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"?W '" MEPyQRD AfAHRH3TO3DW?QTOr of OME TIC MAGIC of the Y ! HOUSE OF LIGHT "ft- v V"', D r t &, - VI f A v? ONG Leaps from tke Old Dutch Oven to tlie Modern "Wooden Power Thdt Will coil a Quart of Stove' Warm a Diamonds. and the Plate or A' MAN tlnjro was In u new home iilt , , wliii nniwlnnliiil n i. ,.!.. .. . . "Mil- '" incuts vMth varlou kinds of urlt- flclul illumlnnnts. but the results WA ' woro ovcr tl,u same his monthly "- light bills wore too high -'Would that somo ono would Invent a wuy to hottlo sunshlno!" ho cried out in despair. VIf you hud a nlco Burden nnd somo anlmnl snenked In every night and uio tin- elghly-flve per cent of yjnir vegc-tubk-s, would you kill llr" asked the young engineer, who overheard the la- ll)Wlt. '.'You bet your life r would," snorted the. older mun, "but what's iliat i;ol to do yliTi my rcgulur monthly trlbute7" ."It Is your own fault that your IIkIU bills aro too high, livery night whrn you turn on your lights a monster call ed Absorption gumshoes Into your house tho gas lamps, and It Is Uio electric lamp, hcatod by the mysterious, current, which gives It light. , There nro as many different colors of light as there ure shades of negroes in tho south. Tho 'sun, high in the heavens, gives, almost a pure white light, which Is the goal toward which Inventors, aro striving. The light from the north at noon has a bluish tinge. uniy uio very uesl arc and Incandescent lamps produce n light anywhere near akin to actual sunlight. Tho light from a keroseno flume Is orange In color, t)io mnntlo burner gives a greenish white light, the candle produces an orange yellow light, old carbon Incandescent lamps produce a reddish yellow light, nals with the only perfect light In the world a light without heat. Whenever tlnrl Mtnnlu i.lt-litt.-flt.n i.1M .. .. lh iw iiiu IIIUI.U ueui ui mcuiiucsceiicc. blno to steal away mo3t of your llnht. You uivo to pay for tho actual light our lamps give, but In reality you get only fifteen per cent of the light you pay for, becaifso you aro being system atically robbed by tho wall paper and woodwoik, tho chairs and tho rugs." Soon after this tho houso was rcpa percd In light buff tints and tho wood work was painted while. As a result of this change tho electric' light bills were cut In lialvos. Sovcnty-flvo per cent of tho candle power of each lamp was being utilized, consequently It took less than half tho number of lamps to light tho rooms. tlo Into most any home mid-you will flud someone following you about turn ing down or turning off tho light, try ing to economize on light and paying no intention to tho costly errors which make tho light bills excesslvp. As a rule light fixtures aro stuck In any old place to suit tho whims of tho archi tects and tho economies of tho electri cal contractor. Wall papers and paints aro selected to please tho eyo Instead bf for their light-reflecting qualities. Without delving Into tho horrors of wall paper color und design, sufflcoit to say that If care woro taken In this respect many, a hard-earned 'dollar would be saved on the monthly light bills. Cheap walljp.ipor of a dark and growsomo hue Is about tho dearest thing any one can put Into a room. 'Absorption Is tho great enemy of light. -It lurks In every shadow and hit of (Urkness, ready to eat up tho tender light, rays. Tho best lamp In tho, world cannot light up a room where a large percentage of the light rays arc ub-i sorbeU by tho finishings. A certuln mulatto-colored desk lu a dark-finished office required four powerful Jncandes-1 cent lamps combining 128 candlopowcr lo glyo two-foot candles, or tho required amount of light for woiklng purposes' on the desk top. When tho desk was i exchanged for a light oak and tho walls' mid ceilings were finished in a light buff It too kless than sixty-two candle power to glvo thu same lllumlnutloii a saving of half, . Thu following table gives somo Idea oft 4ho reflecting qualities, of different Miuidurd colers: Mirror 95 White blotting paper 82 . Chrome yellow C2 Or; i n'go so Yojlow 10 I'Jljk, 30 j:n)(;t,ihl green 18 )ajk, brown , 1,1 Vermillion ; 12 Ulaek paper '. 