Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-05
SOMETHING ABOUT STOVES.
Availability Of Oil and Gas Stoves for
Summer Use.

- TOVES to the everyday house keeper
~ are important articles. In winter they
AT are n subject which calls for no great
~ Eamount Of concern, SO that the fire
messS bricks hold their own without having
to hold too much coal the wasteful cook is too
apt to shovel upon them. Cooks and even old
experienced house keepers have their own ideas
regarding fires under their care and whether
or not these ideas are based upon economic or
commensurate principles they stick to them
through hot and cold, SO to speak. II they are
not right they are constantly having their
stoves or ranges torn out, changed or over
hauled in lieu of anything else to do, and SIM
ply because they do not understand them well
enough to manage the fire. Few seem to I'M
derstand that it is not necessary to have great
whitehead fire to cook well or that small clear
fires cook and bake better than the larger ones
But with oil this and more, too, to bother and
perpiex winter cooking will get along somehow
or other, even with an improvident and incom-
petenr matron. 1t is
THE SUMMER COOKING QUESTION,
that comes with the first warm wave of
spring to overburden with heat and tear up the
temper Of the women folks whose duty it is to
look after the culinary affairs. 1t is next to
impossible to prepare and serve dainty meal
when the sun Is pouring down upon the ther-
mometer and the thermometer Is endeavoring
to climb up to the sun during the hot summer
weather II large coal range is the only cook
ing apparatus available. Many things will be
sighted and neglected which need simple but
close attention. not to mention the heat thrown
out through the other portions Of the house.
A remedy for this evil, or rather these evils
hot stoves, poor dinners, ruffied tempers and
too often an ill-natured Benedict-hes in use of
or, OR GAS STOVE
either of which is as serviceable, as clearly and
far more economical. An oil stove is cooks
blessing in summer and when selected and
managed with care truly accompiishes wonders
But 1t should be plain and simple in construc-
ton and based on good principles. Each wick
Should have its own chimney. The oil tank
should be covered with a perforated cap for
the escape OF generated gas and to remove the
danger OF an explosion. These stoves, like all
other kinds, require common-sense manage
ment. good-sIzed family-say six or eight
persons-may be supplied with well-cooked
meals from a four-burner oil stove. 1t is
mistake to purchase small one and lose time
and patience in contriving to have all dishes
done and served hot at the same time The
frequent changing of wicks will prevent the
slightest odor. Wicks are to feed the fame
and if the fame is extinguished without turn
ing the wick down the feeding process goes OH
for awhile and the oil runs down upon the base,
producing an exceedingly unpleasant odor
when the wick is lighted again. The stove
should be wiped clean before using The most
of accidents occurring from oil stoves or lamps
result from attempting to fill them when
lighted-a very dangerous thing to do. 1t is
not the fault of the stove-it is pure unmiti-
gated stupidity.
THE MODEL KITCHEN.
But the model kitchen of the future will con-
tain and retain gas-burning stove for summer
use and cases of emergency. tits a practically
established fact that gas fuel for domestic
purposes is effective and economical. No DIRT,
no smoke, no ashes-a good-humored cook, a
well-satsted housewife and an easily governed
husband. Late patterns are of cast-iron in part
rather than sheet-iron in full and should last
for years. There it stands all ready to Jump
into full blast at the touch of a match and in a
few minutes everything is stewing or baking or
frying or boiling-one at time or all at once
Food, especially meat, does not lose so much
Of its weight as when cooked in a closed range
or oven. Fish cooked under gas Jet is es-
pecially nice, having very much the flavor of
the planked shad. An nttachm is now made
for heating water for the Lath ROOM Every
year finds some important improvement and
year by year they are coming into more gen.
eral use.
Death Of Mrs. Thomson.
Mrs Elizabeth Brainard Thomson. who died
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