Practically speaking, the electric washing machine in which boiling water is put is a perfect instrument. Yet we can see some instances where the self-gas-heated electric washer might be a great convenience if the clothes are not permitted to have the dirt boiled in and the gas jets left burning beneath them. To-day, to meet the demand of a self-heating washer, there are a few being put on the market. Along the line of washing machines is a “filler” which acts promptly and swiftly so that the washing machine is filled and emptied of water with a minimum effort. There are two or three of these assistants on the market--two of which are good but one of which we think better. They can be tried before purchasing. ELECTRIFIED TABLES Furniture is furniture. That seems rational--it has beauty but not life. Yet in the Middle Edison Period in which we live, furniture arterially supplied with electric current has come to pass. Table tipping has gone out, but electrified tea tables have come in. There is no limit to what the electrified tea table might not be, or might not contain. Tea, toast, lectures or music fill its usual shallow depths. But now a veritable companion to man--not only a pal but an advisor. Yet you must be careful lest the amiable invention ousts the charm of tea itself. But all new inventions when they seem the most perilous are the most useful. Think of the charms of the electrified toilet table--shaving-water hot, curling irons ready, lights in perfect range. It is beyond imagination lovely. Then think of the electrified bed! It is too--Enough! Overlooking the fact that an ironing board and iron are prohibited in many hotels, they seem to arrive in other guises. A folding contraption delightfully like a little box has been made and charmingly cretonned, which is itself the telescopic board and inside of whose folds repose the leveling iron, electric connections, etc. SLEEPING ACCOMODATIONS Gunpowder can be made out of the air, but that isn’t what we are looking for--after all it’s a constructive use we give it--breathing and health. Of late, people are longing for health--see the new religious sects. So the home longs for it, and devices are continually being made to give the home more air and better. An automatic device to make rooms breathe is now a practical thing. It looks like a little box of copper wire on one side, open on the other and fitted with little shutters so that the warm air escapes and the cool fresh air is imprisoned in the room. It is put on outside the window sash and without draft you breathe clean, fresh morning air.