. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . the possible use of many devices which one willfind absolutely necessary to happiness before many more months have passed,so substantial is the progress electrical devices are making each day. It is no longer necessary to tear walls and ceilings down, to take up carpets andhardwood floors, and to turn the household upside down with hul)bub and litterin order to introduce the wires. A clever process is emi:)loyed in i)lace of the oldmethod, that of fishing.
. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . the possible use of many devices which one willfind absolutely necessary to happiness before many more months have passed,so substantial is the progress electrical devices are making each day. It is no longer necessary to tear walls and ceilings down, to take up carpets andhardwood floors, and to turn the household upside down with hul)bub and litterin order to introduce the wires. A clever process is emi:)loyed in i)lace of the oldmethod, that of fishing. The clever electrician fishes the wires up and downthrough the walls and in and out under floors, with no cutting of walls exceptwhere covered l)y fixtures, and with no taking up of floors except in attic andcloset. Like all good servants, electricity can turn its hand to anything. In thekitchen for all cooking or supplying hot water by the circulation water heater; inthe butlers pantry for keeping meats and plates warm with the portable warmeror the built-in hot closet; in the dining or breakfast room for the individual chafiu- 121. dish, coffee urn, tea ket-tle or dining-room set,toaster and waffle iron;in tlie bathroom, bed ordressing room, the watercup for the morningshave, the curHng-ironheater and of course theelectric fan in all of theserooms; again in the bed-rooms the heating pad(which ne^er cools offand cannot leak) foi-warmth and comfort, orin case of illness as aremedial agent, and theelectric iron for ])ressingout the many little thingsthat require the nursery the Elec-tric ]\Iilk Warmer evenly Cnfft r? perrolatT. an d if^ unnornil\ warms babys milk to the desired tem-])erature—the same for all feedings at the turn of the switch—^not heated un-evenly, coolest at top and hottest at the bottom, as is the case where heatis applied to the bottom of the container. In the laundry for ironing, washing,drying, and in fact every operation that belongs to th
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