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VAR WORK. PRIZE JERSEYS AND GARDENS INTEREST LENOX
Newport Has Busy Benefit Week for
War Charities observations for
Horse Show in Demand

Ing In the colony section this week.
Dancing nights at Hill Top found the
floor well filled Also Mrs. J. I.aurens
Van Allen gave a dance at her home
Wakehurst, for her son early In the
week, and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer. who
has been Joined by her daughter thi,
week. gave an informal dance at the
Clambake Club late In the week.
Mrs. Van Allen was also among ths
dinner entertainers. She was surprised
by a number Of her friends who
dropped in late In the evening for
dancing. Therefore 1t can be safely
said that the season OF surprise parties
is opened.
Reginald c. Vanderbilt entertained
at Sandy Point Farm early in the
week. Among the hostesses have been
Mrs. William Goadby Loew who gave
a childrens party this afternoon Mrs.
Craig Biddle, Mrs. Perry Belmont, who
entertained at Belcourt; Mrs. Hamn
ton Nick. Twombly, who entertained al
Vinland Mrs. Ogden Mills. Mrs
Arthur Gram GLASGOW. Mrs. r. LIv.
insston Beeckman, Miss Julia Der.
wind. who announced during the week
that she and Miss Margaret Dunlap
would close their season October &;
Mrs. Joseph w. Oman, Mrs Pembroke
Jones, Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, Mr..
Edward ]. Berwind, Mrs. Stuart Dun.
can, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Lawrence
l.. Gillespie, Mrs. Whitney Warren
who gave a luncheon in honor OF Mr.
and Mrs. John kendrick Bangs and
Mrs. J. j. Wysong.
| All is In readiness for the horse show
the latter part of the coming week
The executive committee has an.
nounced that the list OF entries is very
satisfactory and there has been a biz
demand for boxes and seat reserva.
lions. Thus 1t Is assured that there
is to be large gathering on each o,
the three afternoons.
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NARRAoANsErT PIER. X. l.. Aug "a
Narragansetts season, which opened SO
tardily in June, atoned somewhat during
the last week. The majority of the
hotels. are filled to capacity. The In
perial and Massasoit and Revere will
remain open until October.
The Casino at Narragansett. which
has been closed all summer as a patri-
otto war measure. was thrown open to-
night for a fancy dress ball for war
relief Mrs. John II. Hanan. the owner.
authorized the opening. The ball was
promoted by her son, Talbot Hanan. A
Hooverized buffet supper was served in
the restaurant.
In the pretty little Casino Theatre on
Friday night Talbot Hanans Revue en-
titled Miss Cleopatra" written and
produced by himself. was given for war
relief
Loyal Phillips. baritone. OF Providence,
had the role OF Mark Anthony, and Mrs.
George Naphen OF New York that OF
Cleopatra. Col II. Anthony Dyer of
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NEWPORT. r. l., Aug. "a.
1HIS has been benefit week. Each
week Of the Newport season
this summer has been benefit
week, so to speak, for a majority OF
the entertainments given have been
for some worthy object or other. but
this week has seen more benefits than
some OF the earlier weeks.
These benefits have brought to-
gether eome notable gatherings OF the
summer colony. This was especially
true on Tuesday afternoon, when John
Kendrick Bangs, author. spoke at
Sherwood, the summer home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Pembroke Jones. under aus
pices Of the American Committee OF
Devastated France. He told a most
interesting story of conditions In
France as he had recently seen them.
Mrs. Alexander d. B. Pratt had a
representative gathering at her sum-
mer home during the week. when she
gave a bridge party In aid OF Newport
Chapter OF the Red Cross. The chap
ter also benefited thro ugh the tea rooms
at the Westminster Polo Club grounds,
where on one afternoon the Naval Re-
serve Band played.
Mrs. John H. Hanan has given a
bazaar al her home on Coddington
Point for the benefit of the Red Cross
One of the leading evening entertain
ments of the week was an Evening
Fete at the Art Association grounds
Thursday night for the benefit Of the
fund used each Sunday afternoon for
entertaining men OF the service at the
associations home. A feature of the
fete was a large out Of door dancing
pavilion that had been erected for the
occasion and which seemed to be
greatly appreciated by the younger
people present.
There has been plenty Of other dane
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BRETON WOODS COLONY GIVES
GENEROUSLY TO WAR FUNDS.

