Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1917 — No Electric Fans In Aden. [ARTICLE]

No Electric Fans In Aden.

Electric current for fans is not generally available in Aden, Arabia, and the old fashioned punkah system ia the only relief from the almoat uubearable heat and closeness of the atmosphere which prevails at certain seasons of the year, according to th* Scientific American. A punkah la a large ceiling fan operated tty a cooM* who pulls a rope attached to it This rope generally passes over a small pulley through a hole in the wall, so that the coolie may work unseen by the** in th* room to be ventilated.