Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-29 | Page 9 | Kitchen Comfort

KITCHEN COriFORT Devices That Expedite the Important Work of the House EXCESSIVE heat Is ono of tho discomforts dis-comforts of summer cooking, whether It bo In country or city home. The gas companies have done much in roduclng the prlco of gas as Us consumption hns increased, and In giving a cooking rate. It is time the electilc light companies followed iult-Tho iult-Tho common rato of elccilclty for household iuo at prcarnt averages about ten cents a kilowatt hour. It would seem to the mcic observer to bo economy to put in other meters at- tached to the cooking apparatus and to M wM make a duy-or-cooking rate of. sayjlyc J H cents a kilowatt hour. Enough house-"- " t H holders could be Interested to warrant j running tho machinery through the I M daylight hours. Electric cooklrtg Is J H safe, clean and cool, and in many II M places whero there is no gas electricity Jl V Is now used. 1 M Meantime tho gas and vapor stoves l H of difforcnt kinds aro at hand to be ft H used. Vailous inquiries havo como to I H the Institute regarding tlatirons for f 'H summor use, and this plan has been M suggested whore elect! icity is not to bo J M had. Take a single-burner alcohol va- J, ,M por stove, which radiates comparative- mi- M ly llttlo heat, et will heat a thin Iron ,!H B lid very hot and quickly; uso a flatlron fj M with detachable handle or two cores, M heating ono flat while using the other, .fi M and the heating of laundry or kitchen '1 M from a big coal firo will be obviated m Several pooplo have come to us in 1 H dllllculties with their gas stoves. So I m far as can be told without personal 1 m Investigation, the trouble Is largely I H With tho adjustment of tho burner, llH Thero aro two kinds of gas manufuc- fH tured for lighting and heating pur- H m poses, coal and water gas. Coal gas 1 jH Is prepared bv distilling any coal rch I iH In hydrogen; while water gas In pro- - lm duced by passing superheated steam IH mixed with vaporized naphtha over lH red-hot anthracite coal. Tho coa s?n MH for both heating and lighting is sup ffH rlor to water gas, -and it is also safer. , VflH In some places natural .gas is used and I'H in others a gas mndo ron gasoline or fH Sme of the mineral ollSAll-o theno,--,, H differ In tho amount of oxygen or ( air- t, IjH consumed In combustion, and tho burn- Hl or" must bo adjusted to admit the H proper quantity. Gas Varies much, in lH nuallty. and each move has to be ad- HH jiS to the kind of gas used. Car- ffH bon monoxide Is only feebly nibqa- UH tlbte so the greater the quantity of WM his "clement tho more gas passes I H through the meter without result Jn ! H light and heat. 'jH