BRETON WOODS, y, II, Aug 2t.--Al-
most every day sees some war relief
activity. The Red Cross and other
funds are being swel!ed by contrihu-
tons and receipts from enterta inments
and tournaments More than seventy
Ave workers appear in the ballroom OF
the Mount Washington on days when
work for the war relief yociety Is done.
An incredible amount OF surgical dress
ngs has been made,
Seven hundred dollars was handed
to Mrs. F.. G tstoddard as the result OF
the mems At lal golf tournament and
the ladies' tombstone tournament last
week John kendrick Bangs, who
spoke at Breton Woods Saturday on
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New York. Miss n. NJ. Gildersleeve OF
Hampstead, l.. l.. and Miss f. f
Mathews of Brooklyn arrived there
this week
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butter, Mrs
Beverly Chew Duer, Miss Sophia b.
Duer. Mrs. George w. Carleton, Miss
Ida Z, Carleton, Miss Frances Putnam
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Greenleaf Sykes
Misses Martha and Elizabeth Sykes
of New York and Mr.. and Mrs Palmer
H. Judson Of Brooklyn registered at
Curtis Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs W. b. Reynolds, Mrs
+. Warner and Charles Barron Of New
York were among the arrivals at Hotel
Aspinwall.
Miss Ethel Brooks, Mrs. NJ. Linton
Brooks. d. G. Brooks. Walter c. Gale
and Mrs. w. r. Gale of New York and
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. ]. Hart of Eas,
Orange. n. j.. are stopping at the Grey
House, Lenox.
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National y. A. R. Officers Entertained
Private Estates and Hotels at
Government Disposal

