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Show IB THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, December 17, 1987 A Mere 5 Cents Will Buy A Lot Off Christmas Joy by Helen Glissmeyer Green Sheet Staff Writer MIDVALE. A flick of a switch can produce a fantasy of electric1 brilliance on the Christmas tree or front porch gable. lit' A turn of a dial can bake up a batch of Santa cookies or loaves of nutty fruit cake. Lights and electricity add so much excitement and convenience to our holiday events, and yet we hardly give them a thought. But can we imagine what Christmas would be like without them? Utah Power and Light's Janice Taylor can tell some interesting tales about years past when the electric light was a new phenomena and electric appliances were a baffling challenge to the homemaker. Mrs. Taylor is an energy advisorhome economist at the Power company's Midyale station and often gives demonstrations on food preparation and efficient use of electricity. Mrs. Taylor points out that Salt Lake was the fifth city in the world to install central station lighting in 1891. Only New York, Chicago, Paris and Cleveland preceded us. When electric lights were first installed in the Newhouse Hotel and Hotel Utah in the 1890's, people didn't know how to use them. Signs were placed in the room which read: "This room is equipped with Edison Electric Light. Do not attempt to light with match. Simply turn key on wall by the door." : In smaller letters at the bottom, of the sign was another bit of vital "The of information. use electricity for lighting is in no way harmful to health, nor does it affect the soundness of sleep." Mrs. Taylor notes that these signs stayed on the walls for 20 years. When electric lights first came into homes, people didn't realize that bulbs should be changed. In the 30's it was the job of the home economist to go out and replace, light bulbs in order to increase the use of residential electricity. Then in the 40's the UP&L the trained representatives women to use the new electric equipment that was the market. The dryer, washing machine, iron, freezer and range were all new appliances. 1 It seemed that washing machines and dishwashers would sell only to the young homemaker because the older homemaker was too set in her ways of, doing the household tasks. When an electric range was sold in an appliance store, it could be bought for $2.50 down and small payments per month. Along with the range went a set of pots and pans. This was to be sure the pots had fitted lids and flat bottoms. Mrs. relates an Taylor experience of one of the economists who went to Southern Utah to "take care of a family who had meager living standards." As she was giving her demonstration on cake baking, the chickens and other animals were running through the house. "She could see that the kids needed haircuts, so while the cake was baking she cut their hair," laughs Mrs. Taylor. Nowadays Mrs. Taylor and her don't often have need to go into the homes. They invite the public to demonstrations in kitchens and their answer telephone questions. At Christmas time Mrs. Taylor and her assistants present creative ideas on food preparation and home decoration to hundreds of people each week. She gives hints on saving well-equipp- energy, such as the fact that it is not necessary to preheat an oven to bake most items. "The only things that need to set the cell structure rapidly, such as puff pastry, angel food cakes and pie crusts require a oven," TP . pre-heat- she says. The newest appliance on . r r." the market is the induction range which works on magnetism. Pans which have magnetic base set up a "magnetic field" and have instant on and instant off. It is really unique, she says. Mrs. Taylor assures everyone that electricity is still the best Christmas bargain. One little round nickel will bake three batches of cookies. It will light 64 lights on the Christmas tree for more than an hour or will run the new electric train for 50 hours. A nickel will provide light from a 100 watt globe six hours, so you can read practically the whole book you receive from Aunt Martha. ' Is there anything else you can buy for Christmas for a mere five 11 I T fat 3 I 74' vV , V V 1 a if a ' cents? Then turn on the lights and revel in their cheer. Turn on your oven and bake up a tasty treat. Be glad for a kilowatt Christmas. WOK WIZARD . . . Utah Power and Light cooking specialist shows off the advantages of the electric wok during demonstration held last Thursday. Holl- - day themes dominated the demonstration, held at the Cottonwood District Service Center in Midvale. If you're up nights thinking about your phone service. so are we. ;A " ,w-- ar t - WAY IT WAS . . . Janice Taylor of Utah Power and Light shows off light globe that Is an exact replica of original Edison light P L p 7TT ill . : i X Ives know X Blaine &Brenton love theii new Mi i y that fans of Ifbrgason will book 1940s, set off to find God's only true church. $9X5 Chances are you'll never need to call our toll-fre- e Home Phone Number in the middle of the night with a question about your telephone service. And chances are we'll be able to solve any service problem you may experience e through our regular daytime customer service numbers. that you just But on the might need a little extra help someday or some night, isn't it nice to know a toll-fre- off-chan- n Vr ce sentative is on the job for you, a day including weekends? and rest Simply dial assured you'll reach someone ready to do whatever it takes to make sure you're completely satisfied with our service. 24-hou- rs Our new Home Phone Number is just another way we're renewing our service commitment to you. And we intend to keep looking for ways to improve our service. Even if it takes all night. Mountain Bell Customer Service Repre 41 I Uzzzrzl Eon::' m Visit UoratoD Kaadicfaft the Chrtaatas Jaw 24-HOU- A DAY Mountain Bell A US WEST COMPANY Answers; tohaa&aieglfteoaly handsor 1987 Mountain Bell |