THE MODERN ICE AGE

Evening Star, Issue 19699, 28 October 1927, Page 2

THE MODERN ICE AGE

The question of the use of the small electric refrigerating plant in the home has attracted a great deal of attention of late, more particularly as recent legislation restricts the use of certain chemicals for preserving food, making it essential that the healthier alternative of refrigeration shall be employed. Within the last few years housewives have becqme more accustomed to the use of ice boxes, and, while these certainly served a useful purpose, it cannot be said that they were ideal in their application. Ice boxes have necessarily to be repacked from time to time, involving the question of an adequate supply of ice and salt, with the accompanying messy handling. With the advent, however, of the domestic electric refrigerator, all these troubles immediately disappear, and it has become merely a question of switching on tbo apparatus, just as one switches on an ordinary electric lamp. The preservation of food is an important matter in tho home, and tho domestic electric refrigerator is tho solution to this problem.