July.
Mrs. Bayard c. Hoppin OF New York
arrived this week 10 visit her mother,
Mr.. John e. Alexandra,
Mrs. AIexander sedsvick aave n
picnic on Perry,a Peak In Richmond
Wednesday. entertaining Mrs. Fran
ois c. Huntington and Misses Helen
c. and virginia Butler of Stockbridee.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Russell Pea
body. touring with Mrs. John Henry
Clews OF New York. have been at
'"" ''e
The Lenox Garden Club Council
was entertained by Mas Anna Blake
Shaw Monday afternoon at the Home
stead. The council went to Pittsfield.
where they saw Blythewood gardens
John Alden Spoor Of Chicago. Then
the council returned to Lenox and
went to Miss Georgiana w. Sargent's
Twin Elms gardens. from there to
Hfghlswn gardens OF Mrs. William b.
Osgood Field, on to yokun gardens Of
Misses Lillian and Resale Goodman,
to Tangiewood to see Mrs. Richard
c. Goodman's flowers, then to Sunny
ridge. where for forty years Mrs.
George Winthrop Folsom has been
developing a beautiful garden.
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, who toured
to Breton Woods this week and re-
turned to Roxbury. N. Y. passed
through the Berkshires. stopping at
the Maplewood in Pittsfield for dinner.
With Mrs. Shepard were Miss Dorothy
Gould and Miss Josephine Russell.
Personal Messages From France.
Mo,,- 1Jo,a., c,,,,,,. y, N.
uonnt a,,,,.;on o. Eronos oara o,,sr
% na.s ,mr,ough nj ya,,eyhaaa
where Mrs. Ch.nning ia na,.ino the
geo .on He hrousbt nar.onai ,s,-
sapes from Can't DavId r. Dana
Lieut. Herbert shaw Major George
p Tnrnure lien, Ross # Whistler
and Iseut Charles Aston Brlsted 10
their relatives in Ienox.
mis- tournament were PLAYED Satur-
day. Miss Katherine Stoddart and
Henry Haines won the mixed doubles.
The only Labor Day golf event thus
far announced will be a flag tourna-
ment on the Stockbridge course for
the Red Cross. Two prizes will be
offered.
Mrs. Charles Sidney Haight OF
Washington, who Is with her mother.
Mrs. George Winthrop Folsom, has
leased the Butler cottage in New
ona vu}ll thu xnfnfnH thArn
Col. Haight. stationed in Washington.
has been visiting his family at Sunny
ridge.
Mrs. Charles Rsed and Miss Helen
j. Reed Of Fairfield Farms. Great Bar
rington. have had Capt Lawrence San
ford OF Yonkers. n. Y. Miss Florence
Judge Of Buffalo. Mrs. Walter s.
Schoeilkops and Miss Dorothy Organ
Of New York as their guests.
Coming to Lenox for the latter part
Of the summer are F. Augustus
Schermerhorn Of Whitestone. l.. l..
who Is with his sister, Mrs. Richard
Auchmuty. at the Dormers. also DR..
delnbia and Mrs Iosenh wh,st,er
70 VISIT Mr. ana MRS. Ross Winans
"nis'ier at t1iooeh Rouse.
MIS-. Charies hazard OF New YORK
gave musieai at Heaton han STOCK :
of'ose' Ior ner ir'ehos at the nan and
IA ,he stoekor,ose coiony' Dr' Alma
wooster fo"eii OF brooklyn sang, Or
lo"eil Is passing the season az her
county pace IN Sta.e Line, Mass
'ridge at Heaton Hail arranged
uy MRS. Whi,am IL Haviii ana MISS
.ui'n nur.is tor the dement, OF the SOL
IN Bar Harbor. will return to Lenox
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Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Duncan OF
New York. Mrs. Jacob Remsen and
Miss Hencken of Brooklyn, Mrs. s. f.
Fairchild and Mrs. r. II. Swayzer Of
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New York people are passing the sea
son. Mrs. Katherine L. l.. Mellen,
Miss Kathryn l.. Mellen, Miss F. L.
Schoonmaker, Mr.. and Mrs. 8, II.
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Miss Gertrude Watson OF New York
and the Onota quartet have returned
from Litchfield. Conn.,, where they
gave two concerts for the Red Cross
and the French and italian war relief
funds. Miss Watson has cleared $4,000
for these charities In eight concerts.
The quartet will play for the same OBJ
jects at Madison. N. j., and at Tuxedo
In September
Following raids by dogs on the
sheep on the estate of Mrs. August
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Milk Bottles

Now that the war, aided and abet-
ted by Mr.. Hoover and the press, is
teaching us how to be happy though
thrifty, let us consider the milk bot
tle-to use it often.
Milk bottles are thick-rind, sub
stantial affairs made of glass. They
derive their name from the fact that
their original use was to contain
milk
Milk bottles are furnished free by
milk companies to their customers.
Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary, there are instances on record
of customers returning empty bot
tles-occasionally.
The rule, however, is to allow emp
ty milk bottles to accumulate under
the kitchen sink or in the basement
or in any convenient place. This ac-
emulation is the thrifty housewife S
friend.
With little colored crepe paper,
any woman can make very pretty or
namental flower vases out of milk
bottles. Being inexpensive, the mod
est home can afford such vases for
the dining room, the parlor, all the
bedrooms, the front porch, and the
little girls playhouse. In case one
of the vases becomes soiled or bro
ken-get another bottle from the
basement.
Milk bottles, however, ARE not east
ly broken and are, therefore, safe
and sanitary playthings for the chill
dren.
When the housewife wishes to
send the little boy to the store for
vinegar or kerosene, an empty milk
bottle is handy and inexpensive re-
ceptacle.
Any time the accumulation of emp
ty milk bottles becomes too large.
the junk man will haul them away,
and your milk dealer will buy them
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-12
RAINS HELP INDIAN VILLAGE
&c, od Rice Crops Grown in Abundant
Moisture and Region Is Noted
for Good Cattle.