0.5 i;fl chocolate 0. II DIack velvet o. I Incandescence. A piece of red- hot carbon large enough to glvo tho nameamount of light as iio wouin American glow woian thlough tliiTgrea'tor part of the dunnd Klcctrlelty Is the only tiling I can rc- nlght. Tito (i'()! ilrtuiKlil wilt ipilckly " ii' louny llinn It did bring up the tin when It Is needed. I "' your, In Its history, owing to ns- cnlor of the light In which wo see them. For this very reason one should try to procure u light of the same strength Mul chat-acler iim ucttiiU stlnllghl, "wlllt the same proportion of colors, liyes are only devices to catch the.riiptd vibra tions of llnht. There lire llcht ravs which travel too fiAt for human eyes "UIrcsIb" Hie fueli-lcavlng a clean whlto Wtira" imor ehftnuey the flro has to be run nt tuft speed all the lime, wasting tho coat, The coal stove should also be Watched and " regulated so that It to r.ec, such as the X-rays, and others which movo too islowly for us to roc ogiilr.e, but which I'tinUk other uulmnl.i to seo In what to us Is darknwi's. Tho Kola lu tho Conl Bin, Heat, the scientists tell us. Is but a form of tjilergyyTconslstlng of rapid to-and-fro vlbratims, among the molecules of matter; Whether this accepted the ory be true or not, tho average house holder Ik-ready- to, bWonr..,Umt-the-lieu( supply In the .modem homo Is tho re sult of untold energy represented )iy the dollars which vibrate through tho pock ctbooks to the coal man. Fuel for healing the house ami cook ing tho food Is u very costly Item In the course, of a year. Coal costs about $7 a ton In most places, nnd any hints which will help-to get the- most heat energy out of lids pu-cloiiH material iju-ol with thu Instant approval of every house holder. ' Let us first put on trial Unit black, lron-tontacled octopus in tho basement I Tho nppetlto of the average house furuueo 'would mako a cannibal chief, ready to dlno off tho fat lady of a cir cus, die or envy. Coal thrown Into Its yawning, red maw produces nothtng but ashes and bnckacho. All the average man knows about a hot-air furnace I:t that hot air x rises, and when it refuses to. do this natural phenomenon his only resourcu Is perspiration, profanity nnd more coal. l)ut there was a man ono day who reasoned that tho flro was pot nt fault, and fell to cussing the hot- would burn- tho insect to a clndei' In mi ulr flut'H- ln '- t1"11 resolved to Instant, but this worm Is capublo of make them draw, whether or no, so ne . Somo Ideas on Meat. Out on tho front lawn lu tho early oKuujng tho tiny fireflies flutter back and for.lh, wigwagging their lovo slg- xllillll 1 Itullil . IikVA " ft. fitfiilll v.lUmvl , pvt vuvvXt nivrflv!jfiSiwY m Ml I" vssmu "' hi 'y J lw I ush. Koine stoves do not leally burn Inoro than sl.-te'n(hs of the conl. AV'lh n good chimney and a good slove welt 'regulated there W no need to sift the nshes, for iiohlug thalXvlll burn will bo left. Cook stoves are only about sl.ty-fve years old. Previous Jo their advent .ill the cooking was done over a bed or coals Iir the fireplace or In hugo Dutch ovens, , ln those gladsome days wood wus plenty nnd'tlie fuel cost was not Importnnt. In the early days ,of the parntlvely small, but todi; wlth our coal supply limited and the price tin limited, the cost for filet td "do our cooking Is vory huportiint. lonlshlng Improveniunts.-ln eh-ctilc ap paratus. One dollar will buy ten times Hie amount of electric light, of a vast ly better quality, than It would pnreh ase twenty years ago. I'oWer rates have been dropped each yenr as the cost of producing electricity has diminished, and wherever electric cooklr,. Is advo cated a special rule ill about o'le-lhlrd the price usked 'for electric light Is ob tainable. In the modern eleclrlc kitchen, where tho heat Is applied direct to the devices and utensils Instead of thiough the me dium of a wasteful stove, the" curre-il Used will approximate 300 watts a meal a person. This, translated Into, power rates for current, means $t to fl.fio a co.il .stovo the cost for fuel Was com-l month a person, Hvon this cost can be considerably reduced by the Judicious Use of the flreless cooker. Ono family of Tour, where coal was used for a long time, averaged $7.45 a ( S.1 For Matching Colors A well lighted store Is The Mecca to a woman shopping. She delights In a storo whore she can match fabrics easily. In buying silks, hats or any other article she wants to seo what sho is purchasing. A bargain, under bright light Is twice a bargain. It is a bargain in the store and continues