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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES Greater Oshawa Edition SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1928 Nearly Five Thousan Things Worth Noting in Electrical Housekeeping How to Select the Latest and Best Equipment for the Mod: ern Home--Convenience, Cleanliness and Efficiency Served in a Variety of Interesting Forma, By EUSTELLA F. BURKE in "Canadian Homes and Gardens". HEN selecting household gman it ia the part 'put hy Hlaw he ee y usiness Bouaes. Tie and the second .... keep in. formed as to the advantages of the latest models and purchase them where mechanical pro- warrants, Today's housckee, maximum er demands the mcy from her electric appliances, Fortunately the virtue of divine unrest will never al- fow her to remain tranquil over a stove, a washer, iron, percolator, re- frigerator, merely because it is elec. tric, Just as there are many men who find it economical and practical to turn in their cars every few years, so their wives, observing the same principle, go out boldly and exchange the family washer, whenever a better model makes its appearance on the market, In the short space of twelve months there is not one form of electric ap- piance but has been touched by some newness, Perhaps the touch was so slight as to be considered insignificant, Yet the housekeeper who is on her toes, knows that by using these latest devices she will most certainly save money, time, space, or physical la- bor, and in many instances add a touch of beauty to plain efficiency, The day is long past when it is necessary 'to advocate electric lights, electric laundry apparatus and the like, These are taken for granted, The modern is on the qui vive for every new wrinkle in the advance- ment of household equipment and like her prosperous husband who is proud of his business efficiency she is keen to keep her home up-to-the-minute, Uses Increasing To commence with the basement-- the domestic use of electrical heat has advanced with great rapidity in certain sections of Canada, particu- larly where power is moderately riced, It makes for economy of la- r, pure air, uniform comfortable temperature and, in some instances, * moise reduction, One of the strong- est arguments in its favor is the elim- ination of the human factor express- ed in guess work, By the use of me- ters, automatic control has reached a superb degree of accuracy, The length of time yi which the heat is applied can be regulated in terms of ys, hours, minutes, and seconds without depending on memory. "In the design of heating equip- ment, compactness has been the chief aim, A comparison with any other form of fuel-consuming device should be interesting to the householder, The use of electrical immersion water heaters is becoming more gen- eral each year, They are particularly practical for summer houses and for [1 r time in the town house, In- oer in the ordinary water tanks, the current is turned on and a ther- mostat set for a definite heat, When it is reached, the current goes off; the temperature drops to a set mini- mum, then the heating process auto- matically recommences. This proce- dure will continue indefinitely, A cir» culation water heater is not new but the modern way is to have the large tank in the basement ana remote con- trol switches on both the first and floors, in the kitchen and bathroom, Electric flatirons have gathered a pumber of smartnesses in the last twelve months, Appliance shop-win- dows fairly sway with their colors of rose, green, blue and yellow, tuned in as they are with today's kitchen har- mony, should the housekeeper choose to keep it there... spotless white or ale gray for the basement laundry, ind milady may work with her favorite color enhancing every ap- pliance and utensil from the humblest stewpsn. A more practical newness is the self-lubricating system that been by mapy manufac- turers, It goes hand in hand with a conse idea. With ironing over, the e cylinder is tilt- upright and the machine rolled the corner, in this way taking storage space, same w lubricating oil that y to where the fine mar located, Of the non-til th the adjusts are most practical, small houses where must be kept in the splendid work table is i when the ironer is not in little flatirons that ly by elbow year ago with col- season they have lyes a new and addition, very ed into ju i 4 4 : FIL Hit § if ft ; i ature is a degree be- jes, we are enter- n scorched and | i § HEHE such smart hardware, There are also | T several sizes to suit a variety of houses and ents. lid the Kitchen Now to the kitchen! Where shall we commence, the stove or the re- frigerator ? ce upon a day the stove was the kitchen god, Now we know our bacteria and food preser- vation lessons, and so the stove, even after a meteoric rise to undreamed of efficiency and beauty, has been forced to share honors with the suc- cessor to the common ice box. About this time last year 1 felt that nothing more could be done to improve the electric range, It seems ed perfect. to lool fresh white jacket or gay, cols ored enamel. .,.. compact to the nth degree... with super-automatic cons trol that allowed the thermostat to be set in advance for the hour when the heat would start and stop. This same thermostat could be arranged to maintain a definite degree of heat for any set length of time. What more could be asked of mere ma- chinery? Yes, there was one slight drawback to_the electric stove, Did you ever try to hurry along a cup of tea or coffee after the thea. tre, or the -afternoon walk? The electric range would try the patience of a saint, it seemed, and was so slow on rush occasions, Today this drawback is no mu 'e, Meet the stove with the one high-speed unit! In as few minutes as it is possible for wa- ter to boil, this will have a kettle bubbling or