Sylhet is a city in the most curious
part of India-the great, low lying,
jungly, flooded, tea and rice districts
of the far Southeast. Sylhet tea is
known all over the peninsula.
So low do these regions lie that the
heavy rains of the rainy season result
in their being flooded for many months
of the year. Though far inland, after
the rains this is literally sea, where
all travel is by boat and even ships of
some size can navigate. The torren-
tial downpours flood the lower parts Of
the country to depth of many feet.
There is one little village at the base
of the Khasia hills which had q meas
ured rainfall of 60 feet in one year,
an exchange says.
The villages of this curious district
about SyIhet are set on the crest of
lands. The people are very expert
boatmen and the children can swim
almost as soon as they can walk.
This is probably the only part Of In
dia where the canoe is in use. A craft
not unlike the American is manufac-
tured by following out a tree trunk
very thin. Larger canoes, propelled
by 20 paddles, are made in the same
way, and canoe racing Is one Of the
principal sports.
The villagers of these island villages
keep diminutive cattle which they feed
largely on marsh grasses cut from
boats. AS a result of abundant feed
and lack of exercise, tho cows grow
fat and sleek to degree unusual
among the lean Indian cattle. Their
milk, butter and cheese are known as
delicacies in the nearby cities. These
same villages raise unusually fine rice,
by planting before the rains begin.
AS the country is flooded, the stalks
of the rice grow with the rising sur
face of the waters, so that rice stalks
ten feet long may be seen when the
floods recede.
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CK LONDON TELLS
1 HOW TO STOP DRINKING
Famous Writer Says The Only Wa!
To Stop Drinking il TO Stop Ii.

Jack London was one of Americas
most brilliant writer's. He probably
died prematurely as a direct result
of drink. In book entitled John
Barleycorn," he told frankly the
story of his struggles and defeat.
He insists very strongly i'll this
book that his failure was not due to
an appetite for liquor-he says he
disliked the taste-but to the fact
that it was always easily accessible.
His conclusion Is given in these for
chile words:
The way TO stop drinking is to
stop it. The way China stopped the
general use of opium was by stopping
the cultivation and importation of
opium. The philosophers, priests,
and doctors of China could have
preached themselves breathless for
thousand years, and the use of OPP
ium, so long as opium was ever ac-
cessible and obtainible, would have
continued undated. We are so
made, that is all. We have with
great success made practice of
not leaving arsenic and strychnine,
and typhoid and tuberculosis germs,
lying around for our children to be
destroyed by. Treat John Barley
corn the same way. Stop him. Don't
let him lie around, licensed and le-
gal to pounce upon our youth"
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Condaeem!!!aing Dirty Coal

State Fuel Administrator William
Potter, of Philadelphia, reports to
the United States Fuel Administra
tor that 1900 tons of anthracite
coal was condemned in the Philadel-
phia market recently because of i'm
purities. At the mines inspectors of
the Fuel Administration are also re-
ported as having condemned num-
Der of cars ready for shipment, be-
cause they contained dirty coal. Mr..
Potter announces that the large pro-
ducers of the State are protecting
the reputation of their mines by
keeping their coal up to the stand
ard fixed by the Fuel Administra-
ton. Some of the small operators
| have been giving trouble, but the
condemnation of their product is ex-
pected to have the result of reform
ing the practice.
1t is the intention of the United
States Fuel Administration to en-
force the regulations it has made
providing for the exclusion of dirty
coal from the cars.
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PROLIFIC CAUSE OF CANCER
Prominent Surgeon Points Out Danger
in Taking Too Hot Foods Into
the Stomach.

