Novelties for the Home

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 6, 24 August 1928, Page 12

Novelties for the Home

A Sen-Wringing Mop. OME of the. newest labour-saving devices which have come to lighten the daily round of the English housewife are worthy of note. There is a self-wringing mop for washing floors with the minimum of effort. In appearance it is like an ordinary mop except that it has square ends to fit into the corners, At the side there is a small handle, which, when turned wrings the mop. This enables the use of much hotter water and also keeps the hands clean. When needed for polishing a floor the cotton mop may be removed and replaced with a dry polisher. A Potato Masher. (THEN there is a masher which prepares potatoes for the table in a very few seconds. This is a perforated metal cylinder with a wooden plunger, which pushes the potatoes . through the holes. It is a great improvement on the ordinary methods of mashing. An Ieceless Refrigerator. (THE iceless refrigerator is a2 boon to . housewives when ice is unprocurable. It automatically becomes cooler as the temperature of the air rises. It is water-cooled, having a container at the top, from which the water. slowly: .. penetrates to the absorbent lining of the food chamber. The hotter the day. the greater is the acceleration of the process of evaporation, ensuring a perfectly cool safe for all kinds of food. A Milk-Boiler, "THE problem of milk boiling over is solved by the new milk containers. They are made of aluminium in the form of a jug with a covered top. This top has an outlet in the centre . and also small perforations. These preak the skin of the milk as it rises. thus preventing all possibility of the milk boiling over.

A Thermos Jug. (THE old familiar thermos flask is being replaced by a new shape. Made like a jug to facilitate the pouring out, they are to be had in bright shades of blue, pink or green, and strike a cheery note of colour at the picnic party.

The @oman’s Point of View