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CORKBOARD INSULATED REFRIGERATOR 355
tions, an ice cooled refrigerator will give results in the correct
preservation of foods in the home that cannot be expected with
mechanically cooled refrigerators. Then, too, some of that great
fraternity of refrigerator manufacturers not identified with
the mechanical household refrigeration industry, wished, for
the most part, to have their products adaptable to either sys-
tem of refrigeration,—ice or mechanical,—and therefore ad-
justed their <strong>insulation</strong> specifications to meet the most exacting
requirements.
Household refrigeration and the proper <strong>insulation</strong> of the
household refrigerator are today important correlated sub-
jects, and their importance promises to continue to increase
so long as food is consumed in the home. The National
Association of Ice Industries, 163 West Washington Street, Chi-
cago, Illinois, has equipped* to give the subject of refrigeration
in the home every attention and consideration. From one of its
many interesting and valuable publications and pamphlets, this is
extracted
:
WE GO SHOPPING FOR A REFRIGERATOR
A clever woman once said that it was a wise girl who knew good
"husband-material" when she saw it! And it is a wise woman who
knows a good refrigerator when she meets one, for here beauty is
only skin deep with a vengeance and it's the inside, not the outside,
of an ice box that counts. A woman's intuition won't help her much
in looking at it. Nor do white enamel and nickel finishings make the
refrigerator, any more than clothes make the man.
Rule one, in a case like this, is to go to a reliable, intelligent
dealer and buy a box that bears the name of an established builder
of refrigerators. When a man signs his output with his own name,
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he is apt to be proud of it and to do a good job.
The main points to look out for in choosing a refrigerator to
live with are these:
1. Insulation: How are its walls built?
2. Circulation: Can the air flow freely?
3. Size: Not only of the whole box in relation to
the size of the family, but of the ice compartment
in relation to the box itself.
4. Drain pipes and shelves: Are they easy to adjust
and hard to rust?
5. Handles and corners : Are they easy to turn and
easy to clean?
What and Why Is Insulation^—To insulate anything is to cut it
off from its surroundings, make an island of it. And the walls and
* Household Refrigeration Bureau of the National Association of Ice Industries,
Dr. Mary E. Pennington, IDirector.