coffee percolating. On these same stoves are the usual stone-enclosed elements, slow to heat but once heated they will cook food beautifully even when the power is turned off. Cooking this way is a big economic point in favor of electric ranges, Combined with the high speed unit, there seems nothing more to improve. Another splendid new fea- ture in the larger ranges is a small fireless cooker, It is set below the surface a ! at the back. The advan- tages of fireless cooked food are too well known to need explaining or adyscating. Then there is the electric fireless cooker, a stove unto itself, and a great boon in the summer time, It is indispensable at the cottage where there is too little power for a range. The interior may be divided into one, two or three sections, determined by the choice of utensils, and as many as three courses cooked at one time, Then again I have had the most de- licious soup, chicken and vegetables out of just such a cooker that was attached for one hour, then taken to # picnic in the back of a car and the remainder of the job left to the ac-| cumulated steam, Electric Refrigeration And now to the refrigerator, Ka- therine Cornell, the great household scientist, says, "When the modern electric refrigerator goes into a house a new era in household management is established." "The advantages of this modern method of refrigeration are apparent in every phase of fam- ily life." The importance of iceless refrigeration is just beginning to be understood. Until a few years ago we looked upon an ice chest as something that kept cream sweet, salads crisp and the tang on the gin- ger ale, Now we know that the chief urpose of refrigeration is to prevent ood spoilage by checking the growth of micro organisms, Today we are impressed with the knowledge that the compartment in which food is stored must always be kept below 50 degrees, This word always is the key to the difference between iceless and iced refrigeration, All the motor im- rovements--and every manufacturer as. improved his motor during the last year--aim toward this maximum of steadiness in retaining a low tem- erature, They realize and so do ouseholders, that the moment the temperature rises, the microbes com- mence their harmful work, This is the part of refrigeration that is most important and where real advance- ment has been made, The next improvements concern the case, This year's refrigerators have seamless one-piece baked ena- mel linings with rounded corners and es, not one uded nook for the tiniest bacteria, There is heavy cork insulation between this inner casing and the outer metal walls, All doors are insulated in the same manner and close on heavy cushion stripping, like weather strip in effect. Neither hae the fair for kitchen beauty pas the refrigerator by, While white and pearl yo most popular, it is pos- sible to have colored finishes, There is one in the jard room of a Montreal residence grained and stain- ed to harmonize with the walnut pa- nelling. The handles and hinges fit in with the general decoration, In the same city there is a glorious Chinese lacquer effect in the smoker of a men's club. These radical finish- es are usually to be found in clubs and those quarters where there is no jmmsdiate Sjichen or pantry. The rigidaire poration is mow using 2 lever handle on its regular models, This effects an easy, quiet i and closing. The pi has 2 dull silver, stainless finish. So much for the new iceless refrigerators whose nt aises could a columns. s es to such varied uses as do wafe irons. Once upon a time if a wafle iron made good waffles that was all that smart or efficient to be of use beyond the kitchen limits. The electric one came along, a trifle cumbersome at first, See it now, a thing of beauty, a distinguished, splendid affair attach- ed to an ebony handled tray, the rai- son d'etre of many an after theatre party. Some genius discovered that it could do more than waffle. .,...mak most delicious omelettes, do up corn fritters--indeed, the list of its accomp- lishments is limited only by the im- agination of the cookee. Consider the lowly three-pronged toasting fork! Compare it with to- day's electrical affairs. There is the tmaster for e ple, a compact closed-in nickel cabinet that does ev- erything but put the hot buttered toast on your plate. It 1s another ap. pliance with automatic control and consequently there is no fear of burned bread. It can be set for light toasting, or the very well done va- riety and there is no fear that it will err. Other toasters have adopted the enclosed or partly closed sides. Some of them have fine engraved work, making things of beauty to grace the early morning table, Electric grills, hot plates and chai- ing dishes have varied little in. the last year. The principle develop- ments are along the line of style, Coffee percolators have an automatic switch that closes off the heat the second the pot boils dry. Electric tea kettles are made the same way. There is a new tea kettle that holds the tea ball suspended in the lid until the water boils. At the right mo- ment, it may be lowered without lifting the cover. Quite t! king among" new kitchen utensils is the electric egg-beater. It will whip cream, a thin sauce or a dressing with equal ease. It has three speeds and the motor comes off to wash the part that is used in cooking. A drink mixer not exactly an everyday utility may be put to many good uses in-between-times, It makes a splendid mayonnaise, whips cream, mixes icing, marshmallows, and has innumerable other virtues, It is es- sentially a mixer and while whipping cream successfully, it will not beat an egg to any degree of fluffiness, Serving the Baby U bottle in the nursery, today baby's sits three-quarters immersed in a smart nickel water pot. The bottle exactly fits the round openjng in the cover, Mother presses