The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25
THE HOME.
Hot Weather Notes.

At this season of the year along with
the record of drowning accidents come
the stove explosion disasters. A certain
number Of these causalites seem inevita-
bly, yet it is plain that sheer carelessness
is the cause of some For instance the
two women who filled gasoline stove
whilo it was burning ought to have
known that such an act would be the
last Of their lives. The story OF their
dreadful death has been given wide cir
culation yet hundreds of other women
will go on tempting fate in just such a
way While vapor or gasoline stove is
perhaps more dangerous than thu oil
stove, the latter should never be filed
after it has been lighted; neither should
it be burned while the oil tank is very
low.
An oil stove will not run itself any
more than coal stove will. The same
person who is careful to see that range
is kept free from ashes, that all deposits
are cleaned from the various hues, and
that the outside is clean and bright will
buy an oil stove, Tut in wick, and fill
add oil when the wick refuses to give a
fame.
Now the wick Of stove should be kept
clean just the same as in lamp and
when it gets clogged and black it should
be thrown away or else taken out, washed
clean and dried again before it is put
back. ill the tanK, not quite full lest
it run over, for this is cause of the
taste and smell of kerosene that gets into
food sometimes. Fill the tank when the
stove is cold and do not start to use it
without being sure that there is oil
enough to last through the cooking that
is planned Keep every part rubbed
bright and clean and there will be no
odor
Profit little from the engineer who
keeps everything rubbed clean and shin
ing and gets tho best work cut of the
machinery in his care.
Another hot weather warning is con-
corning the use of ice. Cool articles of
food by contact of the receptacle contain
ing them with ice or the cold air of the
refrigerator and not by putting ice di-
rectly into liquids or on to articles of
food Water is not purified by freezing,
as the old notion held, and poisonous
matter in ice is merely held until liberat-
ell by melting. Ice cut from rivers where
there is sewerage concentration or stag
nant ponds is not fit for taking into hu
man.system. In other words If you would
not drink the water from pond You
ought not to put the ice taken from 1t
into drinks served upon your table. The
saIs of ice taken from contaminated
sources is prohibited in many places,
but the danger is greater in small COM
muuities or where through ignorance of
the dangers private ice houses ara filled
with impure ice.
The Pie Habit
Helen Campbell in referring to the ma
tional institution OF pie protests that she
does not wish to declaim against dish
which, from its stalwart form of veni-
son pasty down to the latest production
known as "leruon lneringue," has
through many generations charmed the
children of men.
She concludes that pie has is own
place, it's own mission-eYen its own
rights. 1t is the woman who makes if
whose case is up for consideration, and
whose lack-lustre eyes and sodden COM
plexi0n are one of the fruits of an over
dose OF the article New England, onco