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THE OREGON SUNDAY' JOUgNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, JULY. 12. 1008.
and Flats Are Fitted Out
Witk Electric Appliances to Render Housework PleasantBachelors Welcome tke Electric Chafing Dieh ani Kettle Great Reduction in the Price of Current EnaWes All to U It
By Martha Cunning-ton.
LONDON, June 2. Eleotrlclty In .
the household li creating a sort
of doiqestlo revolution In Enf
lund and other European coun
tries Just now. In the newest
lloUla In London old-fashioned cooking
ranges have been completely done away
with, ' Even In King Edward's house
hold a conservative Institution leo
trlclty has been Introduced into the
hltcson; while his new yacht and the
royal train have Just been equipped with
electrlq cooking and heating arrange
ment a. in several of the big laundries
electricity does all the work that hu
man hands can't do, and its other do
mestic uses now range from Dueling
potatoes to heating curling irons for X
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The main reason why electricity has
not been more generally used heretofore
has been the expense of current, but
most of the big electrical supply com
panies have recently reduced thalr
prlrea so considerably that electric
energy Is placed within reach of every
one. Nearly all the companies now
supply electricity "for heating purposes
only" at about one-half of what they
usually charge for lighting.
Domestic electricity has evidently
como to stay, but It has not arrived
without opposition even on the part of
thoso whose toll It was principally In
tended to lessen. For Instance, In East
man's great laundry works In London
recently the attempt to Introduce elec
tric Ironing met with strenuous resist
ance on the part of nearly all the laun
dresses. They were prejudiced against
the. "new-fangled Irons, with bits of
string tlad to "em," and almost went on
strike whim t ho manager tried to make
them jflva up the old methods. How
ever, being an astute Judge of human
nature, lie quietly fitted up a room with
nothing but electric irons In It. Kev
er.'il of the more courageous and enter
prising women were sent in to work
on what Is called tho piece work plan,
beincr pnld nt so much per piece, pro- In a number of the big hotels, eleo
vided they worked solelv with electric trlclty Is used for washing dishes. cut
Irons. , The main advantage of these tiig cabhages, peeling potatoes, sharp
Irons la that they remain hot all the enlng knives ana other purposes. Small
time, and as there Is no changing from motors are attached to the machines
tepid irons to hot ones, the women were which do these things, and the work
able to do twice as much ironing as was is accomplished far mora rapidly than
done In a prlvnn time by old methods, by the ordinary process. The employ
Consequently being paid by the place, ment of electric motors In driving labor
they made twice as much money. When saving machines has already proved lt
tho women had had a week at piece sel so useful and economical that every .
work with the "elaotrtcs" the manager day many electric Installations are
put them back at tha ordinary Irons, made; ana In no case has there been
rikI they almost went on strike once a return to other methods which are
more this time clamoring to be allowed already pronounced "old-feshloned."
to work by the new method. And so Of eours, for several yeurs eleo
the eleotrio Iron and the manager-- trlclty has been used In many big man
won a triumph. Eleotrlo lronir get hot ufacturlng plants for driving various
nlmost Instantly; and-all the housewife kind of machinery, such as lathes and
has m do when he wants to Iron Is to lifting cranes, but Is has only been
turn a switch. As to expense, It has within the Inst year that Ua general
been found, with the reduction now application to domestic work of all
mule bv the eleotrlo companies when kinda has nmds such headway. In a
nuppiving current for "heating only.' large number of dairies the churns are
that thae irons work out at about hslf, pow driven by electricity; and several
and In some cases one-third, the cost bakeries are usImk electricity especially
of ordinary irons. for, beatin prbs and mixing the nrn-
The success of ths eleotrlo Iron has terlal for cakes, where a high speed is
led to the application of the same power required.