the switch from where she lies, just a few min- utes before feeding time, The fond is heated without a visit to the kitch- en below... .without pouring it from one utensil to another, or into the bottle after it is heated. The same baby will probably profit by thera- 1gning d Residents O peutic lamps during the long winter months if he is not fortunate enough to live where there is a sun porch or sunny rooms. In the first years of their lives babies must have sunshine, and where the genuine is not avail able, the synthetic sunshine has prov- ed a great blessing. These should be used on the recommendation of a physician. Therapeutic lamps for home treat- ment are legion. There are high fre- quency and violet ray generators for poor circulation, skin ailments, falling hair, for the relief of headaches and neuralgia. These are the more gen- eral uses. There are at least one hun- dred others. It is always the part of wisdom to consult a physician be- fore using any generator, The proper technique is in itself something that should be demonstrated by a profes- sional, In addition to the electric generat- ing lamps, are the so-called sun lamps, useful where intense heat is called for....ideal for drying hair. Electric pads and electric blankets are not new, but today they come in smart bright coverings that alto. gether disguise their practical vir. tues. Last of all we hail the clock of the age....the electric sangamo. Not satisfied with being a mere time- keeper it appeats in casings of ev- ery period. Even our grand-father's time-honored piece hasbeen used to disguise the inner workings of this modern wizard. A great deal of the joy of life con- sists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, every. thing which he attempts to do. There is a sense of satisfaction, a pride in surveying such a work--a work which is rounded, full, exact, complete in all its parts--which the superficial man, who leaves his work in a sloy- enly, slipshod, half-finished condi- tion, can never know. It is this con- scientious completeness which turns work into art, The smallest thing, cell done, becomes artistic. well --William Matthews. twisted and dried, has died, con or two, anew! golden chair; comets' hair; and Paul; at all! shall blame; for fame; star as They are! L'Envoi When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it--lie down for an Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work And those that were good shall be happy: they shall sit in a They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of They shall find real saints to draw from--Magdalene, Peter, They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate Shall draw the Thing as he sees it for the God of Things --Rudyard Kipling. Dewland Store's Notable Success Explanation Found in Quality Goods Bought Right and Sold Right s-- When a city, such as Oshawa, reaches the stage where it de- mands such a store as the W, A. Dewland, Ltd. chain -maintains here on Simcoe St. North, there can be no further question about its status. For, here's the secret, num- bers of cities much older, larger and with similar payrolls, want such stores and fail to get them, Dewland's is Oshawa's good luck in more ways than one. Dewlands cater to trade that truly economical women of the community those who know that the best is always the cheap- est, Its ground and first floors car. ry complete stocks of general dry goods and ladies' wear, particular- ly featuring exquisite lingere and fine linens. The basement floor is Dewland's Gift Shop which is a de- light to visit and where it is a pleasure to buy, The Dewland Chain The Whtby store wds opened in August, 1924, and is under tha very capahle management of Wil- liam Turner, The Oshawa store was opened October 15, 1927, with W. A, Clarke, director of the com- pany and sales executive of wide experience, as manager, On April 15 of this year the Cobourg branch was opened under the direction of R. Harper, also a company direc- tor, and a hrilliantly efficient store manager, Thus a successful linkng up of three important Lakeshore towns was accomplished in a little less than four years, giving the organ. izaton triple buying power and the ability to render the best service possible, All the stores are similarly fur- niched and equipped. 'New Way" wall fixtures and display cases are of the unit type which permts ad- ditions and special arrangement, On the second floor of the Osh- awa store are the most modern fit- ting rooms hetween Toronto and Montreal, These are of the inter- changebale unit type and can be instantly expanded for any special is young. purpose, These rooms are hand- somely fitted up and are much ap- preciated by their users. The Basement Gift Shop is a growingly popular feature of the Oshawa Dewland Store. The con- tinually vexing problemr of what to give for wedding presents, anni- versaries or other special occasons may be solved quickly and yet with the satisfying knowledge of hav- ing chosen something distinctive. Dewland's caters to trade that wants qualty -- that will be satis- fied with nothing else, in fact, The strength of the Dewland Chain is the sales and buying knowledge of its president who provides value as well as quality, The store's success is based, largely, on the fact that it does not make a fetish of mere price, - There are many good things that need not be ex- pensive, The Dewland rule, how- ever, is to sell the store's patrons merchandise which they can back up to the limit, W. A, Dewland, president and general manager of W. A, Dew- land, Ltd., brought over 25 years of successful merchandising ex- perience to the organization. Fer several years he was connected with some of the largest depart- ment stores im the west. During the years referred to, Mr, Dewland devoted equal atten- tion to the huying as well as sell- ing