to bo a bargain, when at homo sho examines it closely. .j. .T"0-,1308 light electric light pays big dividends to every merchant Try It and prove it. Rogue River Electric Company. r-r.' ?tv -"i ::! ZJmm IL.V ho Cdst of Heat 11 costs Just as much to keen a coall flro for a family of two ns It does for n family of eight, therefore tho coal fire Is very economical lu largo families and very oxpenslvu lu small families. One cannot with ptoprloty recommend large families to lower the cost of coal u meal, so the next best thing is to ad vise gas or electrlo ranges for small kfamllles, because (huso, sources of boat show greater economies In small doses. auoiii miriy ytmrs ago gas rouges month to cook tho food. When gas was Installed this cost dropped to $5.12 a month, and when gasoline stoves wore used tin) avetago cost per mouth drop ped ns low as t', a month. Now elec tricity Is used exclusively at an aver ago cost of about 15.10 a month, the average cost a person a meal being l.i:i cents. In other words, for foui persons It would- take about- four horsepower of electricity a day to do tin; cooking. At the special heating rates available In most places this 9 Why All Progressive Merchants Are Using Electric Light Progressive merchants everywhere have found the wonderful General Electric Mazda Lamp an immeasurable benefit to their business. This lamp radiates brilliant white rays nearly like those of the sun. This superior quality of artificial light is produced by a rare metal filament that not only radiates a perfect light, but gives nearly three times as much light as the ordinary incandescent and costs no more to burn. It is this remark able combination of facts thai is causing thousands of people to have their houses and places of business wired for electric light. In fact, this new G-E Mazda Lamp is swiftly revolutionizing artificial lighting. It is making electricity the universal illuminant. You owe it to yourself to at least come In and tee this wonderful lamp. We can show you to your own satisfaction that this G-E Mazda Lamp immensely in creases the advantages of electric light. Rogue River Electric Company. J wero Introduced Into tho kitchen, and would cost but 18 .cents lighting up Its own misplaced headlight purchased a smnll i lectrlc fan for about tho mcrctiry aro tube gives a greenish jjo, cut a hole In the cold-air Hhaft, put light, und so on down through tho long ulr through tin plpn lu a fine clicu- lists. When considering tho lighting of the homo care should bu taken to avoid all lights-which lutvoi.u reddish or violet cast, as they aro most Injurious to the t-yes.- Tlmflxture,-!, should bo so placed huto reap Urn full benefit of overy lamp. Don't spoil u good lamp -by cov ering It with a llght-kllllng shude. Many of those ornamental shadrn aro nothing inoro or less than light sponges which absorb most of the light rays. In burn ing gas, remember to chaugo tin- man tles often, as tho ciiudlopowur of these lamps drops last when tho mantles hi gh! to g t old. lluy llfelit colored rurnl ture and seo that tho ceilings are neurit ly whlto und .tliut Jhcwull.s nro papered with somo simple paper of a' very (light color Many of. tho,durk flnisuru; sombre furnlshod rooms aro mule M-Ioomy caverns, dismal and depressing. Light Is fully as essentlaj to man us i air and Just as much euro should be taken to got good light, free from all contaminating Influences, as to get the purest mountain air. t 1 Witro thero is no light tlmro Is no color Nearly every one will dlsputo this fact and urtfuo that red Is rd in the dark Just as In the sunshine. A trip to un Illuminating laboratory will iiilcklv dispel this popular llluiin. Itwl Is rrd because It bus the uullty of ab sorbing all tlw rays of the spectrum .but the xwl. fimmU)H urv rubc!l wrd to trxprww the tiQonomlc laluy at for un Indefinite length of time without an, uncomfortable umount of heat. Mun luis not yet read this slmplo riddle of the lnsot world. Some day we may en Joy light with very little heat, but until thlin we must go on fallowing the ex cellent example of the sun. whloh Is a gcyat muta or white-hot mutvrlul. throwing off wava Into the aurrouiid lug ether, whloh gives us light und heat. All ijlght from upon flumes comes from heult-l .rirleHlir-- th flni H " Jack to gur eyes and we suy the ihlng Is red. Put this same piece of oloth under the mercury upr aro lump which contains no rel ruys tind It will b hUck us midnight Intrnee bluck under a yeunw iigiu hmiwi i jr-m,m hitlou and tin house was soon warm. Now. whenever the furuueo. 