The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Househoiders in Washington who are
paying So and upwards a ton for furnace
coal this winter are learning a new plan
Of economy by which dollar q ton on
| fuel may be easily saved They buy
twenty bushels of coarse coke for 50. and
a half ton of small coal for 50, larger
quantities in the same proportion The
| coke is put in the cellar first and the coal
| thrown on top Being smaller it gradually
works through the coke as is intended.
| and is shoveled up in equal quantities
| to feed the furnace
The combination will keep a good hot
fire, and VIII last as long as a full ton
Of furnace coal. with saving of dollar
| or more on the price of the latter II
counts Up in the course of the winter
| The gas has been burned from the coke,
but there is plenty of combustible mate
rial left. In the Pennsylvania coke fields
where the coke is made for smelling pur-
| poses enough gas is wasted to heat every
1 house in the State. It viii all be uti-
/ lized some day. One Washington house
| holder has another good scheme of heat
| ing economy, Of service for the fall and
| spring when It is too warm for furnace
| hre and too cool to be without any heat
He fixes burner costing hrteen cents
on gas Jet in the rooms to be heated
and lights up The fame burns ten times
as much oxygen as an ordinary gas jet
for the same consumption of gas. One
viii take the chill off a dining room at a
| cost Of not over half d cents worth Of
gas an hour
The sleigh bell has been resurrected
Out on the Pierce's Mill Road yesterday
| one could be heard jangling unsteady in
| the distance Then, after a while verv
family came the sound Of horses feet
| and IN time the vehicle itself It was 2
stylish runabout with pneumatic tires
drawn by mettlesome, housekeeping
hackney, while a pretty. rosy-cheeked
young woman held the lines and a long
whip at proper angle. The bell was q
chased silver affair and hung from the
| bottom OF the horses collar Il served
very obvious purpose of attracting atten-
ton to the approach OF the team which
would otherwise have been as uoiseJess
as a sleigh gliding over the smooth snow
1t might be good idea 10 order bells
on all the automobiles. which have :
nerve-wearing habit of getting near the
! pedestrian from nowhere in particular so
suddenly as TO induce heart failure. Of
course, no one wants to add unneces-
sarily to the bedlam Of noises which are
reducing the urban brain TO puIp but the
automobile is very trying. and 1t is get
n he
Competent opinion declares that -.
new Manual Training School No. | at
the corner Of Rhode Island Avenue and
Seventh Street. is the one architectural
success among the school buildings If
Washington, and il did not have he ad-
vantage Of wide parking and open ground
at that The two trees on the Rhode
island Avenue side should be removed 70
let al the light possible into the north
windows, and 70 free the best view of
the building. Though it will hardly he
ready for occupancy before spring. the
rush Of pupils to take advantage Of its
courses has already carried the number
upsto the limits q The building.
To accommodate as many as. Dossf51e II
might De advisable to send back TO the
Central High School the purely literary
and book branches Of study. OF which
there is large number. and congne the
courses strictly TO the technical and man
paI training for which the school is pri-
marty designed. II the desires Of parents
and pupils are hc-eded. It will not be FIVE
years before the technical high schools
viii have as large an enrolment as the
regular high schools.
When the project Of a boys class in
cooking was arst preached q depUtatio8
Of High School boys waited on the teacher
Of cooking. They were informed that .
class would be organized for their especial
beneft.
But, er, We wanted to, er-do1't you
think, stammered the spokesman Of the
boys, that We would learn more If you
let US come in and watch the girls cook
This scheme Of rare delight was prompt
y vetoed