The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-11
VARIETIES OF STOVES
NATIONS HAVE DIFFERENT METH
 ops OF KEEPING WARM.
Russian Sleeps Over Brick Contriv- ance in Which Slow Fire Burns Hollands Heating Arrangement
 Perhaps Most Economical.

The stove is, comparatively speak ing. new invention. So late as the time of Queen Elizabeth people did not have chimneys; they built their fires in a round hearth in the middle of the room, and when chimneys were introduced, the old-fashioned folk all grumbled, because, they said, smoky air was good for colds. But to the eastward stoves of brick and porce' lain were commonly used.
 A stove made of brick is used in Russia and in it slow fire burns all night long. On top of it, when night comes, the peasant and his whole fam fly, in their sheepskins, lie down and go to sleep It is nice and warm, rath- CT like a window seat that is over radiator. and sometimes there is a second shelf overhead for any stran- ger who may be staying overnight.
 The brick stove of the Russian peasant, in all probability, came over land from China too long ago to talk about, for the Chinese have stoves of brick and clay shaped something like it.
 In Japan there is not much need of keeping warm, but whatever stoves there are in Japanese home are low, for the life here is all carried on sit ting or kneeling on the floor. There is a rough clay stove, made especially for the great rice kettle. that costs only a few cents, and when broken the poorest can buy another. There is dainty little charcoal stove On which the cooking is done, and beside it stands a pretty basket filled with the softest and finest charcoal. There is also small stove or furnace to heat the water for the bath And still more odd is the little earthen bed stove. used as we use a hot-water bot tie, shaped like curled-up cat, and it is called "neko" Uhe kitten).
 The German stove of porcelain, with it's curious decorations, has figured in many a story of German life DOT celain stove will hold the heat a long time and keep room warm with but little attention.
 In Holland, where the working peo- pie are often at home for little while at noon, they have the most thrifty arrangement of all-what might be called a portable stove, a stove in an iron bucket. When the children come home from school and the older peo- pie from work at noon, instead of lighting the kitchen fire, one of the children takes the fire bucket and trots around the corner to the fire woman's. The bucket is just large enough to hold piece of burning peat or some live coals, and teakettle sits on top. The old woman who sells fire and hot water fills the bucket and ket- tie for tiny sum, and the child goes home with just enough fire and water enough for the family dinner.
 Charcoal is commonly used for cooking in France, Italy and Spain, be- cause it makes a small, hot fire. The Italian keeps warm Cor says he does) over small fire of what we would call an earthen hand-warmer with coals in 1t, called scaldino. Only within the last few years has it been possible to find rooms that were heated on the American plan anywhere in Europe The people keep warmer in this coun- try than in any other spot on the sur face of the globe in the temperate or frigid zone.