Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1909, Page 43

TH OMAHA SUNDAY BE There’s A Hot Time Coming WE offer you a full line of direct or alternating current —ceiling, desk, bracket, oscillating and exhaust FANS, every one of them backed by a guarantee for perfection in material and workmanship and economy in operation. WE make a specialty of small motors for direct connected machines, as Sewing Machines, Lathes, Grinders, etc. E handle the SIMPLEX ELECTRIC IRON; the highest quality in every particular and the standard of excellence in design, finish, effi- ciency, quick heating and dura- bility. Also a full line of Electrical Cooking Utensils. ‘U free to our customers. problem, let us solve it for you. E maintain a Consulting Department whose advise is If you have a special power Nebraska Electric Co. SPECIALTIES: Fans, Irons, Lamps, otors, Heating Pads Omaha, Neb, Bell Doug. 1408 It costs less than one cent ) to remove every particle of dirt from your room. Swaaper and Gléaner Combined Cannot get out of or- der and anyone can op- erate it. No Dust—No Noise Ourrepreséntative will call at your "home and give a free demonstration at your request. ~ Sre it at the S Eleciric Show s Booths 1 aad 2 Burgess Granden Company Wholesale and Relall Gas und Elecirie Fixlures AGENTS FOR THIS DUSTLESS CLEANER 1511 Howard Street A Blind Man can’'t see whether your letters are good, bad, or indifferent. But your prospective customers are not blind, are they? We'd l{ke to furnish you with the kind of Type- written Letters that will pass the inspec- tion of a wan that isn’t blind. We make @ specialty of Letters, and the fellow who recéives one of them will have a guess coming if he thinks they are not the real typewriting. We operate a department for filling in and addressing. May we have your orders for Letters? Mangum & Company Letter Factory Aute Phone A-1885. OMAHA, 109 S. I3th Street 1207 Harney St. SPECIALTIES: Colambia Batteries, Rubber Covered and Weatherproof Wires and Cables, Ind. AI258 Tnn’slen and Incan- escent Lamps. The Progress of Electricity (Continued from Page One.) able to produce. This principle has already been demonstrated In an experimental way by llluminating rarified air in a glass tube, but the practical solution of this problem is undoubtedly the property of a distant tuture. In the telewraphic world the last few years have wrought wonders that well- nigh border on the miraculous. It is not necessary to go into detall as to what has been accomplished by wireless telegraphy. In its present state it s employed to com- . B. ZIMMAN, Omaha Electric Light Co. mercial advantage far beyond all expecta- | tions and will without doubt Increase its lutility when secrecy of the messages can be better preserved. According to present Indications this is a matter of but limited experiments and wireless telegraphy will g0 Into history as the chlef accomplish- | ment of the first decade of the twentleth | century. . In the wire telegraph the last couple of years have developed an Invention which, | although uninteresting to the public, will play ite large part and stands as a credit to the ingenuity of its inventor. This Is | the Barcley printer. To describe this ma- chine it might be termed an eleetrically | operated typewriter with the keyboard lo- ted, for instance, in Chicago, and the tyrewriter part, in Omaha, the two | being connected by a wire. An operator manipulating the keyboard in Chicago causes the typewriter in Omaha to duce a printed message on a regulir tele- graph blank, ready for delivery to the addressee. The introduction of this in- vention makes It possible to transmit over )ne wire as many messages as formerly requirgd three direct wires. The up-to-date electrical engineer does not find much difficulty in keeping track of the varfous inventions or new features in the field of electricity. But where he frequently finds himself in a dilemma is In keeping posted on the kinds of current sultable for the various purposes different laws which govern them. As an. electrical inspector, I desire to say, in closing, that it is well for the public to understand that all service per- formed by electricity s not possible with one kind of current. Tn order, therefore, | to accomplish sults which electricity is called upon to | produce, 1t Is necessary to generate or se- cur | pable of producing the results sought | Therefore, when laws and rules for the safe changed from time to time/it is not be- cause the authorities change thelr minds, | but stmply to provide adequate protection | against new conditions brought about by the rapid and constant evolution of elec- | tricity. WALDEMAR