The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-07-27
A FIRELESS COOK STOVE
New Kitchen Article Which Has
Stood the Test Of Every Day
Use in Germany, Where
Rich and Poor Alike
Are Adopting Il.
Are Adopting II.

Written for the NV York Tribune by George
u. Murphy Of the American consular service.
The hay box, OF, as it is SON, { mes
called, the cooking box, is a compar-
atively new article of kitchen furni
ture, which has successfully stood the
test OF every day use In the German
Fstherland. where is is rapidly being
adopted by rich and poor alike.
Cooking without tire! Notexactiy,
perhaps, but with very little lire.
There is no magic aboutit, norris the
new system dependent for success
upon some recently discovered secret
of nature. On the contrary, the hay
box ia SO simple and inexpensive
that IL is within the reach Of every
woman, no matter how poorshe may
be.
Nearly everyone knows two things
about cooking, namely that heat is
required and that water will not boil
until its temperature has risen to PIP
degrees Fahrenheit, out there are
two other facts which are apparent
~ unknown to many, namely, that,
no matter how long Il raging fire is
kept up by wasting costly fuel, the
temperature OF boiling water cannot
be raised above PIP degrees Fahren.
heit, and, secondly, that it is not
necessary TO maintain this degree of
heat in completing the process OF
cooking, All that ia indispensablein
the preparation OF large class OF
materials Is long continued exposure
to the dis integrating influence Of a
high degree OF heat. II, therefore, an
apparatus can be found capable of
preventing the escape or the too
rapid wasting of heat previously
secured by means OF fire, the con.
tinusd use OF heat producing fire may
advantageously be dispensed with In
the interest OF economy, comfort and
health.
But there Is well known and con-
yenient way OF accomplishing the i'm
prisonment OF heat, namely, by sur.
rounding 1t with materials which are
bad heat conductors, such as clean
hay, straw, wool, excelsior or news
papers, and by using in addition a
covering as nearly alright as pos,
sible. This needed apparatus Is pro-
vided by the hay box, in the perfec.
tion OF which many years OF expert
menting and use have been consumed
in Germany.
But what is a hay box? 1t is
simply box. capable of being Sc
curely closed, filled with hay or any
other clean material which is bad
conductor OF heat, III which covered
pots and pans containing intensely
hot materials are nessle1 and allow
ed to complete slowly the process OF
cooking previously begun on stove
or range. The box used may be an
ordinary one from the grocery
adapted for use by the addition OF
lid with hinges, or it may be as
elaborate and expensive a. desired.
The wood of which it is
made should not 10 too thin, and, IT
course, there should be no knothoes
or cracks in any OF i7s SIX sides Even
an old trunk or heavy pasteboard
box can be made. with q little care,
to answer the purpose. The pots
used may be Of any material, though
naturally some sorts hold heat
better than Others. The lids OF pots
and pans should, however, fl as
closely as possible, ari these lids
oh nuld nerer 10 lifted alter hoinr
taken from the fire. II d lid is raised
during the process Of cooking in the