Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-25
Pure WATER.
Every Home Can t;avc II With Li,tle
Trouble ana Expense

y good filter Is ail EXPENSIVE thiny
q poor one IL OF little or no account.
ana almost any filter. unless it IS kept
clean. is more destructive OF life aud
health ulan the water II filters. The
care of the filter can never be given
over to the care of irresponsible scrv-
ants. 1t soon begins to smell foul.
and ii Is ultimately given up with
disgust, rs costing more than It
roncs to.
1T IL within the power Of every house
Keeper to provide the family with
pure and sparkling water Mt tile en-
pcnSc Of but II few cents Il year and
the smallest amount of attention every
day.
In France the purifying of water i'm
this way is carried on TO Il consldcru-
bic extent ana with elaborate and OK
pcnsvc machinery. But with no ma
cllnery ut I'LL the housewife can pro-
ducc practically the same result
Take any vessel you may chance to
have handy. have found II stone pot,
which you can buy any place for 10
cents, one that slope; down the sides
to small basc ut The bottom, about
the best of anything &c sure that
your vessel Is clean. Fill 1t nearly full
with water from the faucet.
The ruic for mixing the precipitnting
purifier which you are about to use is
| to G.G0O. 1t Is more than likely that
you will lave no way to ascertain
t'lcsc exact proportions, but do not let
That discourage you. y little export
cncc Is worth Il good deal in this world,
whether the work he done is compli.
Gated or simple. y few days of trial In
using the separator will serve to guide
you all right.
For starter, sag that to pitcher
holding quart of water you take
small amount of pulveriZed alum,
about what would 30 on the rounded
point Of the blade of pockctknifc,
toss II into the water and mix 1t thor
ouGily. This you can do with n spoon,
an cg;, beatcr or Il whip cream churn.
Tho only thing is to see that the alum
is thoroughly mixcl with the water,
ana Ii takes considerable stirring to do
tlils.
If YOU notice little moss islands in
the water, which same little islands ,lo
not seem to want TO 30 to the bottom
Will their companions. you will know
that you have not properly mixed the
alum with the water. AS water costs
nothing and the alum but tie mercst
tritlc, you can throw the water away
and set some more. But you need
not do this. All YOU have to do Is to
stir 1t all up good again.
When the work Is properly done the
water is crystal clear and has n live
taste. One thing that makes distilled
water so unpnlatablc Is the absolutely
dead taste it has.
Another great advantage Of water
thus prepared Is that 1t is not subject
10 nuto-intcction or self contamination,
which is such Il great enemy to most
Uttered waters. This water will remain
pure even though exposed to the air in
open vessels for thrty-SiX hours.
Although so small an amount of alum
would hot hurt YOU if YOU were to
drink every particle of 1t, be not
alarmed. Iou do not get any OF the
alum when you drink, for the water
upon analysis Is found to be chemically
free from alum. The alum has settled
10 the bottom In an insoluble COM
pound with the filth and impurities it
has carried with il.
In half an hour or less you will see
deposit on the sides and bottom of
your pan or pot in Which YOU have
set your water. If you will shake
tie vessel bit YOU will see this de-
post so to the bottom. If you can
spare the time the water should stand
for about six hours before it Is de-
cantcd. Then place in clean bottles
OH the ice.
In this way you drink a pure, cold.
sparkling water without the contami-
nation that IS bound to come from
putting ice i'll the drinking water un.'
less the ice has been manufacturs
from filtered water.-Ruth Everett in
New York World