io many other purposes. Sewing ma- In TJermsny, particularly In the dls
ohinos can now be "ronneotad up" to trlet of Westphalia, several agricultural
elertrlc wires running; Into the house, operations are carried on wholly by
and one of the severest domestic drudg- electrlo methods. In Baden the thresh-
nt.-r.-., .iO. A .mall ntsx... 1 tl if fltld StfflW hlln 1T1 ft C tl t ft A V ' A T A
is clamned on the back of the machine electrical! v driven, and many of 'the same principle as thoe Installed at power is obtained that even the cow- In many households. There Is no tin-
and nil a woman has to do Is to de- ''"''V farms are equipped with electric Niagara; and wires take the electric stalls are lighted by electricity, while necessary heat, smell or smoke, and the
itpss the traadle In accordance with I,ow'r- 1" Switzerland, nearly every- power up the mountains.. Electricity is the power is UHed for chopping tur- reduction of tto cost of power renders
tho npe.i ,,.. th nhin in thing is donu by oioctriclty nowadays. In use In all the Swiss laundries and nips, driving chum, making butter, and the process aliiMst twice as cheap as or-
he . . v,r rn id work nn lto-t.t A11 " ,,lK onte.lrt At the tops of the hotels, and It Is the one country in the threshing during the harvest: One of dinury sas or coal. The only expense
T,teri.i . .. 5i mountains have.: .-leclric kitchens, and world where housework has ceased to the great advnntnges of electric farm- at present is the original outlay. This
?nwn- tn .tnJ ive if JVntA ",ost of tho work lR don6 "V electricity, be a drudgery. lug Is that no naked lights aro used first expense once covered, "the rest"
Li hV r.,,..t!'' i -rhi' ev,n to swciMiliig the carpets. Owing On several of the Swiss and German about ti:e barns, an the abnonce of the is slinplitity Itself. Tif sitnply turn-
Biii?m agression is maae. ine eionomy to the hif,n altitudes of most of these farms where electric power is not In- usual disastrous fireH during harvest ing a switch, you can bring an electric
in tne oe or tne sewing macnine rep- pincos in Svvitzorland, it would be al- stalled direct, tney make their own time Is a marked feature in these dls- kettln to boll in from five to eijrht
resents a saving or rieaitn to tiia worker, most Impossible ti use any other power, power by bringing the water up to high- tricts. - minutes, ordinary gas taking, as a rule,
jkiany piiysUians win not permit women tho expense of gettlna ooal being too pressure tanks, supplied by rfn automat- In England It is mainly In the house- 15 minutes. The electric frvtng pan
to work at ordinary sewing machines, great; but, with the number of water- ically controlled, electiic-drlven pump, hod that electricity has scored its will cook your chop to perfection at a
But. with electrlo motors to drive the falls which mo scattered throughout the water being pumped up to the roof greatest triumph. For ordinurv eook- oost of less than 1 cent, while the elec-
iTiachlne, a woman has nothing to do tho country any amount of cheap elec- of the tallest ouildlng. The water Is lug operations It Is almost perfection, trie oven will do a roast "to a turn"
now but guide the material and keep trl power may be had. Turbines are then made to drive dynamos, and by The Installation of electric cooking without any oftha gassy smell which
tho bobbin full. placed at most of the falls on the this means such a large amount of ranges has wrought wonderful changes aecompanias modern gas stoves. Com-
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pared with sleesfic ranges the ordinary
coal-burning stove Is simply "not In it"
for a moment. Each shelf inside an
eiectrio range can bo heated separately,
and you can bake two different kinds of
cakes at different temperatures. Tho
perfection of regulation in an electrlo
range Is raully marvelous. For grill
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work, or rapidity of heating, by switch-1
Ing on more power at a given point, then
most Intense hvat may obtained In
stantly. One of the best points about:
the electrlo stovs Is thst, when thai
cooking Is over, you simply turn mt
switch, and the rang Instantly be-j
comes cold. There Is no wasteful dls-1
slpatlon of heat which foes on for
hours after cooking has bean done on ua1
ordinary stove. While a small stovs
for a flat may cost 160, those for th
large hotels, or for big houses run Into
$1,000 or more. The electric cookingi
stove recently Installed on the kins''
train cost 11,500, while 11,750 was paid
for the Installation on ths king's new;
jraeht.
Those not wishing to buy a complete)
range can obtain any one utensil sepa
rately. The eleetrfo chafing dish Is
much In demand, especially for "after
theatre" parties and among the bachelop
fraternity. With an eleotrlo chafing;
dish and kettle, a meal may be prepared.
In a Jiffy. There are even electrlo hot
water Jugs by which you can prepare
hot water In Ave minutes. You simply,
connect the wire to ths Jug while dress
ing and your water la ready for wash
ing and shaving In less than no time.
At many fashionable houses, after
noon teas are prepared In the drawing
room by slectrlclty. The kettle Is
plaoed on an artistically designed frame)
ind in a few minutes It la boiling. The
oups are kept warm by an electno
warmer. In the boudoir, "my lady
can heat her curllnc Irons almost In
stantly, and what fi more, the Irons):
are brought to the eact heat required
by means of an automatic cut off whlctx
prevents overheating. ... -.1 ,.-
Just at present, what mainly pro-,
hlblta the more general, use of 'elec
tricity Is tho cost of original Installs-
tion. Most of the electrical equipment"
companies are. however, prlnglng tha,
prices down more ajid more every year, .
and In the near future doubtlesa the)
use of electricity will be universal even
in the poorest households.
NO PLACE LIKE OREGON FOR SCENERY
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By plaster Ftsh Wsrden of Oregon, pcatedly'ntopplng at frequent Intervals
Ii. " McAllister. to view the lively panorama of sjoun-
NOT i: people In evrv 100 Bring ta,n an(I M-rdant dale that
... . . . uretcl.fj out as far as the eye could
In the state of Oregon know reach
that they have, right In their ThB trAil from Mul, rreok windl
midst, frnery and plocea of !n- aruund a prel,i . .s lei! 2.C10 feet
terest, thAt compare- favorably "I'ove tl level of thu Honue and drop-
... ., ' . ., , , ' ., . ping almost sheer into It fo narrjw
with the much-talked of and greatly al- and ro..:s;, it thl, tr. hrru ,lMt ther,
vertlsed slfihts tf Europe. There Is a Is barely room for a horse lo pass and
section of Oregon thai, up to the pres- misstep meant instant death How
., . . ever, the horses e roiI were perfect
ed time, has never been glvn any lv Klf, tlllJ Sl,r,.(r,r, having been
particular attention, due to the fact, seruslomed to the r.'ute f.-nm long
no doubt, of Its Inaccessibility. Th.s service In carrying the Tnltcd States
. ,,. , .. ' .. mall into tho Interior,
locality lies along the eoast and tho ... , .
