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though it will be much safer if the order is
| sued requires that the ashes shall be re-
moved thoroughly twice a day. Keeping &
stove or furnace clean increases its capacity
| to throw out heat. Thus some servants can
| get out better volume of heat with one
| half less coal than others can with the
| same quantity. A furnace that is oVerfed
| with coal and kept packed full of ashes
wont furnish half the heat that it should.
| All the trouble in connection with the warp
| ing of the CRATES is in consequence of the
ashes being allowed to accumulate under
| the CRATE. While the ordinary CRATE will
stand any amount of heat if it is under
meath the burning coal, 1t will easily melt
! or burn out If the burning coal or hot
ashes is under the CRATE. careless
servant can burn out CRATE in couple of
DAYS and often in less time, while care
| ful servant can make the same CRATE last
several years. To get heat, therefore. there
should be a requisite supply of coal and the
greatest carefulness exercised in removing
the ashes A stove furnace that is plug
ged up with ashes cannot breathe and If
, 1t does not breathe there will not be any
heat. it matters not how much coal it con-
sumes."
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I was very much prejudiced against the
bicycles and bicyclists generally when 1
| came to this city," remarked an Alabamian
who is the head of division in one of the
upper departments, to d Star reporter but
l am free to confess that 1 am now thor
oughly convinced that l was in error I'm
til L came to this city / don't suppose l
had ever seen fifty bicycles, and 1 got the
idea that the men who used them were a
lazy set and lode a wheel simply because
they owned it, and could ride In my
twelve years experience in department
life / have learned a lot of things, and one
thing stands out very clearly-that the
oil 1prlr -,n riEl
clerk. and is a rustler in work as well as
on his wheel. Under the circumstances,
therefore, l am not surprised at the action
Of the Treasury Department in building a
bicycle stable for it's clerks and am salts
fed that the other departments will in
time follow suit. The department is a
gamer by the bicycle, for the reason that
the bicycie-riding clerks are always on time
in getting TO their work. They seem to be
fresher and more in the working humor
when they begin work than the clerks who
walk TO the departments or who ride on
the street cars. In this connection I want
10 add that my experience applies to the
women as well as the men. The bicycle
riders are progressive in their work They
turn out more work than those who follow
the Old ways of doing things. l have never
been on a wheel in my life, and probably
never snail, but can't help noticing
what occurs under my own ewes eyerv day
Ihere are supposed TO be nearly four hun
dred bicycltsts who ride their wheels daily
to the Treasury Department These four
hunQred II Is safe to say. are the best four
hundred clerks in that department. There
is certain get-up-and-set about them that
Is very satisfactory when there Is an un-
usual lot of hurried work to be done in a
snort time, for they can be relied upon.
Inc stable Will prove to be a paying in
Vestment for the department. for the in
crease and Improvement In work done will
soon more than make up the cost Another
thng that l have noticed is that the BIZ
cycIe ana stenography and typewriting
seem 10 go together. II is a rare thing for
stehoSraphers and typewriters to be with
out wheel, be they men or women.
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People are very much mixed Up this
year., observed the manager of one of the
big stores to a Star reporter, "as to when
| Christmas will be celebrated, on the Sun
day on which the 18th occurs or the Mon
day following, and hundreds have asked me
about ii. The children are also exceedingly
anxious 10 know when Santa Claus will
| visit them and fill their stockings Of
| course. storckeepers are not supposed TO
! be the supreme authority on such matters.
| but as they come in contact with the va
| r1cus agents Of Santa Claus, they have the
means of forming pretty good idea as to
how Santa Glars will distribute his favors.
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/ important subject to the little ones it seems
| % be settled that Santa Claus will start on
| his rounds on Christmas eve, as usual
! that Is. on Saturday night. and that Christ
mas. to all intents and purposes will be
! celebrated On Sunday, with an additional
| Christmas on Monday, thrown in for good
| measure. and for the benefit of those who
| are finical about enjoyment of any kind on
I Sunday even if it is Christmas as well. AS
/ far as Christmas trees are concerned, the
! great mass of people will have their Christ
/ mas tree celebrations on Christmas day
! Sunday. though many, of course, will de-
| fer 1t until Monday. This IS a matter of
! individual taste, and there can be no iron
! clad rule in regard to it. | know of many
who Will make all their preparations on
( Saturday. and then let things remain as
] they until Sunday night they will dress
| and decorate their trees, to he inspected by
| the children for the first time OH Monday
! morning. The churches will celebrate
| Christmas on Sunday, and it does not seem
/ to be fair to make the little ones hold off
| until Monday for the celebration of the
! feast Santa Claus will distribute an ex-
traordinary number of drums, guns, trum-
! pets. soldier suits and other things in the
+ military line this year, the war having
| created most unusual demand In this di-
| rection. and these will reach the children
/ on Sunday morning. 1t is understood, how
| ever that the blowing of horns. playing of
| til Monday. when everything will be wide
| omen as far as fun Is concerned