Garland Globe | 1907-03-02 | Page 7 | Has an Electric Palace

HAS AN ELECTRIC PALACE. George Knap Lives In a House Full of Clever Devices. Paris. The homo of Goorgo Knap, nn engineer who might well bo called "tho king of motloni niaglclanB," Is a triumph of olectrlclty. No sorvnnts need appear to disturb the,lr master's tranquillity. Ho presses a button and a tray bearing a courso rolls Into tho dining room. Ho can halt tho tray at each guest's elbow. When tho tomporaturo In any electrically elec-trically heated room rises abovo 00 tlogreoH little bells ring. Prcssuro on a button silences thorn nnd roduceB tho teniporature. Knnp presses a button and the beds In ovory room aro heated comfortably. Another and tho morning meal and cnlteo nrrtvo mysteriously by each bedside. Another An-other and the blinds and whitlows opon of thomsolvcs. Yet anothor and ench room Is filled with noft light from half-hidden half-hidden lamps and pormeated with subtle sub-tle porfumo. A marvelous speaking tubo which Knap has Invoiitcd would not bo welcomed wel-comed hi most households. It enablos him to hear anything said abovo a whisper anywhere In tli6 houso nnd to answer If ho pleases.