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CHRISTMAS FOR
FATHER IS
SOLVED
Steve Dale Finds Just the
Things for Dad and Mother
in Electric Store.
Stephen E. Dale closed up his
desk early one afternoon in middle
December and turning to his assist
ant remarked that he was going for
the day. Waiting for the elevator
to carry him to the street level
Steve stood oblivious to what was
going on about him.
His railroad accommodations for
his usual trip to spend Christmas
day on the farm with his father
and mother were, of course, en
gaged. He always spent Christ
mas day with them and generally
bought his gifts the same day that
he reserved a lower berth. This
year somehow the things he saw in
the shops all seemed so trite, ordin
ary or useless. Being a bachelor
he could not put the burden of
finding suitable presents on his
wife.
Had Given Mittens.
Steve had given his father fur
lined driving mittens for several
years and thought that this had
solved the Christmas question as
far as father was concerned. It
had, from Steve’s point of view,
until the previous summer.
Then, one day he discovered two
unworn pairs carefully put away
in the cedar closet. In great dis
tress he went to his mother, busy
in the hot kitchen.
"Bless you, of course your father
likes those mittens and wears them
all the time. As he can’t sleep in
them he does not wear them out
fast enough. If he could slip ’em
over his knees they might help his
rheumatism,” said his mother, try
ing to sooth her grown son’s hurt
feelings.
Feared for Life.
"You know, I don't know but thia
rheumatism will be death of your
father,” Mrs. Dale went on, wiping
the moisture from her face as she
peered into the steaming jelly ket
tie, "and yet I don’t know as it
will. It certainly does make him
feel mighty poorly on cold or damp
days. But, you know, a creaking
hinge sometimes outlasts the silent,
smobth—running one.”
When Steve reached the street
and started forth on his quest for
Christmas presents this little scene
was vividly in his mind and he
vowed that whatever he bought it
would not be driving mittens for
his father nor dress silk for his
mother. In looking a second time
at the unworn mittens he had also
unearthed several pieces of silk that
his mother had not yet had made
up.
What would It be this year? j
That was the question. No, he
couldn’t get his father some neck- !
ties, he thought, as he passed a
fine haberdashery. The old gen-'
tieman would on’Z wear the kind
he had always wofi, the readymade
ones. The others he considered
too new-fangled.
Scarcely had Steve ceased think
ing about neck-ties when he hap-
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9 and 10 A. M.
pened to glance into the window
of an electric appliance shop. In
one corner were displayed several
electric heating pads and behind
them a “cut-out" showing a pad
in use relieving pain.
“Just the thing,” Steve said to
himself as he turned and walked
into the shop.
Once Inside, Stephen E. Dale, the
farm-raised boy and now the prom
ising business executive, began to
look around. The place seemed
fairly crowded with appliances that
would do much to make life in the
old home easier for both his
mother and fathre. The farm
house had had electric lights ever
since the falls dawn at Rich’s Mills
had bene set to work turning the
turbine of the hydro-electric plant.
Yet he had never thought of get
ting electric appliances for modern
izing the farmhouse.
“What have you for sale that
will help a man with rheumatism,”
queried Steve of a clerk.
An electric heating pad was
brought out and laid on the coun
ter. Learning that such a pad
would work on any domestic elec
tric circuit, from any lamp socket
or convenience outlet. Steve told
the clerk he would take it. Then
he began to consider which of the
many electric things about him
would best please his mother.
“A curling iron,” the clerk sug
gested. At this Steve broke out in
a hearty laugh. His mother with a
curling iron! Why, she had not
curled her hair for forty years!
Still, that gave him a thought.
Why not get his mother an elec
tric present which she could use to
gratify some desire. Yes, that was
it. Nobody was fonder of a cup
•of tea than his mother. How many
times Steve had herad her sav,
“How I’d like a cup of tea but the
fire in the kitchen stove is out and
it’s too much trouble to build a
new one just to boil water.”
Buys Whole Outfit.
This thought was father to a
purchase. Steve selected an elec
tric tea samovar. After that the
rest w'as easy. A toaster was just
the thing for Cousin Charlotte, and
an extra powerful flash light would
be fine for her husband. Then
there was a set of Christmas tree
lights. The Dale family had not
had a Christmas tree for years. But
in making this purchase Steve told
himself that he mint go home a
day earlier and be on hand to go
up into the pasture and gee a fine
sapling, brinjr it down ano deco
rate it himself niter she others had
gone to bed.
“Well. I’ll wag<-r these p. *wnts
don't get packed away,” said S.eve
to himself as he left the cle< trie
shop. “Thev a*e so convenient I
know dad and mother won’t know
how they ever lived without them
after they have used • them a few
times.”
MUCH CARE IS URGED
IN CHOOSING GIFT LAMPS
If you plan giving an electric
lamp as a Christmas remembrance,
give a little thought to the matter
and be sure to select one that will
. be genuinely appreciaed.
Consider the lump Itself. Is it a
good source of light? If not,
choose one that is, and having
found it be sure that it will har
monize with the surroundings in
which it will be placed.
i Do this and you may rest as-
I sured that your gift will be better
■ appreciated as the weeks and
i months pass by.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES * * The National Daily * * MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1923,
ELECTRIC BANGt
NEEDS CARE
IN USE
Simple Rules to Get Full Bene
fit Offered to House
wives.
