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bills may be in the offing. And
when the refrigerator fails there
s inconvenience. Sometimes there
is food loss.
On the other hand, appliances
are sturdily made, and even" "
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or may have years of good service
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left in it.
In that case you may ask your
self how it fits into your home.
Are you content to go on at the
same old grind of housework in
the same old way, or are you
ready to move ahead into new di
mensions of effective living?
Some experts compare this home
problem to the decisions that have
to be made in American facto
ries. In plant after plant, the man
agers are ripping out perfectly
good machines which could have
years of service ahead of them.
There are better machines today
and the factories can do better
job with the new.
Today, there are new refriger
ators, too. You have a much wid
er choice than you did when you
got your last refrigerator.
Do you have automatic or semi
automatic defrosting? In automat
ic defrosting, the refrigerator de
cides the time for the job and
does it. In semi-automatic defrost
ing, you tell the refrigerator when
to act. In one case, it is complete
ly off your mind, and you don't
nave to bother about it. In the
other case, you can adjust the
arrangement of food before de
frosting. Some people find their
storage plan calls for human su
pervision. You may be buying a freezer.
You may be getting one of the
combination freezer - refrigera
tors or paired units that stand
side by side.
You may like your freezer space
above the refrigerator. But you
probably use the refrigerator more
than a freezer. Some people find
it more convenient to have the
freezer space at the bottom, and
RANGE RAINBOW
Gai ranges now are made with
enamel surfaces in black, blue,
brown, coppertone, jray, green,
pink, red, tan, white and yellow.
Metallic finishes come in antique
bronze, antique copper, bright
enrome, satin enrome and stain
less steel.
Surveys by the American Gas
Association show that yellow and
green are favorite colors. Stain
less steel works beautifully with
any color.
WHAT IS NATURAL GAS?
Have you been wondering just
what natural gas is?
Formed millions of years ago
through the decomposition of mat
ter, it is found in pockets of
sponge-like rock far below the
earth s surface. It can only be
found by drilling successive wells
until the gas-bearing strata is located.
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CLAMOR 1ZE IT The thoughtful husband will tuck a iurpr.se
into the appliance hei giving hit wife for Ch.Utmas. Rose, perhaps.
Or her favorite perfume. It doesn't have to be big or expensive just
very personal and slightly sentimental.
GUESS WHAT? To add feslire holiday note and 10 keep them pleasing, dress up your appliance
gifts in gay wrapping with Yulelide motifs. Here are some suggestions from Dennison's designera
which can aenre lo inspire you lo many attractive variations.
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ances valued at 116.4 billion arc
currently in use in the United States
Of this number. 7I.S million are
sei zed by utility gas and the remaii.
der by LP or bottled gas. The 35
million gas-using families average
almost three gas appliances apiece.
BUILT IN FACILITIES
Today's steel kitchen cabinets
provide built-in facilities such as
pull-out shelves and racks.
CUTS DOWN COLDS
An automatic dryer cuts down
on colds and chapped hands. -
there are many refrigerators built
that way.
The new wall refrigerators which
become part of the kitchen shelv
ing are convenient in many kitchen
layouts. Other types are built into
the wall itself. You can also get
counter-type refrigerators with
work space on top. And some peo
ple use two small units instead of
one large one.
You can get refrigerator doors
that can open right or left, and
some have devices that permit the
same door to open either way at
your convenience. Your choice
could make a big difference in the
number of steps you take. It de
pends on your kitchen plan.
Wrap Christmas Gifts For Surprises
For years Father and the young
sters nave been baffled about
how to present Mother with a
White Christmas gift of a major
kitchen appliance and wrap it so
it would come as a huge surprise.
The problem of how to disguise
these gleaming gifts has been solv
ed this season in some imagina
tive ways by Dcnnison stylists.
Here are some suggestions that
may be just what you're looking
tor:
The new refrigerator can be
turned into a happy Santa by1 cov
ering the entire appliance with red
crepe paper. An easy way to do
it is to wind the paper in layers
around the refrigerator horizontal
ly, securing the ends with tape.
How To Do It
Make Santa's belt by folding
black crepe paper and placing it
around the middle of the appli
ance, taping it down in back. The
buckle is a large square of gold
foil taped on the black belt.
Use a real mitten or cut a mit
ten shape from green paper and
tape' it to the front, sticking a
candy cane in it.
For Santa's face: tape on a ta
ble tennis ball or a large tree
ball for the nose, use large gum
med stars or round notary seals
or the eyes, black masking tape
or black pipe cleaner for the
mouth. Stick on cotton for eye
brows and beard.