DR.. William J. Mayo of Rochester,
Mimi, now major in the United States
army, says that 80 per cent of all can
GERS of civilized man are in the stom-
ach, and this condition is uncommon
among primitive men and animals. He
believes that many such cancers are
caused by chronic liberation Of the
stomach.
Doctor Mayo told the national ses-
sion Of the Clinical Congress of Sur
geOns Of North America that men had
cancer of the stomach more frequent
ly than women because man is in the
habit Of taking his food hotter than
the average woman takes hers. Wom-
an sits at the foot of the table and
pours the tea and coffee, serving the
men Of the household first and drink
ing hers after it has cooled somewhat.
Among the Chinese the same rule
holds good Of eating rice, for the wom-
en- eat at the second table.
Doctor Mayo said food and drink
should not be taken into the stomach
hotter than can be borne comfortably
in the mouth, for the mouth has sensi-
tive nerves expressly to protect the
doorway to the body, while the stom-
ach has not
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German Soldier SIand.

The first attention attracted by
Boche soldier slang was enlisted when
they dubbed the 420-mm. gun big Ber-
tha," says the Bulletin des Armees.
The machine gun is "stottertante" (the
aunt who stutters). They also say
"the organ of DEATH "the collie cam
non," "the old chatterbox" When the
French machine guns are in action the
Boche in his dugout exclaims:
There's a Franzman at his sewing
machine"
The casque is the tulip" the KNAPP
sack, the monkey" epaulettes are
soup plates" noncom stripes are ecu
cumber parings" The various arms
have their sobriquets. The infantry
man Is called the sand hare" the
chausseur is the green frog" the
trench digger is the mole" or the
"ditchman;" the white cuirassier, the
flour bag" the uhlan, the '1amplight-
err" and the green hussars with yellow
trimmings are "the egg and spinach"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-12

One big trouble in this world is that
we do not set our standards high
enough. We content ourselves with
little performances, and do not pick
our critic with care. We suit our
selves.
All this cannot be said about a GER
tain little boy in this town, who got
a big blackboard and plenty of crayon
for Christmas. Whatever the ability
Of that embryo artist may be, certain
ly his ambition is boundless.
He went to Sunday school, and
while there was much impressed, as
usual. with the pictures Of Biblical
characters shown him.
That afternoon he stood before his
new blackboard and meditated deep
and long.
Then he turned to his mother and
said:
"Im going to draw a picture that
will SURPRISE God"-Washineton Star
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Early intoxicating Liquors.

Pliny says: ''The natives who in
habit the west of Europe have liquid
with which they intoxicate themselves,
made from corn and water. The man.
ner of making this liquid differs. In
Gaul and Spain and other countries 1t
is called by different names, but its
nature and properties are everywhere
the same.
''The people of Spain in particular
brew this liquid so well that it will
keep a long time. So exquisite Is the
cunning Of mankind in gratifying their
vicious appetites that they have thus
invented method to make water itself
produce intoxication."
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CASTLES ALL TO WIFE
Dancer-Aviator Pays Sincere Tribute
To Heraa.
(From the n. Y. World. }

(From the n. Y. World.)
In an intensely human document,
full of affection for his wife, who
helped him to achieve success before
he entered the theatre of war, Capt.
Vernon Castle, late of the Royal Fly
ing Corps, bequeaths his entire es-
tate to Mrs. Irene Castle.
The will was drawn on September
%, 1915. After stating that he was
mindful of the uncertainty of life,
especially in view of the fact I am
about to enlist in the English army"
he bequeathed his estate to my be-
loved wife, Irene Castle, to be her
property absolutely in fee, however,
and added:
Il make this disposition d all MY
estate not only as a token of my deep
love and sincere affection for my said
dearly beloved wife, but also in CRATE
full recognition of the happiness
which l have enjoyed in her society
during all our welded life, and the
great assistance which she has dur
ing all that time rendered to me in
my professional work and career"
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awakened!

