Cheating the Junk-Pile, The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments

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Author

Peyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose), 1887-1961

Title

Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments

Original Publication

United States: E.P. Dutton & Company,1922.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Kitchen appliances

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67507

Release Date

February 26, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Cheating the Junk-Pile THE PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE OF HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENTS
2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3. 3.AUTHOR’S FOREWORD
4. 4.INTRODUCTION THE HOUSEWIFE AS MANAGER AND PURCHASING AGENT
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.CHAPTER I INTRODUCING YOU TO ELECTRICITY — Some Technical Terms
8. 8.CHAPTER II KEEPING OUT OF HOT WATER
9. 9.CHAPTER III ELECTROCUTING THE WASH! — Requirements of the Home Laundry — Generally Speaking — The Electric Ironer — An Extraordinary Advance — Good Points — Power and Fuel — Size — How To Operate — A Few Pertinent Questions And Answers — The Washing Machine — Dryers — Theory and Practice — Superficial Points — Electricity Or None — Tables and Shelves — Ironing Boards — A Burning Shame — The Laundry Chute — Arrangement — Flat Irons — Soaps And Powders — To Avoid Blow-Outs — L’Envoie
10. 10.CHAPTER IV THE PORTABLE VACUUM CLEANER — “ All Is Not Gold, Etc. ” — Dust’s Hunting Grounds — We Are Three Kinds! — As To Motive Power — Motors! — Requisite Qualities
11. 11.CHAPTER V A PIPE DREAM — Pros and Cons — Operation
12. 12.CHAPTER VI COOKING BY ELECTRIC CURRENT — Points About the Stoves — Ovens and Broilers — Electric Measurements — Control and Trimmings — Dimensions and Care — A Very New Departure
13. 13.CHAPTER VII TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF GAS COOKERY — New Devices — The Top — Regulating Heat — Burners — Range Facts
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE OIL RANGE — Wickless Ranges — Flame Regulation
15. 15.CHAPTER IX COOKING BY ABSENT TREATMENT — Fireless Stoves — Cooking
16. 16.CHAPTER X QUESTIONS FROM THE LEAGUE OF RATIONS — Dropping The Maids — The Necessary Equipment
17. 17.CHAPTER XI KEEPING IT COOL — How It is Made — The Nine Points — The Insulation — As to Ice Chambers — How to Use a Refrigerator
18. 18.CHAPTER XII THE PASSING OF THE ICE MAN
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII A BURNING QUESTION — Fly Costs — The Incinerator — Objects — Construction Points — Economy — Capacity — Casing — Summary
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV AIR AND ITS ENTRANCE AND EXIT — Good Ventilation — Some Devices — Weather Strips as Aid in Ventilation
21. 21.CHAPTER XV THE PLUMBING IN YOUR KITCHEN — Plumbing Laws — Further Provision — Definitions — The Trap — Fresh Air Inlets and Main Traps — Sewers, Drains and Traps — Soil and Waste Lines — Vent Pipes — Sinks and Connections — Second Grades — Patented Materials — Outlets — Faucets — Filters — Safe and Refrigerator Waste-Pipes — Homilies
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI KNIFE-LIFE IN THE KITCHEN — Kitchen Cutlery — Variety in Knife-Life — Home Butchering — Handles — Sharpening
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII THE ANCIENT WOOD IMPLEMENTS
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII GLASS WEAR — Annealing — Manufacture — Color — How it Differs from Cut Glass — Colored Glass — Cooking Glass — Plate-Glass
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX THE BRIDE’S KITCHEN — The Lists — Cabinets and Conveniences — China — The Cook Book
26. 26.CHAPTER XX CANNING AND PRESERVING — The Processes of Canning — Preserving and Canning Jars — Sealing Tests — Density Measures — Aluminum Utensils — Enamel Ware — Electric Canning and Preserving
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI CASSEROLES OR THE REVOLUTION CULINARY
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII FURNISHING YOUR KITCHEN — The Table — Special Tables — Kitchen Cabinets — Materials — Shelving Units — Plate Warmer — Chairs and Stools — Mats — Matching Up
