BANISHING DRUDGERY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 September 1938, Page 5

BANISHING DRUDGERY

» LESS WORK THIS SUAIMER THE EVER-READY SERVANT.

1 There has. been no greater boon to '■ the housewife in recent years, than the • introduction of electricity to the home. < Almost has it revolutionised home-life. 1 this ever-ready servant, silent and ef- ! ficient, powerful yet cheap. 1 An inspection of the many electrical ■ appliances on display in the showroom 1 of the Wairararapa Electric Power • Board at Masterton, Carterton, Featherston, Greytown, and Martin- • borough will show how many and var- ■ ied the uses of electricity are in the' modern home. Stoves, Heaters, Irons, Mixers,. Washers, Refrigerators—they : are there for the modern housewife to 1 make use of, hand-maidens to banish drudgery and make life really worth ■ living. For good cooks and cooks who are ■ not so good, there is help in electric ■ cooking. The heat in an electric range I is always regular. Simple, switches or : thermostats control the boiling plates ; and the oven, at high, medium, .or low ■ temperatures. No draught from flues ■ can effect cooking when done the el- ■ ectrical way. Tbe housewife need never ! be disturbed by any alarming smell of burning, nor come to the oven to find > meats or sweets not yet done when '■ wanted for serving. ■ The heat in an electric oven can al- ■ .ways be controlled and a’ thermometer ! shows the actual temperature inside. ; So all the fuss of going to and fro : watching the food cooking is dispensed i with. One can cook and keep cool, for i there ..is no need to bend over a hot '■ electrical oven or peer into it. The : kitchen never becomes over-heated be- ; cause the heat is kept inside the oven ' and there is no flue through which it can escape and make the room stuffy.

It has been proved that with electric cooking, there is far less shrinkage than with cooking any other way. For instance, a leg of lamb weighing 31bs, lost 4ozs when cooked by electricity. When cooked by any other method the loss of weight was at least Bozs.

The modem housewife, concerned with keeping her house clean and comfortable with a minimum expenditure of money and labour, values the perfect heat-control made possible by electricity. She needs no fires —for the hot tap runs hot whenever turned on. day or night. Thermal-storage ,tanks heated by thermostatically-controlled current supply can be fitted to maintain a constant source of hot water to every hot tap. These are automatic heaters with the whole business of hot water supply automatic. All the power used goes into heating the water, the electrical way. No heat rushes up the chimney and the kitchen never resembles' a stokehold. But even houses that are not so modern need not be without electric hot water. Ingenious devices make it possible to convert the old-fashioned blaze boiler systems to electrical operation. In the Wairarapa Electric Power Board Showrooms there can be seen hosts of useful electrical domestic appliances, all available to the modern Wairarapa housewife. Two- important units of wide appeal are the Frigidaire Home Refrigerator and the Beatty Electric Washer. The beautiful new Frigidaifes bring more wonderful improvements than have ever been built into one refrigerator. Wider, roomier cabinets, automatic ice-tray release, full-width sliding shelves, automatic defroster, hydrator and lots of other improvements make the Frigidaire the ideal home refrigerator. Beatty Washers are almost household words. Beatty banishes Black Monday. It is a washer of efficiency, durability and pleasing design. Behind a very sale of a Beatty Washer stands i thorough service organisation for in auying Beatty, housewives buy the aest.