Show APARTMENT 1 P HOUSE MOUSE LUXURY I NEW YORK March 11 American American apartments readily lead the wo world ld to today today today to- to day in the completeness of or their mechanical me me- equipment The best engineering engineering engineering engi engi- skill Is constantly busied with new devices which will raise our st standards of comfort and luxury The decorations oL 0 high class apartments In n London and Paris may rival our own but the equipments which make for or comfort are distinctly inferior The evolution of the apartment is besides very rapid Every new apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment house strives to outclass Its predecessors Although the war seriously se seriously seriously se- se checked most building It does not seem to have interfered with the deve development of these labor saving sav- sav ng ing devices The mechanical devices s which reduce re reduce reduce re- re duce the drudgery of housekeeping soon become the property of ot oft all The housekeeper reads today of some some t new equipment in a a a. year apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment and tomorrow of ot the next renting rentIng rent- rent Ing ng season demands it is in the moderato moderate mod mod- erate erato priced flat A few years ago the icebox and the dumbwaiter were were considered luxuries t today day they are are the he necessities of ot the cheapest flat By s the newest equipment of ot ho the tho most costly apartments it is possible possible possible pos pos- sible to prophesy the features of the cheaper of the near future The latest refinement of the familiar familiar fa fa- icebox is the unit refrigerating ing s system tem which enables each housewife housewife house house- housewife house house- wife to make her own ice An n In Ingenious hi- hi n- n genious electrical device is installed in each etch kitchen which may be setin sot set in n motion by merely coling a switch The Tho motor whirs for a few moments and the chest Is quickly brought to any degree desired It is only necessary necessary necessary essary to set an Indicator at the required re required required re- re temperature for keeping meat or vegetables or cooling drinks and the machinery does the rest A system system system tem of pipes is s sometimes Installed for tor circulating ice water throughout a large apartment In warm weather again the air throughout a large apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment house may be scientifically cooled The air Is first drawn from the street and washed to remove the dust and germs with which city air all airIs allis airs Is s likely to be laden It Is s then cooled by being forced through athin a athin thin mist developed by a ir g apparatus Care is taken taleen to give It just the right degree of moisture The air cooled by earlier processes has often proved to be too damp for comfort The cooled air is Introduced at the top of the room since it it nat naturally tends to fall tall rather than to rise The heating of an apartment need needa no longer be bo left to the caprice of the janitor or superintendent The heat supply may be controlled entirely entire entire- ly by a thermostat It is only necessary necessary necessary essary to push the indicator of the dial to the exact temperature desire and the brings the room to this degree of heat and keep It itI I there This Is obviously a great i improvement im im- m provement th common method of rapping on the pipes for more heat heator I or sc scolding scalding tho the superintendent over the telephone Still another refinement of the heating system Is the device device- which makes it possible to control the heat heal supply by a clock It Is s thus possible possible pos pos- sible to set the heating apparatus to begin operations at a given time On retiring at night the Indicator maybe may maybe maybe be set for say 6 o'clock the followIng following follow follow- ing morning The Tho housekeeper may i then go to slet sleep p with a clear mind knowing that the heat will be turned I on promptly even while she is sound asleep If one prefers io to sleep in a cold room the clock device will assure as assure assure as- as sure a comfortable temperature In the morning to dress by Incidentally many modern modem apartments are heated by electricity or by burning gas thus doing doln away with the removal of ash ashes J and adding to the cleanliness of housekeeping It Is a common experience In apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment houses that th the tho piping corrodes so rapidly that It must be remove removed removed- after seven or eight years This corrosion corrosion cor cor- roslon has been found to be due to tho the amount of ot free oxygen In most water A special device is now used to eliminate part of ot the oxygen from the water before It is turned into the pipes As a result the tho piping lasts for many years thus doing away with the necessity of tearing out the floors and walls wall at Intervals to replace breaks The elevator systems of ot the newest newest newest new new- est apartments have been greatly improved Im im- im- im proved In some of ot the most expensive sive sl modern houses an an apartment may have a I private ele ator for Its own exclusive use The small automatic automatic automatic auto auto- matic electric elevator Is it also becomIng becoming becom becom- ing more common It is summoned to any floor by merely touching a but but- ton and can be carried to any de desired desired de- de desired sired floor by pressing other buttons and is so controlled by automatic de devices devices devices de- de vices as to be perfectly safe and foolproof fool fool- proof A special device brings the tho elevator exactly to tho the level of the noo floor The old fashioned dumbwaiter with Its creaking rope and pulley Is being replaced by electric elevators which are controlled by buttons These move much more rapidly than the old forms while the doors are opened and closed I automatically In some of the largest largest largest larg larg- est apartment houses there are large largo freight elevators which will carry a loaded furniture van from the street l level evel to any floor where it may be conveniently loaded or unloaded A I diminutive elevator Is introduced in some apartment houses housea for distributing distributing ing the mall mail It consists of ot a series of ot shelves one for each apartment I into which the tho mall mail is distributed When the elevator passes a floor a catch opens a small door leading int Into o tho apartment and at the same time tilts the mail mall Into a a. chute which de delivers delivers delivers de- de livers it to the proper room The telephone system of the new newer apartments is also carefully designed designe d to lend greater convenience and vacy If the wire leads to the central of ot the building tho the apartment maybe may maybe maybe y be said to be at the mercy of the op opera op- op era tor Some apartments therefore in addition to the regular house service service service ser ser- vice have two or three trunk wires In an apartment of or twenty rooms room s I there may be as many telephone ex ex- ex tensions There is usually a central centra l switch in the apartment operated b by bythe bythe y the butler and In addition a private wire which makee it possible to tai talk k II without the possibility of ot any servant servant ser ser- vant want listening in on the conversation |