Women who own electric
ranges doultless are delighted thus
to have t-e best cooking equip
ment, but some, nevertheless, are
missing much of the real joy of
ulectric cookery through not know
ing quite how to get the most out
of their ranges. These simple
rules culled from the experiences
of women who know, will aid tre
mendously in making electric cook
ery the lasting satisfaction that it
should be.
Switch off the heat when not in
use. No housewife desires to waste
current of course, but some unwit.
tingly do it. Probably this is the
outcome of a habit handed down
from past generations experienced
in cooking with coal and having to
keep the fire “in,” no that it would
be available quickly when needed
fcr the preparation of meals. Why
waste current when the electric
range is ready at the turn of a
switch—no waiting or preliminaries.
Use the oven for cooking when
ever possible. It’s practically her
metically sealed, and once it has
been thoroughly heated holds its
heat a very loni time. Having
heated the oven for baking, use it
thereafter in preparing other foods.
Current at “low.” or “medium" will
usually suffice io maintain the
oven at the temperature necessary
for the operation.
When using the cooking top be
sure the vessels fit snugly against
the heating elements. Also, the
utensils should be of ample dia
meter to retard the heat from
escaping to the side and rising
before it has done full justice to!
the food to be cooked.
Strip the range of everything
that can be removed by hand and
clean it thoroughly once a week.;
t ihe oven lining is porcelain,;
wash it just as you would a dish,
using soap and hot , water. If'
food has boiled over and stained I
the surface, uss a good cleansing
powder.
White enamel discolored by the
fumes of oven rooking, can be,
<leaned with a good liquid cleanser. !
The metal parts should be cleaned'
with a good metal polish. Asew 1
minutes now and then will keep
everything spic and »pan. When i
the oven is not in use leave the
door slightly ajar. This ventilates
the oven and keeps it sweet.
Simple rules all—but observance
of them will add much to the en
joyment of electric cookery.
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RESULTS
Central Stations Have Peak
Hours, Which Patrons
Should Avoid in Calls.
Telephone officials claim that if
the public knew more about the
workings of telephone central sta
tions and the fluctuation of tele
phone traffic, they would use the
telephone more intelligently and get
very much better service from it.
Results of investigations graphi
cally show how in the average city
the ebb and flow of the tide of tele
phone traffic during any working
day rises and falls according to
the weather and business and social
activities of the community.
As a general rule, the highest
traffic point is reached between 9
and 10 o’clock in the morning.
This is the time the business day
begins and for the reason in the
business sections of the city the
telephone lines are strained to ca
pacity. After 10 o’clock the tele
phone traffic drops gradually until
the lunch hour, and from then on
begins to rise until it reaches an
other peak between 4 and 5 o’clock
in the afternoon.
In the residential district of the
city the two highest j>olnts are
reached around 9 o’clock in the
morning when the household orders
are placed with merchants and plans
for the day are made. The second
is reached around 7 o’clock in the
evening.
In the shopping district the peak
is reached between 3 and 4 o’clock
in the afternoon.
After 9 o’clock Ln the ayeningUbe
traffic dwindles away and at mid
night the switchboards are prac
tically idle.
But an accident, a big fire or
rainy weather may send the traffic
up perceptibly. Therefore, to get
the best service out of the tele
phone, it is advisable to make such
calls as can be made at any time
the telephone traffic is less con
gested and each call can receive
better attention.
How About Electric Lamp?
Electric lamps, whether of the
table, bridge o: floor type, make
Christmas gifts of beauty and real
usefulness which the entire family
can enjoy.
Miniature Electric Ranges.
There is now on the market a
miniature electric range operating
from a convenience outlet. It is
just the thing to give a little girl.
With it she can with safety cook
most toothsome meals when her
dolls give parties.
ELECTRIC HEATER TAKES
PLACE OF OPEN FIRE
All grandfathers love to toast
their shins before an open fire
or stove. Neither the stove nor
the fireplace, however, are always
available, and even when they are
there is the work of starting the
fire and the me>.s of cleaning thfe
grate.
For this reason the electric rad
iant heater which radiates heat
at the push -of a switch is about
the most useful and appropriate
Christmas gift for him, and one
lie will greatly appreciate.
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Give Electrical Presents
for Christmas
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Curling Irons ....$5.75
Waffle Irons SIB.OO
Wanning Pads.. $8.50
Cozy Glow Radiators $10.50
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LIGHTEN HOME WORK
Because the/ take the work out
of housework, remove the drudg
ery and do away with many dis
agreeable tasks about the home,
electrical appliances make Christ
mas gifts that bring pleasure 365
days In the year to the woman re
ceiving them.
An electric cleaner, a motor
driven dish or clothes washer, or
an electric range are all excellent
suggestions to a man who wants to
give his wife a substantial present.
ELECTRIC COPYHOLDER IS
INVENTED FOR TYPISTS
A specially designed copy holder
for stenographers and typists is a
new electrical Invention.
The holder is equipped with an
electric lamp from which eye
straining light rays are filtered.
Heating-Pads as Gifts.
Among the many electrical Christ
mas presents that may be given
is the electric heating pad. Do not
pass this by, thinking it too com
monplace, for the comfort such a
gKt brings wilt make yotir home
thrice blessed to the person you
remember.
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Electrical Construction
713 SIXTH STREET N. W.
Phone Main 9765