing point.. The "Roberts' Salamander ovens," said General Godley, in his report to the Government after their first trial in camp, "paid for themselves in tho first instance, besides giving complete satisfaction." From that day the Salamander has never looked back. You will find them to-day cutting down tho waste in every big camp in New I Zealand—one singlo stove can cook for five hundred men, or more, according to the size of the stove. .-You will find them cutting down the waste in the big hospitals, on big stations out-back, on railway works; in Kirkcaldio and Stains' big tea cafe 011 tho Quay. And all tho time tho .Koberts' Foundry, is hustling up new plant in order to keep pace with its orders. What is tho secret of this efficiency? In the first placo the ovqns aro "nested" in such a w - ay that they get every ounce of heat there is to be got. The heat goes all over the ovens, down tho ends, and underneath in regular waves. Result —uniform heating, no turning of food while cooking, and, co nsequently, reduced fuel consumption. You savo on the fuel twice in one hit, for it takes less fuel in the first place to get the Salamander up to cooking temperature, and the fuel that you do use does more work all round the ovens and tho boiler, because none of it is wasted. It burns coal, coke, or wood, with equal results; there are no dampers to worry with, as tho high-pressure boiler receives the full force of the oven draught, and there aro 110 cross-bars in the hot plato to burn out.

Tile Salamander is the biggest tiling in house hold economy tliafc has over hit the market, and it is every bit as good and faithful in tlio little kitchen as it has been proved to bo in the big camps. It can be fixed at half the cost of an ordinary cooking range, and can be installed either in the corner, the side, or out in the centra of the kitchen. If you are going to build a new home get your architect to specify a Salamander. It will pay for itself, and cut down your kitchen waste. Think over it, tot up your cooking expenses, and then sit down and write to the secretary of the Salamander Ovens Company, John-

I ston Street, Wellington, and get a catalogue mailed you by return post.' Specify what you want, and the company's foundry will turn out a money-savor that will 1 satisfy you on every point.—Published by arrangement.