| Show ELECTRIC CURRENTS THE LATEST THING IN STOVES S IN tew NEW YORK billere is I 1 a in which no I 1 loci 10 beil for tor billic lic dinner ll iller 1 11 ta ati anit iid bans need eed N 0 o scouring HE ingenious devices for cooking dinners b the aid of merely a few wires and an unseen electrical curlent current are biL beginning ginning A to find their way into the kitchens of aj many new york millionaires in one hoc uptown tho the daughter of the ille house pours tea from a kettle heated by electricity and her loom room Is supplied with a curling iron also heated by electrical energy but electrical kitchen la is the chief object of interest the cooking stove bears atry ry little resemblance to an ordinary range it Is very much cleaner and Is in all waa a marvel of convenience the electric stove in actual use consists of a substantial table on which stand the heit generators wherewith the cooking Is done 11 neath the table are a series of ovens each of which la Is provided A biti ita a separate heat beat generator of its own the back of the range la Is arranged with a broad shelf on which other heat generators are placed there also la Is the keyboard which regulates the strength of current and the temperature of the stove the wires mires which aro are wound with green silk and carefully insulated to prevent an accident ara attached at one end to little copper posts in exactly the simo sime way as the wires of a telegraph instrument the other ends are fastened to the heat beneath the saucepans or boilers the current la Is turned off or on by turning a little key like those on the incandescent light lamps any one can start a good baking fire in this way with his eyes shut there is no chance of the are fire going out when the weather la Is damp or of ita its smoking or becoming stopped by clinkers one curious feature of the electrical stove Is that it Is supplied with as many different ores fires or heat generators as there are dishes to be cooked instead of there being one large surface heated all over as in the case of ordinary kitchen ranges each kettle or saucepan Is separately connected and pro vided ith a heating apparatus of ita its own of course given gives the electrical stove a very unusual appearance there may be for instance a kettle of soup boiling over on one side and next to it on an ico ice cream freezer in which the cream la Is being rapidly frozen by the electrical energy which churns it an ingenious cook can find all sorts ot of possibilities in this apparatus it Is quite possible for example to have any dish cooking on a tide side table in far tat fart t the various booking iray way bo carried all over the house and bet set going by turning a twitch it the cook wish s to prepare a dish of sauerkraut the x niro lre may bo be easily lengthened and trio cooking carried en on in somo some remote spot in the back yard or the sub cellar collar the vexations of housekeeping arc are reduced to a minimum by the electrical ptole it gives out no cou coil co U dust and the now kitchen resembles a parlor more than the overheated smoky kitchens we are all fai familiar nillar with A little practice soon teaches one the trick of it at first it seems difficult to the uninitiated to calculate what voltage will cook an egg roast a turkey or bake bread to the desired color dut but the ordinary cook soon loses all fear of the complex apparatus while the visitor was gazing in wonder at the electrical stove an order was wils shouted down oln tho the back stairs ti I 1 th tin most approved electrical litcher par I 1 lance ance bridget shouted the olce 1 frair above have you started to ge thit dinners you havo have eight minutes tc broil that chicken and cook the vege tabled and ou bid had better not waste aste any diore time all right I 1 raid cald bridget start the fire in a minute muni mum A few moments later tho the olce U was as heard again bridget it wild this time don I 1 give that chicken too many volts tonight or you u will ill cook tho the life out of it and keep the things that are cooking on tho the bibles co ile sure not to fet fec the pot boll on tho the floor door where any ono one may walk into it ye see explained the cook 1 I like to carry the meat around with mth me and hive it cooking besides beside me eo so I 1 v ont be likely to forget it and let it burn tho the electrical kitchen la is also pro eded with nith an electrical glue pot and the laundry Is 13 equipped with electric irons the cooking uti anstis of 0 the clec electric range include ovens of sizes i t chafing dish tea kettle griddle iron for baking calies and anti a broiler brolle lor for meats W r P 11 COOKING BY |
