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Show I Helpful Devices for the Household II p-w-jHE wiso housekeeper who is in- A terested in the decrease of tho I B high cost of living, and wishes I fco learn every phaso of homo- II craft from an economical standpoint, Ij understands that economy is not only spelt of dollars and cents but that tho Ij wise expenditure for articles which save i money, labor and timo, which may seem at first extravagant but in the end will prove a good investment. I Something that fills a long felt want is a pneumatic sweeper requiring no f electricity and combining pneumatic Buctiou nozzle and revolving brush, which is sold at a decidedly moderate price. In one operation it picks up lint, pins, threads, ravelings, etc., and thoroughly pneumatic cloans. The device de-vice is fully guaranteed, and the fact that nearly a thousand aro boing made each day is evidence of the excellent ! satisfaction they are giving. One of these sweepers maks a splendid addition addi-tion to the equipment of any household. house-hold. A practical labor eaver is a Bilver-clean Bilver-clean pan which does quick and' satisfactory sat-isfactory work without injuring tho e-ilverware. Rubbing or scouring is not needed, so no injury to the silver results. These pans come in various sizes from $1.25 up. Have you seon the new wardrobes made of art ticking which, hold ten gowns and take up little space in the closet? Then there is a hat box large ouough for ten hats. These are col-! col-! : lapsiblo and can be carried any place, as they fold up small enough to be taken in a steamer trunk. Thousands of steps .can bo saved daily by the use of a wheel tray. A black-finished wheel tray is very light in weight, but able to sustain 15.0 pounds. Everything necessary for serving serv-ing a meal can go to tho table in one trip. Much sickness which is caused by impure water is entirely eliminated by tho use of a good filter. A water filter connected back of tho faucet which insures in-sures pure, sparkling water for drinking drink-ing and; culinary purposes, draws the water indepondeut of the faucet water. Anothor filter, which can bo attached to the faucet without the use of tools, is a disc filter. Tho water passes through discs which catch tho dirt and filter all tho water which is drawn. A household scale with a brass dial is guaranteed to register the weight accurately. For practical purposes paper has a multitude of uses. Paper dish rags and towels, paper table cloths and. napkins help to oliminate many laundry bills. For 50 cents a kitchen clothes lino can be bought which can bo carried car-ried from room to room and hung on any hook. Another dovice, which only costs 50 cents, converts an ordinary coffee pot into a percolator and is guaranteed to make the coffee "clear as wine." You can watch all tho baking and roasting without watching tho oven door, if you have an oven fitted with a glass door. Your work will bo so much easier, bocauso you can watch the baking and cooking from any part of tho kitchen. A bread toaster is made so you do not havo to removo tho toast to sec how it is progressing and toasts bread in half tho time, for the heat toasts tho bread tho second it is placed over the fire. Tho toaster costs 25 cents. A polishing cloth which polishes and cleans brass, aluminum, nickol. silver, copper and gold is suroly a helpful 'articlo to the busy housekeoper. These ar.o 25 cents apiece. A kitchen tablo ia made of pressed steel in one piece and is covored with a coating of porcelain enamel. The drawor, which is partitioned into throe compartments, is largo enough to hold many kitchen utensils. This table takes the place of a moulding board and it is no longer necessary to use oilcloth on the kitchen table. Glass-headed pins aro indispensable for hanging up small pictures and draperies. No ncod to use a hammer. You can push them in with your fingers fin-gers and they will hold weight up to 100 pounds. Six of these may be had for 10 cents. s - it'? A baby's bathtub can bo suspendod insido ot the regular bath tub and bo filled from the faucet. It empties into the regular tub and does away with spilling the water. |