1ooh nut work properly, ho does not waste Ilts coal but presses a button und (ha fun does tho trjjjk. , " Klectrlc fujis cuji -be utoU. also lo suck, the air through tho hot-air plpoa. Tho fan Is enclosed lu a small box with ono sldo removed und a circular hole tho Hl.o of the fan blades out In thu opposite side. When this Imix Is set up against tho wall register or over the floor legister and tho fan star led the libidos suck the air out of tho pipes and distribute It about the room. One fam ily saved nearly two djJlurs a inonllf all last winter by Uflng sugji aifun. even after deducting the ifdded clmrg for elcotrlolty to run. the rifn, .which Jk not -more thun hulf a cunt an hour. The electric fun oun also be used In connec tion wlh steam heat by allowing the breezoto play upon tho heated surfuce or the radiator, which will quickly rudtate tho heat. about the room. One or tho most expensive tilings In the home Is tho common kllchfii vuriety or coal stove. Not only does It require almost constant attention', including tho lugging or fuel und unIikh, but it con sumes vast iuuntltli-s or high-priced coal and Is leeponslble for most or the dust und dirt uboul the house. Kxtruvugance lu a weuk und puny the kitchen ooul stove. Our of every hundred shovelful of coal thrown Into such m stove only the actual heut -n-ersy of Mbout mU are u-ed for cooking end Imklng The het from the oth-r ninety and four either goes whistling lull olive, under a green Hgh It Is green-1 up the chimney or Is radiated out Into Ish yellow and under un orange Hftht it th- room to make the kitchen Insuffer. Is a deep muroon. A dep blue under un,ubly hot At ihie rate ono lias to' pay iiraace iteht 1h aray. Jillirhtly orange, for a hundred Urns of ooal to get the under u yellow light It U a green blate aad under n green lht It la reen. S I Hi. itdArM. hm.I"" and -riiti or- Ml l)w W H ",a-",j XU llimV '""' '' "' rtw'U 4 " ' tW ' W'k flW I'lvell uf .l.d HHv heut energy or nix tons. The flint eattenUal to save coal Is a KM.il tthbnm-t w4ili m ainnit, tlruughi f " ' jfliico llieii Ihey liay liuld.-t)lgliv own more beoause of thylr alanlliiesH aifd hundlueNS thun for t)?oir j-aai saving In uctuul cusri. " '. AVhon "j-Mii come tii qompurti thu gas blljs of h ramlty of thru ,)r four with tho coal bills or u slihjlur fumlly for " i'vi-iuu u nu )pM.v4ri .uuitirunco ib very slight. Uolli liuvo tiiolr udvun tugos und dlKiuhuntagiiM. With the coal slove. hot m uter l uvallublH at any time of day ut no further cost, but with gus it hue to be hw(,t"d wctru. und (his e(uullzi-s the monthly bills. HeverKl yeura ago moIuiiIIhIh notel tliut electrlolty wus the only form of energy whluh could bo 'liutuiiily eliung ed Into heut with pruotloully no low. This leil to the duveJopment of the electric cooking devices which ure ao common iodu As ofeotrloliy is the one form or power whluh oau lie ourrled to any old plan- with IlltluvloxH nd ap plied In motors email enough tor u wuich oltarm, or oipablo or tiOOO hoiae power, in It in the most flexible form or hunt. It qpu be liiHluntly made to wurm u plile, or the suine preaaure of a finger will let loose energy enough to Nut i Mu.tri of iitafitmt,!- i it, ,,,. a , ) Cost of Cooklnff, ance" lu lis iuli. Tho current, under pressure, flows easily along a copper wire, but If you cut thls wire and In sert a bit of iioueonduallng wjri, such as platinum, which Resists tho flow of the curent, tli electricity wll .work hard to get' b'y 'this obstruction, liiiil this work will change tin electrical energy Into heat energy. ' If you nib a coin briskly on the carpet It will get ulte hot, because tho work expended on moving the coin Is changed Into heat energy. In nature nothing Is lost; all mechanical o;fergy Ultimately chupges Into heiil energy and Is radlalud away lu particles too small to bo noticed. Upon this principle, all the ejiictrlcal cooking dyvlces aro constructed. A flexible cord leads the current to the chafing dish, ooffeo percolutor, rrylng pun or broiler. Concealed In tho bottom uf these utensils Is u disk of resistance melal, which getH tpilte hot tho Instant the; uui rent Is turned on. There