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writer predicts that It mill only be a P,u,ned to loon out for one part of
question of time ontil people from ol the tri!l that is ;! consld"re,i more
parts of the civilized world will know than ordinarily ihinterous and we were
of and visit the counties on our cot advised to dismount nd aik when e
to see the picturesque and wonderfully arrived st what la celled "The Devil i
lovely mnuntiln scenery In the wild- Stales. " and his Minnie maientv must
est and rucgedest country of ail the have a hard time ct'.mi over them at
(rest out of doorv that' I want to ssy tnat w were glsd
Accompanliyj by Henry O'MsJley, to dismount wh-n he reach 1 these
t'nlted states superintendent of flsii- stslrs. They r,rsist of some Jen roug'i
erlfs for )r'yn, and 1L L. Kelly, niches hewed from the solid rnck and
1'nlted States fish eulturtst. the writer lead from the top of a high ledge to
left West rorss on tn main Jine or th rh'r levee humlrens or feet below
the Southern Pacific rsllrosd on the The rude stairs are cut at Intervals flerbum In two 8ays Tt got Into sparsely settlej and outside ef Ool-f
mcrr.lng of June in Our party rode one and two feet. Wander burn about I o clock In the af- heach and Wedderhum the p.ip;latlon
horse from th:s point over a rouh I have ias considered te Mstori- ternovn. Is made up large'y of half treed I: -
and dangerous trail leading In a south- eI account of Imc l utt dm a ride At this town we were received by dians
easterly direction across the coast down a f!ij-h of s:e;. tr ie, but f- Mt Hume who rovally entertained us In addition to monev aper.r on h!
ranee, our diatlnaihn being Wedder- ter seeing our horses picking their during our stv, ie showing ua over salmon cannery and hstrhery r'jft Mr
bum. In Curry rouoti. whirl le slt'i- slow and tortuous way down "the his cannery anf bateherv H f e1 - Hum- has xreBdd oiinii of I:I (ID)
ated the hatchery and feedlns plant ef IvU a stairs," I hare my doubts as to Ing. st the time cf our arrlvai. l.tH'O.ee in oerjng land for a public park, anl
r our tti: me eranty or m niatorian. young wiraon which he expected te In btillding a frrn-class hsJf-tr.lls re
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further alors te eeme renins we turn into the Rogue river July 1. Mr. trswk which Is strletlr un to dste and
nuBrh or fleer srtnk- Hum owns nearly the whole of Curry la fvily eiuljped with everything for
later eiuniy inn ns oirerea ss an inau1- nor-erscina; wtaoies loui on H
Tb first day we traveled M wtllrw, Ing trrm the rlvr-r
fold tht the vnre or "urry eouniv wieot to aettlara to lijcate there, a IS
irounl will fYKmmivitu 100 horse.
reaeriing jxcoo rrri j.iace si io nnor mm im in- jvnpi m urry eouniv wient to aettiara to lijcate mere, a IS- grot
that evewingv This stopping plaee Is sir have venison fr their tables say acre tract ef ind. a cow. a pig. and Mr. Hume Is the owner of some turf
slo knows- by tie early Indian name time by goir g leas than halft a mile some chickens The land Is g1en free horouhbr.ls himself, and he .erv
cf IlUhe The first part of tbe ride from tSeir Wrtpw for ve years after whleh term, the modestly reformed the writer that no's
was through heavy timber and r.o Fieeplng that night at IHlhe. we settler is expected to pay 12 per acrs of these captured fO firsts at Oakland
particular Interest bat tbe latter
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rr to mora etMlrlt. that twrt ef sise1iTfve-s ssliee din tn river Here be wt! arnulre m. rlear tills to the 1nd w r ir,,n.- la nnri ir It -
tha jMtrwy lee:eg cw rresa me jue- we o Mssage ry w eoi-num on Hesldes this tbe settler Is offered Ires sovereign of sll Curry .rout
tion of Mule r-- with the J'.crue rt the ursylins. a smsll gasolms Uunrh timber and a sawmill to eul all ths Is doubtful it the great lard barons
w wrw wn,-n i "v,f vwm iviieri isrwi swr as seeas lor irnDrOTSBBSDts.
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fir-d to express our admiration re- rra, saakMis; Ute reva4 trls Is Wed
ef. mediaeval tlmas iTtr hsjl BtteH - nwwteBt mt fin I Am SM , - . ,- . , . -
At ttU tuns U country u wr; Urgw domain as that srne4 by ths Among ether taterprtse orrat4 fcy lit, axurs reg.oa. was" Jus tr. a t.'..,