New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
HOME AND SOCIETY.
CHAT OF THE SEASON.

SUNSHINE AT HoME-ONE HAD MORE JEWELS
THAN THE oTnER-HOw TO KEEP
HOUSE WARM.
Like sunshine ont of doors. Ihc cherry wood
FIRE in the living room is the delightful quality Of
thorough good humor In any member OF the nome
circle dispensing warmth, light ma cheerulhess wit-
In the radius OF Its influence. WHO has not felt the
difference in the quality OF the moral atmosphere OF
"a house when certain members are absent whose daily,
fretful Earring speeches are source OF continual
irritation when they are with the family And also
the delightful kindly intercourse that another person
Invariably manages bring about BY his or her syma-
tbetic good humOrl Although This desirable quail'y
Is generally inherent il also be successfully cult
waited with little care and self denial Cnhapply,
however daily selcontrol in small matters is very
little prachssd. and pctulant irritable speeches are so
seldom checked that In many of households
crossness takes place OF courtesy and the slightest
difference of opinion gives occasion for acrimonious
discussion.
IL is undoubtedly true also that much less consider
action is shown nowadays among young people toward
their elders than formerly. Much more license is
allowed in their speech; and children argue ana
"answer back in a way that would not have been
tolerated in od-fashoned days Many people say
however, that this modern give and take relation
ship between parents and children begcts more trnc
affection than the sitter manners and mere elaborate
pohteness Of bygone age; and perhaps there is
something In this assertion Nevertheless boundaries
Of all kinds are so essential 10 human beings the
natural man is so prone TO be selfish brutal ald pas
sionate that need every assistance that civilization
gives lis In the way Of the restraint Of good manners
Doubtless IL perfect. If unSelshneSS and love
could be made the rule Of daily conduct should
need none OF these conventional helps. But unlucky
the millennium is not yet here and in the meanwhile
parents should enforce good breeding and considerable
manners from the children, not only toward Their
elders but also in their relations and daily intercourse
with each other
"what amuscs me more Than anything else in So
ciety," said rather cynical OF fashion. sis
10 watch people, and sea just little more than is
betrayed on the surface; confess it interests me
vastly, although you may think it rather trivial on
my part-but it is like reading Thackcrays Book Of
snobs' illustrated by tableaux- vivantS At dinner
the other evening, before Of the biggest balls
Of the season. Mesdames Y. and L., who were to re-
ceive' at the big affair later on, were both present
regal in their jewels and general magnfcence What
is the matter with Mrs. Yl' said Mrs. s, who sat
next me. DO you notice how distract and worried
she seemsP YES and l know the reason au-
swerea Mrs. T. has better jewels than she has
and her diamonds have never been ecnpscd before
"'Nonsense,' said my Heighbor that surely can
not be the reason: she is too much a woman OF the
world to give herself away like that. But she GER
terainy looks anything hut pleased about something
And indeed her suIkncss, whatever il was.
was obvious and after dinner she left very early,
making excuse about going home before the
ball. she is going 10 put on more jewels. you will
sec,' whispered TO Mrs. 5. Well she replied, If
she does will say that YOU pretty clever mind
reader. A little later when wo happened to go into
the ballroom together gave her triumphant glance
Mrs z. had managed to muster just few more bril-
nants than her rival and had recovered her good
Jumor.n
How best to keep a house warm is question that
every cold and biting wave" forces upon the attention
Of many housekeeper. People generally imagine
that with those 10 whom economy in fuel Is no great
object the problem IS simple enough, and IS only a
question OF using less coal. As matter OF
fact however, the consumption of fuel is not the only
chief factor: the exclusion of cold aud understanding
how fully 10 utilize the leat obtained by the various
fires is quite rs important Tie importance OF the
former aid to warmth in house ic we'll excmplfed
in those northern countries where necessity Is the law
Of existence and where read Of the Greenlanders
hut with inside temperature OF so degrees, the
only fire being from piece of walrus fat while out
side ir'Inay be 40 degrees below zero.
We would find, however, but few advocates OF this
degree Of exclusion OF fresh air and ventilailon and
The fewer the better no doubt. Wholesome ventia-
ten Is OF vast importance. but it should enter our
houses through the channels provided for IT, and not
under the doors and through the window joints
People who reside in O| and are protected by thei!
LcchDOr5 eltner size, WIN only IfoHI anu
exposed have but simple problem to encounter
But to, those who live In the country la frame houses
whose delenceless walls exposed in every drec
ton 10 the cutting wintTy blasts, the subject Is very
serious one. In the West il is "A common custom lo
bank earth around the house to the depth of several
feet; and single foot Of placed in this way
adds greatly 10 the warmth besides aordng protection
10 the vines and plants. In Old houses whose win
dow castings and door linels have become loose and
shgnnkcn tiny strips Of felt put on with long, slender
"brads7 Will be found very efcacous and II out cx
tremcy narrow quite unnOhceablc and can be pu
in many places whore 1t would not be possible TO IN
sert weather strips
In heating furnaces arc Of course tho chief factors
OF these there are many kinds, and we are told sue
Cessivey that each one Is the best People themselve
too differ greatly as TO what is the beso method o
heating house, preferring the hotar furnace
which seems. on the whole. to be more popular thai
any other oontrivance and others finding steam o
hot water satisfactory. There IS this always L
bs remembered howeveT-no hotalr furnace vii
carry hest satisfactorily through pipe running an
distance in lateral direction For rambling house
therefore where there is but one furnace hot water
steam viii give more dif'used heat. The somewhat
primitive but most effective blse-burning stove VII
be found capital supplement to the hot-air furnace
and If arranged with drum and a register in IN
floor above will he nearly "a cffcacous as "a secon,
furnace. Modern science has also managed 10 utnz
the waste beat from downstairs open repaceS In IN
rooms above in the most admirable fashion, maldn
every fire heat second as we'll az the ono il
which 1t Is laid and when considers the amour
OF precious warmth. not to actual money. tina
goes up the chimney in smoke it would seem tina
there is great acd for further improvement stl :.
practically utilizing escaping heat.
Il do not know II one way II stopping leak in
saucepan is generally luowD," says young house
keeper but II struck me as original and 1t cerainl
very simple and efcacous. went into the kitchen til
other day that my cook, who IS French Ira
something slmmerlng on the fire. As she was pouring
out. white rag at the bottom OF the saucepan
I. hat &c tIlat panlin snih IL "A fnr,