New-York tribune., 1896-10-18
HOME AND SOCIETY.
TUE Joy OF THE OPEN FIRE.

,.saioNABLE EvoLuT;oN-rHE PASSING OF MRS
,rr NarcH-A YOUNG LADY's EDUCATION
FASHIONS IN PARIS AND NEw-YORK.
,ouse without open fire in these cool au-
-, nays is like day without sunshine-co.d,
'un, n and melancholy chcery log fire will coun-
o'a ,orce by it's sense of brightness and dinused
oro,or, the inevitable feeling OF sadness
hV ,est produced by the season-particularly
o." ,hs ther ~ dull and gray. and the leaden
iooking sky with its heavy clouds, low-lyins
s ma brown fields and meadows, produces d sense
wv ',.,,esson that IL is almost impossible to resist.
80 :. IS considered how much cheer and COM
ov he had for the small cost Of little blaze
io iood n is curious what prejudice many es,i-
~. housekeepcrs have against lighting what
n.r S.. consider unnecessary fires in tho autumn.
.r,o,e il no need 20 start in with the dirt and
~ sres before one has to-, says the econom-
', " ,ousekeeper. not rejecting that it may he
r" . more than medicine 10 mind and body.
-, 7 came In here" said q man. on entering
. o,scrful living-room Of pleasant country
80. on bleak. gray autumn day. and hndins
Nv wv rounr people gathered around blazing FIRE
.,,r chestnuts and popping corn, II felt as il |
.u,, commit suicide. was so blue. But now life
w.. ~. 40, seem so dresry after all. Il was an eX-
-.-o,ed speech. but it contained more than a
era.n Of sense ,..
:, Is astonishing how stupid servants are about
.., seems such very simple affair as making a
s' wood fires must be mixed" Ike the New
..N.,,rd woman's pudding. with brains, or with
sense which is its equivalent The paper
I'D hs Torn In large pieces and crumpled TO give
. alton Of air. and the wood must be iaid
.,v and lightly. Here is an infalliole recipe Tor
.,,c wood fro wb:ch the most stupid maid
nssrv follow: Lay three sticks across the
s.,,s NO. on inch apart. The front and back SICK
- p. three times az large as any others used
-. ,ss ere Across the small centre SUCK lay Il
Il" '. ..,-,lcd pieces Of paper. the ends hanging
49,. .brouch the opening on either side oil the
'.r a. that they may easily be reached win
So .-o,, below Across the papers lengthwise
ma ., kidding wood and across these. in re-
~ ,ds- email sticks OF hard wood. and above
80. .,otter LAYER OF sticks la'd ehS'hw!se' IN
,.h.ss layers suace must be lett ioi IN" ur@ush'.
a. tho ton place two three more SUCKS nlagonai-
- v,.n al is done wash of The hearth so that
,a bright and shining, and the hre IL ready
for lighting ,, ,, ,s, f
ocosx n refractory fire. or 10 MAKE Inc pes' oi
.,,otv chimney is art IN h~eii' Somet'"eS Il
.n,tv fire needs only little shaking iN' naughty
INA :, start into a blaze and gooo numoT; some
.,s lef, turning OF jog will produce the de-
- r,s,,,. Flames love 20 lick over an unburnt
.~r..cs and of;entines the sharp edge OF stick
:, ,oo1 vita its spiintered grain will light. when
=, .e,.,rs FIRE" II the stick Is laid or fat
4 smoky fireplace may be made quite respec'a-
,,o member 0, society by building wha; IS called A
Nsxican arc-,hat is. with the ends OF the logs
,o,ntlng upward. not unlike an Indian N's"am a
Vac e natural conductor o. smoke as any one
nav see by noticing how quickly. even III "e'..
,obaved chimney the room viii MI with smoke II
..,., faus with the end pointing outward: and
49,, ,o,y stick however slender. running up above
-. 10y If the "viswam" will carry the smoke
-, nolens volens. il being really amusing to see
NOM il sometimes hesitates a; the point as II W.
~i,inr TO follow the leader