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Show m LIVING IN A MAQIC HOUSR. "H EUetrlclty the Agent Thit Make It H the Town Wander. A cltlien of Troyos has constructed a house for hlninolf which ts tho won- HH (fer of tho town and. It might bo add- il d, of Franco. Naturally, tho wonder , It accomplished by moans of oloctrlc- H Itjr. There nro electric wires to overy JH port of tho house and garden and such a number of Ingontous contrlr- ,H most solved tho domestic servant .H problem. A telephone connects every part of 'H tho premlHcs with tho garden gato. 'H As soon us 11 visitor rings ho hoars jH the Inquiry "Who Is therot" When t 'jH ho has given his niuno tho mnstor JH welcomes him through tho telophono -1 and tho gate opoiiB, anil again closes rH when the visitor has entered. In tho -H vcstlbulo licforo lie Is aware ot It, lH magic In iihIh'a clean hln hoots, and H the door opens aiitoniailealy, while H n uiyHterioiiH olre tells 111 tit where to JH And the limber of the house The hit- jH ter nmy he In his Htinh taking u cup liH of tea and the visitor has only tn ox- proxH a wish when n second cup of tea appeals on the tnlilo tn nuswer to tho H pressure of the Imttun. Meals are iH servod In the same way, and come, ait- toriatlcally from the kitchen, news- H papers mid letters nro deposited on iH the drawing room table ns soon iih t they nro dropped In a tox near the H garden gate and most of tho pro- visions for the kitchen nro Introduced H In the snme expeditious way. Heat H and light, of courso, nro distributed 9 at will nil over tho house, and at ll night a guest may havo wurm bottles H nt his fc ct by merely pressing a but- 9iifl Tho imentor ot tho magic liouso H linn not jet altogether dispensed with iH servants, but while waiting for their jB entire abolition ho Is constantly with- jH In earshot of the maid, the rook mid H tho gardener, and tho ubiquitous tele- jH phono tianHiiilts to him faithfully jH very word they say to each other H with tho result that they daro not say H one disparaging word about their jH master unless they are miles away H from jH |