Is no waiting for slow fires. A touch of the button and the illsh Is hot, and at the 'piussiiro of a finger the heat Is releas ed, liow fast It goes can bo estimated when 'It Is remembered that electrlolty tin vein ut tho istoulsilug into of ISO, 000 miles a second. , .4,.. Kleutrlclty Is too costly to bu wasted, so tho heating units or the cooking de vices nro applied where they will do the most good, so that no heat will be lost by -radiation. The electric kitchen Is Uio Ideal kitchen, for It Is never hot. never filled Willi evil gases, never III teied with coal and ashes and the "wooden, slove" Is oimy lo" keep clean A good coal stovo costs about ISO, a gus stovo about I'JR, and an electric kitchen outfit costH S7C. This Heems high -for the latter, hut It must bu ro membered that (he cost Included all the kllchuu devices necessary for ' cooking J -.-:.. tho meals, such us cereal cooker, (Vying pan, oven, broiler, percolator, grid, toaster, etc. An electric' device Is Jdudo to ,heat water to tho bulling point ps runt as It Is drawn, the turning on nnd orf orT lliu water perforins a llko servlcu for tlie electric uiiilcDU Wo -aro already waking up lo tho liii portanco of harnessing our water pow ers for cheap electricity,, liy.nnd by, Pitfdlols not less a person limn Chailts Proteus Htelmnotz, the electrical wlss- urd, thorn will bo little, ir any, coal, unit then Wo will have to depend upon moral available wnterpower to glvo us aji abundance or cheap electricity for our heating purposes, to cook our rood am) to keep our buildings warm. Am certain us night follows day and sqmc new and butter source or .beat Is not discovered, our ruturo meals will bo cooked over tho Invisible flren of electricity, which bus alreudy demonstrated that l Is Jiihtl um cheap as coal or gas and vastly piora sapltary and handy. Ily hir the greatest drudgery about tho houso Is the weekly wushlnjr iftnl Ironing, lif (ho olden days, when wash ing and iionlng were done entirely by hand, this wan u loilg und tedhnm pro cess. Today In tho electrlo homo the smallwiiotor turns tho washing machine and wrings out tho ulothlng while ihil housewiro reads tho latest novel. Ceiv Irirugitil dryers, run by nrutor pow.-r, nro mado lu sixes small enough for th larger, homes so Hint the clothing can be dried us fust as washed, regaidhss of Hit weather, and doing away with all the old bother ohanglug up and biking down the wuah. When tlm i-luii. Ing Is' dry the electric limi Is rcutlj In an Instant to do tho Ironing. With elec tricity; the Ironing 01111 bo douo op tho pack porch during the hot weather, ullii 110 ruunlng back and forth between lb board und thu hot stovo after hot Irons. M 'fjic cost or eltiolihj cooking with a rule or C oents u kllowutt hour will i,ot bo over tiiut or u good hard coal 1.1 , and It Is vastly nioro convunleiit Inn any kind or coul fli. where coul imi to io curried, ashes removed and fris! KinijiBd, in jme family of two lb. n tire winking and baking wus d-.n i. eleotrlolty ut u oost or ?3.J2 a mo- n Aiifilliffi fmttllv. ,.r ii...... , . ... ..,.,,,t . nil Vll uiHlh' M 1V1 II, electrlo heut at a monthly u,n i.f' tl.Vi. The electrlo fiutlruiiH can l -i, orated tor lens than 6 oents un i,.i. u pot of coffe cosla 1 cent to brew ov r the JnvlsJIlp riruai lun slices of lin-a.. 1 oun be toasted on the dlnlng-rooui t ble for I cent; the gliuftng dish can 1 . run for t coats un hour; the teu initio will boll 1111 hour for S cents, Ibc dm stove will heep shutting nt r , hour for r, cents; for 3 ueule tin- c-nn tsipper will work one hour; the lieuhit;1 lud will roniulii wurm for two hours for u slnglo copper; 7 oents wilt biuil a large steak; the huby's milk can bi wurmwl half u doen' ttmea for u CL,,t und s on down a long list. UiiKMi it Oal h 1 h.m'.i .1 it.- .1.11 , ' lulu iieei 1 iiibtiUug a bil of Hsiht ' " THE BURGLAR'S ENEMY. Inthoconfosslons of a burglar recent ly publi3hod In tho Ladlos Home Jour nal, tho man said. "Othor things bolng mttmm oqual, a burglar will always pass a . houso llorhtod hu olootrlolty. Housos 00 wlrod aro practically trans for tho buro-iar' Ho oxplained further that by pros suro of a button on an upper floor, the lower ono might bo Illuminated, and light Is a bad thins for a burglar. Sond for our representative. Rogue Rivor Electric Company. tvivvvk-ivve'v.'i v r aT amir - V . m-