MICHABLSEN City Electriclan say, pro- and the the many and various re- | he particular kind of current ca- | installation of electric wires are HELPS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE| How the Current is Made to Serve Around the Home. | WOMAN GETS MUCH-NEEDED REST New Ways of Cooking and Doing Other Stunts About the House Due to Knowledge of Electrielty. It Is an oft-quoted remark that it George Washington could come back to earth fa | this latter year of grace and see the | ehanges which have been wrought by | Bolence and espectally by electricity in our | mode of living, he would not belleve his eves. The telephone, telegraph, wireless. arc lights, trolley cars and a thousand other inventions would give the conservative old gentloman a start which would probably | sehd him back to his grave again. But if It is true that all these innova- tions have made changes which really amount to revolutions in the life of the nation, especlally in commercial life, and have made poesible the growth of gigantic citles such as the father of his country | never even dreamed of, it is equally true | | that 1f his famous wife, Martha Washing- tion, could likewise be permitted again to | visit mother earth, and should investigate | modern American ‘home lite, she would be equally dumfounded by the many epoch- | making changes which have taken place In | the lives of the women of the land and in | the arrangements ana convenfences of the | | modern home. | The first of the First Ladles of the land had at Mount Vernon a home which was lm\ml to any in America at that time, but B. C. BENNETT, E. C. Bennett & Co. when she wanted supplies of any sort, there was no telephone with which to call for them. When night came there was no stmple turning of a button to flood the | house with light, There were only canéles and these were made on the premises. Even a modern steel kitchen range had not been thought of, and if some prophetic soul had told the historic Martha that the time would come when & breakfast could be cooked in twenty minutes without flame, smoke or odor she would have thought the prophet crazy and let it go at that, Wonders of the Modern Magic. Yot such s the progress which, has been made in adapting electricity to the convenience of the home that the things mentioned have come to be regarded as among the A B C's of housekeeping and are thought no more wonderful than looking et a watch for the time of day. The modern home equipped, as it may | easily be, with all the conveniences and labor-saving devices of electricity, is a veritable house of marvels, and things are done every day which a few cen- | turfes ago would have been attributed to miraculous interference or witchcraft and would have subjected the owner to grave danger of a trial for connivance with his satanic majesty. Such homes are becoming more numer- ous every year and a visit to one of them is well worth the time and trouble. | Even before the house 18 approached, if it be at night, the number may be seen, fixed In a transparency and lighted | with a small electric bulb which makes it possible for the visitor to locate the | place without trouble. At the door is the button, which when pushed causes an electric current to ring a bell and brinz ready admittance. Inside the hall more of the conven- | fences of electricity become apparent Instead of the old-fashioned hanging | lamp, cumbersome and dangerous, frosted bulbs are set in the celling and ive o | subdued light, grateful to the eye. A button near the front door controls these S0 that they may be lighted the moment | one steps within the door or extinguished | the last thing before going out. The lights in the various rooms are also con- trolled by switches in the hall, and {f 1t {s | s0 Gesired other switches may be placed both upstairs and down and another but- | ton mey be placed near the bed so that | the house may be lighted at any hour of | the night. | In the hall it will be also noticed that { no wires are visible and that even the | telephone shows no obtrusive connections | | of wires and cords. This is a feature which {s due solely to a little planning, for_the modern house {8 wired while n | W. F. YOUNG, Brunswick Balke Collende: the process of bullding ana be! been plastered. This item Is not ex-| pengive and demands on'y a little fore- thought, which Is well repaid by the jm- proved appearance of the rooms. The parlor will show little that novel except In the arrangemeut and character of the lights, unless there is an electrical attachment to the plano to 1s JOPEPH R. LEHMER Electrical Railway Mine and Power Plant Equipment. Direct