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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1017, 20 November 1917, Page 5

THE HARRIED HOUSEWIFE DOMESTIC HELP PROBLEM. Maids aro so hard to pet and kee|i—complains tlio harried housowife. There is no doubt that the domestic problem is a very real one in New Zealand, and consequently any good labour-saving contrivance finds a warm welcome. There is now on the market a simple machine that makes cooking a pleasure, and eliminates the dust and dirt, always present with a coal or wood range. It enables you to cook a full-course dinner --to boil, bake, roast or grill—without getting hot, tired and irritable. For this one reason alone Quirk's air pas machine i» necessary in every up-to-date home. This splendid invention brings to the farm homestead all the conveniences enjoyed by town folk who use coal pas with these differencesQuirk's air pas gives a brighter light ami one that is less trying to the eyes. Quirk's air pas is almost odourless, will not explode, and does not spoil the ceiling and wall papers. Quirk's air pas is cheaper and will bake ',, loaf of bread in almost one-third less time than coal pas. The plant is entirely automatic, and there is no waste. When the last light is turned out the machine stops work—it makes tlio pus only as required and in sufficient quantity; there is no storage of it. . . A 10 year-old youngster can give the midline all the attention required-about ivo minutes daily. A written guarantee poos with each machine'. Other attachments which go with the •ilant in addition to the cooking' and lighting are a pas-iron which costs 3d for P. hours' use, hot-water goyscrs for scullery and bath'use, pas radiators for heating ooms, revolving fans, prillers, etc.. etc. The pas is made from bcnzoline or notor spirit mixed with the air—mostly ur—hence the cheapness. A demonstrating plant is open for m .pection at 26 Cuba street, I'almerston Mortli, but enquiries by lptters are invited from those who cannot call. Quirk's An las Company, I'almerston North.—Advt. mini of money belonging to 00l abstracted from a box.