Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-06
Hints for Women.

If every woman knew a few simple
things about the care and repairing of
gas pipes she would be saved a good
deal OF trouble. If. for instance.
gas burner gives a very weak light,
try unscrewing the burner and clean
ing it out. If this does not help it
means that the trouble is higher up in
the pipes. So. remove the burner again
and rap sharply on the long curved
pipe that leads to the ceiling. II the
lack OF light is caused by rust In the
pipes this will improve the flow of
gas. as 1t dislodges many of the rust
PARTICLES. If after this the burner
continues to give no better light the
trouble is out of your province and
needs the attention of a gas man.
Should the pipes spring a leak you
can make at home a good durable ce-
ment that will permanently stop the
leak Mix white lead and boiled lin
ment and apply to the crack. When
this has hardened test it by holding
"a lighted match near the leak. to be
sure that no gas is still escaping. A
temporary filling may be made for
leak by covering the spot with paste
of ordinary laundry soap with any
kind of gum.
The annoying singing noise that is
Il
usually be stopped by turning the
cock backward and slightly cutting
off the flow of gas.
Electricity has been so exclusively
considered mans province that usu-
ally n woman will refer even the
simplest question concerning the light
ing of the house to man-any man,
from the grocer boy to her husband
rather than apply her own intelli-
gence to the matter. If. for instance.
IF hull
are two remedies to be tried before
buying a new one or calling in the
electrician.
First try screwing 1t into the socket
more tightly. If this does not help,
| probably one of the wires is broken.
| If the bulb is on a wall fixture unscrew
it and attach 1t to droplight-
! Hold 1t between you and strong
turn on the electricity and gently
shake the bulb back and forth, SO
that the ends of the broken wires
will touch. II only one or two wires
are broken the current will weld them
together again.
Should you. for any reason. wish to
remove an electric fixture, you may
easily do it yourself. First turn of
the switch-not the button for the
Individual light nor the room switch
but the switch CASUALLY on the tor
story near the meter) which controls
the current through the entire house
When this is thrown OFF you may work
at the light without danger. UnscreW
the fixture and you will find two wirei
heavily bound with tape and rubber
Unwind these and separate the two
wires. Then rebind the wires sepa-
rately thoroughly covering every part
with the bicycle tape. taA,ng care that
the naked wires do not come in con-
tact at any point.
When the wires are thoroughly GOV.
cred you may turn on the current
gain. II the fixture is not to be re.
placed push the covered wires back
in the wall and repaper over the hole
If the fixture Is to be mended or q
new one put up the wires may be left
as they are.
Here is a simple preventive fol
frozen pipes that will save many q
bill: Before the cold weather starts
wipe the exposed pipes dry Make a
mixture Of equal parts Of paraff1n wax
and vaseline and apply to the pipes
with brush. Keep the mixture warn
while working by setting the dish ir
another dish half filled with warm
water.