SUMMER PROBLEMS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1939, Page 11

SUMMER PROBLEMS

O, IDEAS FOR MODERN WOMEN SAVING HEALTH AND WORK.

rpiIOUGH they are the seasons o brightness and gladness, sprinf and summer bring new problems tr the housewife—problems of food pre servation, problems of hot dreary day. l in the wash-house. •'Few women realise..” said Mr N. R Cunningham, managing director oi N. R. Cunningham, Ltd. Queen Street Masterton. “the danger they expose themselves and their families to by neglecting consideration of the deterioration of foodstuffs during hoi weather. Bacteria thrive in spring and summer. These most harmful of micro-organisms bring about definite contamination of perishable foods. .Foods, ostensibly fresh, are yet almost surely a breeding ground for bacteria." According to Mr Cunningham, temperature control alone will prevent bacteriological action on foods. “This is the job of the home refrigerator," said he, “the modern home necessity which prevents food shortage and food wastage.” Gone for ever are the days of exposed meats on open shelves. Bacteria cannot exist in a refrigerator which keeps the temperature down to a safety level. Dust and insects cannot gain access to tHe food because of the heavy, sealed doors on the modern Gibson electric or the famous Hallstrom non-electric home refrigerators. As correct humidity is obtained, no damp atmosphere can favour the growth of mould. On display at N. R. Cunningham, Ltd, there are models of both the. Gibson and the Hallstrom refrigerator. The Gibson electric machine is a marvel of modern domestic and industrial engineering ingenuity. An inspection of it reveals clearly why it is so often said that “the Gibson refrigerator offers the only real and practical improvement in food preservation since a compressor replaced a cake of ice.” Open the door and there you see how roomy the Gibson is, the “Magic Freezer Shelf” for making icecubes and freezing jellies and desserts, which means economy of operation and no drying out of goods. Then, too. there is the Hallstrom. Australian-made, kerosene-operated refrigerator which brings to the country home all the advantages of those luckier ones living in a reticulated district. Just as the Gibson saves and preserves food for the housewife with electricity at her command, so does the Hallstrom save and preserve food for those who have no electricity in -their home. “We're proud, too,” said Mr Cunningham, “of the service we offer housewives with two remarkable Vacuum Cleaners. We carry- two different makes, the ‘British Empire’ and the ‘Haywin.’ The ‘British Empire’ cleaner is a remarkable job. Honestly built and attractively finished, it is guaranteed to give the most reliable and long-lasting service. We make the definite claim that this machine will out-perform any other cleaner of similar price on the market. “Here is a thought for husbands,” concluded Mr Cunningham. “Why should a woman be condemned to hours of arduous sweeping, dusting and polishing? Surely she deserves some consideration! For his lawn, father buys a lawn-mower. Why shouldn’t he buy his wife a cleaner for her house- But buy a ‘British Empire' cleaner or a ‘Haywin’!”