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Show WH AT A THIN DIME AYILL DO Some one with a penchant for statistics sta-tistics and figures has figured that a dime's worth of electricity, based on a price of 10 cents per kilowatt hour, will perform the following services in the household. Operate a 16-candle lamp for about a month. Operate a six-pcund flat-iron for 1 month and a half. Do a washing equivalent to twenty sheets each week for about two months mon-ths and a half. Operate a vacuum cleaner long enough to clean about one-tenth of an acre of carpet. Operate a sewing machine for 20 censecutive hours. Drive an electric fan four hours a clay for nearly a week. Brew two and a half gallons of-coffee- in an electric percolator. Operate a heating pad for from one-half to- one week, depending upon up-on the beat used. Operate a foot warmer five consecutive consec-utive hours Operate a water pump long enough to raise 100 gallons 1,100 feet. Make 100 slices of toast. |