To make Santa's cap, cover a
large cardboard carton with more
red crepe, bringing it to a point at
the top. Add a wad of cotton for
a pompon, and stick it at a jaunty
angle on Santa's head.
Disguise tho new ironer as a
fireplace. You can do this by cov
ering it completely with brick
patterned crepe paper. Use cello
phane tape to hold the ' paper in
place. Mass greens and pine cones
on top. Pile the family's presents
in the opening. Andirons and other
fireplace equipment if you have
it on hand will add a realistic
touch.
Por the new washer let the
wlsple family share in the fun of
decorating. Cut two tree shapes
from green construction paper.
Staple together down the center.
Fold one side forward, the other
back. Tape to one corner of the
wasncr.
Drape two lengths of red cord
or tinsel rope across the front,
hanging small mitts and Christ
mas stockings on them. Tuck lolli
pops into them. The mitts and
stockings can be cut from double
thickness of colorful crepe, then
mo siaes stuenca logetner.
Trim with Snowflakes
Snowflakes printed on midnight
blue crepe make a perfect coverup
for that freezer. Get packaged pre-
cut crepe icicles and tape them
around the top.
For a humorous touch, blow up
a yellow balloon or find last
summer's beach ball and
with plastic tape make slant eyes
and smiling mouth of an Eskimo
boy on it. Tape on cotton for a
hood. Add a wreath of greens at
the neck. Clever?
Trim the new range with
large versions of Christmas good
ies, such as gingerbread figures,
cookies and so forth. Cut them
from brown construction paper and
tape in place. Tie it all together
with a 10-inch band of bright red
flame-proof crepe. Loop more
crepe together for a bow on top.
A cylinder - shaped hot -water
heater can be made to look like
a kingsize candy cane by spiral
ing Christmas red flameproof
crepe streamers around it. Secure
streamers here and there with cel
lophane tape,
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HAIDERS There's always plenty of Ice In the modern gas refrig
erator when the youngsters come looking. With the magic ice server
keeping a constant supply on hand, you'll never run out one of
(lie many pleasures lo be had from your new refrigerator.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
Today's homemaker spends less
than three hours a day preparing
meals in an all-gas kitchen. The
housewife of yesteryear had to
work nine hours a day in a hot,
smoky kitchen to cook her family's
food.
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FIGURE IT YOURSELFi Here's
how to find your best oven height!
Measure A, lite number of incites
from floor lo elbow. Subtract three
inches, the distance lo allow be
tween forearm and open oven
door. Subtract B, the distance be
tween lop of the opened oven door
and lower surface of oven frame
These Iwo subtractions leave you
with C, the height to which the
oven's receiving frame should be
built.
' ABOUT FREEZER FOOTS
Do not refreeze thawed foods.
After they are cooked, however,
they may be returned to the freezer.
For a Christmas gift that keeps
you young ask Santa for a washer-dryer.
FREEZER HINT
Try to arrange foods in your
freezer so that those frozen first
1 are used first.
SPACE VS APPLIANCE
Years ago kitchen space was
measured to provide shelf and
cabinet room for a variety of au
xiliary cooking appliances. Now
the trend is in reverse, says the
Gas Appliance Manufacturers As
sociation, and the space is being
used for food storage or practical
placement of china and utensils.
The reason? Manufacturers now
are producing gas ranges equip
ped with special controls, griddles,
roussene ovens ana otner lca
tures to take care of special cook
ing functions which formerly re
quired auxiliary appliances.
WHERE TO NOW?
What happens to the old gas
range when the home improver
provides a shiny new one for the
kitchen? The Gas Appliance Manu
facturers Association recommends
a cellar spot for the old one.
It will be ready for coffee breaks
for the improver himself when he's
at workbench tasks, or for bis wife
when she's at the laundry or other
cellar chores.
The extra cooking capacity fits
in when the guest list taxes even
the spacious modern gas range.
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Give her an automatic
gas appBiasice for Christens
It's the newest trend, and she'll love any one
of them. A modern automatic gas range is
faster . . . more controllable . . . cooler . . .
smokeless broiling! And with the modern
top-burner heat control she can dial any heat
and make all her pots and pans automatic!
Or give her an automatic gas clothes dryer
. . . it's so much faster . . . more economical.
Or the glamorous new Ice Server Gas Refrig
erator. No trays ... no defrosting! Or an
automatic gas, water heater will give her
loads of really hot, "sanitizing" water to
make all her household work easier! And
remember gas is so much faster!
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