of merchandise. His executive ability was recognized by the com- panies with which hé was formerly associated by ever increasing re- sponsibility, He preferred, how- ever, to get Into business for him- self, and the business has steadily grown to three stores. What the future holds for a firm of this character is not hard to prediet. Success comes to those who are willing to work for it. Watch Dewlands' Limited grow, He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked apprecia- tion of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has looked for the hest in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspira- tion; whose memory is a benediction, --Mrs. A, J. Stanley, Chur m0 a wn Their Own Homes T.B.Mothersill Co. Experienced Firm F. O. Mothensill and H. B. MacConnell Strong < The T, B, ~ " Mothersill Compan of this eity, long known aH district as contractors who genus inely back up their slogan of 3 Suarantee to satisfy in every piece of work they undertake, have since the first of the year completed sev. eral of the more important jobs in and around the city, Their busi. hess covers a wide variety of work, from the building of sidewalks to the erection of schools and the laying of pavement. They are at present occupied in completing an addition to the Grierson School (No. 11) north of Oshawa. .On the retirement of the found. er of the Company, Mr. T. B, Moth. ersill, on January 1, 1928, Mr. F. O. Mothersill and Mr, H, B, Mac. Connell succeeded to the manage. ment of the company, The company has two offices, one at Oshawa and the other at Whitby, where Mr, MacConnell re. sides, It was emphatically stated that no work was too large or too small for the company to handle, a fact which is borne out through knowledge of some of their recent work, From the laying of many miles of concrete pavement, work which both Mr, MaecConnell and Mr, Mothersill had formerly been connected with prior to their Join- ing forces, to minor repairing, no complaint has heen received, a fact which demonstrates the general satisfaction experienced by their many eustomers, H. B. MacConnell came to Osh- awa In 1910 from Belleville, at which place he had been engaged in lumbering and railroad construc. tion work. This work gave him an excellent foundation for operat. ing a successful business of his own, After being here for some time, he went into partnership with W. G, Gibson of Port Hope, the combination of which formed a strong business, numbering amoug its successful pleces of work the installing of the present Outfall Sewer, the trunk of the system now in use for the disposal of sew- {| ing for himself, | Oshawa, per in the business, overseas with the first Canadian Contingent for five years, and on his return entered into business with his father until 1924, when be went as Soper! ndent of work of the Derdemger Constr tion Company. n"" 4 this city in 1927 joining his father in business. k ~ ser,cusly, vigorously, calmly, allowing anything else to distract age In this city, Following this partnership Mr, MacConnell started into contraet- He may take crea. it for one hig job at that time, that he planned and constructed the Oshawa Railway car baras as they now stand, They have served the company well for a number of years, The same year he constructed more than $50,000 worth of sewers and water mains, for the town of The building of the pave- ment from Division street easterly to the town limits, . which has {| just recently been repaired, is cred- ited to him, Although this work is gradually being torn to pieces by the wear and tear of the heavy traffic, it has withstood the same hard usage for the last sixteen years. The amalgamation of Mr, Macs Connell's business with that of J. W. McCutcheon, of Oshawa, follows ed this series of splendid achieve- ments, when a block of stores for T, E, Everson on Simcoe street north was built, A factory addi- tion for the Robson Leather Com- pany in Cedardale was the next im- portant job. All these successful accomplishments took place before the war, At the time of the call for recruits, Mr, MaecConnell enlisted, being overseas four years. Between the years 1912 and 1914 inclusive, Mr. MacConnell built approximately forty concrete reinforced bridges for the Town- ship of East Whitby, Following the war, fifty miles of highway for the Ontario J and the breakwater for the'Dominion Government were constructed by him. Provipelal Government, at Thessalon From the Spring of 1925 until August, 1927, he was in Detroit in charge of high class residential work, returning to Oshawa imme- diately following, to take charge of the dry kiln construction for the T. B. Mothersill Company at Genera) Motors of Capada, Limit- F. O. Mothersill, the other part- also served Buffalo and took charge the heavy He came back to The last piece of work which has aroused much praise is the new Oshawa Golf Clubhouse, which was completed last spring. fair example of the company's work, and displays to the fullest extent the character of their work. This is 8 If thou workest at that which is . e thee, following right reason f th idences shown in this group are as follows: top row (left to right) H. L. Drew, King Street East; CG. W. McLaughlin, Simcoe The whens 9) the rosin Connaught Street. Middle row, J. A. Stanton, Connaught Street; W. R. Geikie, Simcoe Street North; C. M. Mundy. could be hoped for. It was a homely, clumsy contrivance, mot ly Simcoe Sticet North, Bottom row, F. L. Fowke, King Street East; Willis H. Tait, Aberdeen Street and Charles Robson, Simcoe Street South, A full page group is also preseuted in this issue, thee, but keeping thy divine sure, if thou shouldst be -- give it back immediately; if thoy holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thom wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.--Marcus Aurelius, ,-, , -