Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-10
THE HOME.
Gossip and 6Isanings for the Fam
, lily Circle.
|SeosibIe Talk About Winter Ventilation -
Timely Topics-HOusehold Hints
Reliable Recipes Latest
Fashion Notes,
Minter Ventilation.


When winter comes ventilation be-
comes, especially in el0sely-built, coal
heated city houses, matter Oi
supreme importance. The following
suggestions, borrowed from the col.
umns OF the Independent, are timely
and pertinent: Heating and ventila-
ton in summer are much more adjust
able To each other and to surroundings
than i'm the winter. The natural ventll-
alton by doors and windows is readily
available. Whatever may be the more
artificial, these are reSOrted to with ease
in order to make adjustments. But IN
winter the blasts from without will not
do. Both heating and ventilation be-
come matters for Internal regulation.
Heat, in order to be desirable, needs To
be such as is impaired to pure air and
such as admins of regulation aS TO tie
gree, while moisture has some relation
to our comfort in connection with 1t.
The changes which have occurred in
heating methods have involved new
risks. as veil as added to convenience.
The old open fireplace was very much
ola self-rcgulatOr. Ii warmed the air
it found in the room, and by drawing
toward itself also served for ventilation.
With il the problem was not how to
have the air pure, but how to keep
warm. The open CRATE, with It's re-
iIeCting surroundings, was much Otthe
same character, and often left the back
OF the person aud of the room too cold.
Then came stoves of various patterns,
which mostly drew their alr-supply
from the rooms. by more central
position and a greater radiatlngSurIace,
they impaired more heat, but were
less valuable for ventilating purposes.
The gas burners, while they give less
escape to coal gases, are 50 nearly air
tight that they aid but little in room
ventilation. Next the furnaces come,
with their aiT-supply either from the
cellar or more wisely from an air-duct
without. Thus a warmed air IS
introduced into the room more like
~ TO have its full supply of oxygen.
According TO the place of Its introduce
ton, it mingles with or drives out the
sir before in the room. In dong this,
il gives rise to currents quite different
from those caused by tire-places or
stoves. IL does not always rapidly obey
the law Is 20 the diffusion of gases. We
need vet, with the anemOmetef and by
other methods, 10 study just where the
hot air should be introduced, whether
both AT the floor and at the ceiling, and
how 10 regulate it, flow. While hot !
air tends TO rise, the momentum IS !
much affected by its tendency to flow
along surfaces and by the varying heat
at different heights of the air already |
in the room. Persons are often injured !
10y the habit of standing over registers !
or sitting i'm such close relation 10 them |
rs TO have on one side blast of hot air, |
quite different in temperature from that |
on the ether side OF them.
The advantage of steam over hot air |
il that il is more rapidly equaliZct and |
steam pipes do not seem 80 70 affect |
the iron a. when air is baked. Even !
the radiators are not absolutely |
air-tight. We, perhaps, still ne&d some !
explanation Of the prevalent idsa that |
steam heat Is more genial than dry, hot !
air heat.
The use, also, Of gas stoves is TO no |
small degree superse,ing coal in small !
rooms among those who can only afford !
inconstant fires. They are 50 easily !
lighted and put out, aud are so very !
ready heaters. Yet, ~ they consume
the oxygen of the air, they often inter-
fere with good ventilation and cause
uneyeuncs> Of temperature. We do
not, AS vet, know of 4 perfect oil or gas
stove for heating purposes, but await
improvements i'm this direction. Flee
tricity, too, has its future, perhaps, for
heat, ~ well as for light. It Is well for
US, i'm preparing for winter heating, to
bear fully in mind such outlines a.
these, and see to it that We do not have
too much or too unequal heat, and that
we use that method of heating which IS
most consistent with pure air and good
ventilation.