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII KITCHEN COSMETICS — Preventives of Disease — Choose the Manufacturer First — Paint Rules — Employ an Expert — Enamels or Pigment Varnishes
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV THE GREAT AMERICAN DISH — Kinds of Ice-Cream — Freezing — The Cure — Freezing Mixture — Freezers — Tubs — Buying Freezers
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV THE KITCHEN ROTARY CLUB — Electric Rotaries — Housewives Bad Mixers — The New Machines — Smaller Craft — Time and the Mixer — Some Evolutions — Requirements
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI FLAWS OR FLOORS IN YOUR KITCHEN — Floor Requirements — Laying the Floor — The Linoleum Family — The Cork Family — Compositions — Linotile
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII FEDERALIZING YOUR KITCHEN — The Essentials of the Cabinet
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII WHEN THE POT HANGS HIGH — The Argument for Hanging — Good Tools, Good Treatment — Hanging Within Reach
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX BRUSHING UP ON BRUSHES — Fiber or Bristle — Brushes Must Brush Only — The Protean Vegetable Brush — Mops and Dusters
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX THE QUIET HOUSE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI OSTRACIZING THE FLY — Some Details — Varieties of Metal Screens — Rolling Screens — Wooden Frames — Wire Cloth Varieties
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII POLISHING THE WATER SUPPLY
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII OUTSTRIPPING THE GALE — Things They Obviate — What They Are — The Sliding Window — Other Cases — Doors — Application — Purchasing — For Wind, Dust and Noise — Quiet and Cleanliness
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV BEAUTY AND THE BATH — A French Bath — The Equipment — The Bathtub — Valves — The Shower Bath — Mixing the Water — Lavatories and Tables — Faucets — The Closet — Incidental Fittings
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV THE WINTER OF YOUR CONTENT — The Heating Engineer — Principal of Heating — Boiler Purchase — Piping — The Gas Boiler — Water Backs — Radiators — Air Vent (Steam heating) — Heat Controls — The Bungalow Owner — Heat’s Influence — Heating with Oil — Electric Heating — Hot Water Heating — Gas
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI OUTLETS SAVE YOUR INCOME — Lighting — Height of Lights — Reflection — Light Measurements — Cost of Light, Electric — The Incandescent Light — Indirect and Direct Lighting — Special Room Service — Dining Room Domes — The Bedroom — The Kitchen and Closets — Architects — In Finale — Some Suggested Novelties — Cord Divider — Tinting — Principles
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII Tin Ware, Rubber and Paper — Cleaning — Japan — Cake Cutters — Galvanized — Necessities Not Known — Ice-Cream Freezers — Trays — Rubber — Paper — Chop Papers — Charlotte Russe
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII Come Out Of The Parlor — The Small Equipment — Scales and Sharpeners — Table Bells and Griddles — Electric Dishwashers and Stoves
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX Latest Inventions — Electrified Tables — Sleeping Accomodations
46. 46.CHAPTER XL Measure for Measure — Avoirdupois — Dry Measure — Liquid Measure — Linear Measure — Square Measure — Scales and Measures — Liquid Measure — Dry Measure — Length Measure — Preserving etc. — Thermometers — Some Precautions — Apothecaries’ Weight — Troy Weight — Fluid Ounces—Weight Ounces — Dry and Liquid Quarts and Pints — Uncertain Quantities — Sacks and Bags — Heaped Bushel—Bulky Vegetables, Fruits etc. — Baskets — Boxes for Fruits — Cords of Wood — Containers — Addition and Recapitulation
47. 47.CHAPTER XLI TAKING THE KITCHEN ALONG — Refrigerators — Cooking Outfits
48. 48.CHAPTER XLII The Fire Hazard — Fuels — Medicaments — Heating and Garage Hazards — The Big Eight — Extinguishers — Service
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIII TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT — Floor Coverings — Some Miscellanies
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIV A FEW SUGGESTIVE BOOKS — Transcriber’s Notes

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