connected Engine Generator Sets for central energy service Detail apparatus of all kinds—Transformers, Wattmeters, Switch- boards and Switchboard Instruments. Steam and Hydraulic Turbines for prime movers in electric cen- tral stations. Small steam or gas engine driven house lighting sets for country and suburban homes. Incandescent Lamps—Carbon, tantolum, tungsten. Arc lighting material and Tangsten series street arcs. Machines tool of all kinds with direct connected motor drive. Motor generator sets and mercury rectifiers for storage battery charging. Storage batteries for gasoline engine, ignition vehicles, power storage and isolated | ighting service. Telegraph and telephone line construction material. Motors arranged for mounting on floor, wall or ceiling and to run vertically, horizontally or through the medium of back gears. Motor driven pumps for shallow or deep well service. Electrical household appliances, cooking and heating apparatus, sewing machine motors, sad irons, desk. and ceiling fans, clec- troleums, vibrators. Electric contractors supplies. Largest exhibitor at the show. or electrical goods west of Chicago. Largest and most complete stock Estimates furnished without charge on complete electrical pow- er plants of any size or characteristic. JOSEPH R. LEHMER 1218 Farnam Street, OMAHA The Ceiling Lighting Effect at the Electric Show was originated by Edwin C. Bennett Co. Electrical Contracting Engineers 550 Bee Building The novelty and practicability of this lighting effect gives Omaha a lead over all other electric shows anywhere. Eleetric Steel Conduit and Raceway Experls Complete conduit system with electric wiring, designed and installed for light and power, Electric work by contract or percentage plan specification. Believing that ‘‘a pleased customer is the best advertisement’’ we present below refer- ence to a few of our satisfied customers. We appreciate the continued favors of these and others, which we have in the past en- joyed, and endeavor to retain this good will as well as to gain increased patronage, Here are a few of the con Burlington Depot, city. Burlington Headquarters B Hoagland Block, city. Crane Company, city. Y. M. C. A, city. Burwood Theater, city, Conservative Building, city. Nebraska-Iowa Grain Eleva Henry W. Yates, city. J. M. Cudahy, city. W. H, McCord, city J.J. Han and the evening be chilly, a portable elec- | trie radlator, free from odor or dirt, will | be placed near as & foot warmer. will light your cigar on an electric lighter | and from the depths of an easy chair you will notice that the shaded table lamp has no awkward hanging cord to cause acei- dents. The wirlng runs from the floor through the table and if more lght is de- furnish music when the performers are indisposed Comtorts of the Day. | Should the host take you Into his “den" sired in the room there are bulbs in the celling which may be lighted by a chain pull and turned off In the same manner. A late lunch ls easily snd quickly pre- Wright & Wilhelmy Building, city. New Methodist Hospital, city. New Wise Memorial Hospital, city tracts we have executed: Public Buildings We Aim to Please First National Bank Building, Grand uilding, city. Island, Neb. First National Bank Building, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Omaha. (Government Omaha. Government [officers quarters], Fort [Pole line court], Fort Government [Administration Building], tor, city, Crook, Neb, Residences H. D Thompson, city Ward Burgess, city. E. M. Gibson, ci ighen, Fort Robinson, Neb. Government [officers quarters], Fort T. J. Mahoney, city. Thos. R. Kimball, city. Mrs, T. L, Kimball, eity, And others on applicat pared with the electric chafing dish and | have their lights of varying degrees of in- coffee percolator and not by means of the cumbersome Hvers head cords. The dangers and inconyenl- ences of the old fashioned spirit lamp chafing dishes are also become & thing of o past If one is to spend the night In such & home and goes upstairs to sleep the eon- venignces of electricity still follow. The stairs are lighted by shaded bulbs and all the sleeping rooms and even the closets the wirlng for both of | tensity You | these being brought up through the floor | {-cgndiapower For the closets there are little lights, which do away with the dungeon effect of the old fash- loged oloset. The mirrors d ehitfoniers are furnished with side lights, essh on a meparate switch, 30 that either mey be turned on at pleasure, To warm the bed there s heating pad. which is far and y &n im- provement on the old hot water bottle, as the temperature 1s always the same and (Continued on Pags BI) electric