New-York tribune., 1918-04-14
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THE STOVE OF STOVES FOR THE
SUMMER TIME.
PICNIC or a vacation or a weekend
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a PICNIC or a vacation or weekend
~ party where one "roughs it" is apt
to mean extra hard work for some
body when it comes to the cooking and wash
ing of the dishes. For minimum of heat for
the cook and maximum Of convenience,
there is nothing like kerosene stove, when
you have got back so close to nature that
coal and gas and electricity are miles and
miles away.
From the week shack to the summer
bungalow in picturesque but out of the way
spot there is much comfort and leisure to be
gained by installing oil stove. Besides the
convenience of the fuel supply, the quickness
of the heating up and the relatively small
amount of heat radiated, there is the possi-
bility of installing a hot water heater in con-
nection with the kerosene stove. This means
both speed and comfort in washing dishes and
also good hot bath at the end of the days
roughing it.
While all kerosene stoves are good, some
are better than others, and the New Process
Wick Blue Flame Oil Stove No. 43, just tested
in The Tribune Institute has number of
special points to recommend it. This is a
three burner model, with a roomy, smooth
cooking top, II by 80 inches, which is almost
the right height for convenient cooking, name
ly, 80 inches; IS or SO inches would be better,
and the stove may be placed on platform to
attain this.
The tank is made of glass, so that one can
tell at glance the condition of the oil supply,
and holds gallon at time. The small shelf,
which fits flush with the top of the tank, Civ
ing convenient working space, can be tilted
back to allow removing or filling the con-
tainer. A further convenience is removable
spring valve, which automatically maintains
constant level of oil in the sub-reservoir.
The stove has very convenient burner of
the wick type, which is readily taken apart
for cleaning. A rotary valve raises and lowers
the wick, and there is a simple device for rails
ing the chimney for convenient lighting.
There is also a stop which prevents the
wick being raised too high or becoming dis
engaged from the ratchet.
The stove gets into action very quickly In
the tests made quart of water at Sd de-
grees Fahrenheit, in covered enamel vessel
was heated to 200 degrees in II Il minutes and
boiled in 13 minutes. This is quick work for
an oil stove, to eight minutes would
be required for the same results over a gas
burner.
By adding small portable oven to ones
equipment, baking and roasting can be added
10 the usual operations or frying, steWlng ana
boiling on the top of the stove.
One gallon of kerosene will give twenty-five
hours service, which means that, with oil sell
ing at 16 cents gallon, your cooking costs
you three-quarters of cent an hour for fuel
Another special use for the kerosene stove
for the summer is for canning and drying the.
left-overs, or the fresh vegetables and fruits
from the summer garden. With the stove
placed out doors under lean-to or in she'd
this work can go on most advantageously, es-
pecialy for the drying, without added confu-
sion and heat in the kitchen