y said that you were slumberlng,
Columbia, at your task,
Id in the sun of slotnfulnesS would
fain lie down to bask!
Your arm, they cried, had Lerveless
grown, and hesitant your hand;
And that on Freedoms sentry-pos'
YOU found it bleak to stand.
Fen would they have it thought
That, with base fears distraught,
Of the black Hun still truculent
some worthless pledge you'd ask!
But if a careless lethargy had cast a
transient spell
Upon your giant energies; if eel
your eyes there fell
The veil of self-complacency one brief
mistaken hour,
Till Freedoms daughters DER the
seas misdoubted of your power,
And despots' ready sheer
Broke savage on your ear,
Full-wakened resolution now youl
stern-set features tell.
No longer now by narrow bounds
your visions circumscribed;
Your glowing eyes, intent beyond
the conquered oceans tide,
Behold your sons take knighthood's
oath upon a foreign coast,
Soul-brethren in the ritual of a con-
secrated host;
And though death quench theil
hymn,
Your gaze may not grow dim,
Since you triumph in the measure
that your children shall have died
There are mingled prayer and pur-
pose on your pressed, untrembllne
lips,
AS you build and bring in service
your new aeroplanes and ships.
Oh, never higher passion in the
heart of nation came;
With the old Crusaders fervor you
are vibrant and af1amei
Is it you the fool hath said
Were to all but Mammou dead
You, Columbia, who have Weakened
to your souls Apocalypse?
TRANSPORTED are your children; at
your clarion each heart thrilled
'Twere glory and salvation at its
kns TO be killed!
Ibur VISION transcendental fills your
aviators' eyes
AS they wage the Futures battle in
the doubly hallowed skies.
If he live or if he fall,
Every champion hears the call:
He sees the Morn of Liberty-and
each wan doubt is stilled.
Herman Montagu Bonner.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

scriber, William E. Phillips. hath OBJ
tanned fro mthe Orphans Court OF
Dorchester county, in Maryland, let,
tiers of administration on the personal
estate of Margaret Phillips, late of
Dorchester county. deceased.
All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same. with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated, to the
subscriber, on or before the first day
of September. next; they may other
wise, by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of February, 1918.
WILLIAM E. PHILLIPS,
Administrator of Margaret Phillips, de-
ceased. RUSSELL z. SMITH,
True copy. Test: Register of Wills.
Russell p. Smith 2-19.
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Use Wood In FirepIaces

Where a fire place is available
wood can be used to good advantage,
affording both heat and ventilation.
The value is for supplementary use
with furnace, although it may re-
place the furnace in fall and spring
with decided economy.
Few persons know that wood
fire can be kept burning night and
day in a fireplace with very little at
tention and with small consumption
of wood. One user in New Haven
reports continuous use of fireplace
in this way for over month, with
dry chestnut wood, where the amount
of ashes formed by months use
not enough to require removal.
Fireplace wood is usually cut in
long lengths, but the ordinary 16-
inch stove length is convenient. any
kind of wood can be used, provided
it is dry and seasoned.
The secret of fireplace manage
ment is a plentiful supply of ashes,
which should be kept at the level of
the andirons.
AS the blocks burn an accumula-
ton of glowing charcoal forms by
falling into the ashes, which keeps
on burning slowly and assists ignit-
ing of fresh blocks on the andirons.
A pocket may be formed in the ashes
into which the hot charcoal may fall
forming heat storage. Two OF
three blocks on the andirons with
the hot charcoal in the ashes will
form an excellent fire.
To check the fire, shovel ashes ov'
err one or more of the blocks, cover,
ing lightly all the burning wood
This will not put out the fire, it will
only check the rate of burning, ano
red charcoal will be found when the
ashes are removed for addition Of
A banked wood lire will keep IL
to II hours and will send some heal
from the hot bricks all the time. A
well-managed fireplace will be founo
| a great addition to the heating sys
TEN in any residence.