Evening star., 1921-10-21
Health and Thrift in the Home

from the ashes and use them when
you have a good fire. When the hre
Is well started, close the damper In
the smoke pipe as much as you can
to maintain the fire you need. open
that damper to prevent the fire from
smoking while you put on fresh coal.
Damper control is the secret OF eco
nomical heating.
The base burner on a stove is not
recommended as an appliance to be
but it's possibilities are too often
overlooked. There are four places
where food can be cooked on such
stoce. The level place back near the
stovepipe is hot enough to cook
anything that needs long. slow cook.
morning the cereal will be warm and
well cooked. Under the nickel top OF
he base burner Is a lid over the
cylinder that holds the coal. Some
In that case a vessel can be placed
on the lid. If the top slides to one
side, the dish must be placed under
1t, and then pushed into place with
the top. This place gives the best pos
sible temperature for cooking In a
casserole. bean pot or q covered
crock.
Meats, especially tough cuts. vege-
tables and puddings will cook there
with almost no danger of burning.
Sweet potatoes require gentle heat
for long time. and can be baked
burner offers to the cook IL the ash
pan under the CRATE One housekeeper
bakes her bread there and many use
the ash pan for baking potatoes and
squash. The pan Il left half full OF
ashes. the vegetables are placed on
the ashes and an old tin furnishes
protection All of these methods re-
quire a longer time than does cook
ing on a gas stove or on the hottest
part of the stove, but If the housewife
will plan her meals ahead, the base
burner can be made much more use
full than it usually is.
About the Gns Range.
A gas burner sometimes pops
loudly without lighting at all, instead
! of lighting Immediately when a match
Is held over 1t. To avoid these an
noying pops and the disagreeable odor
that usually follows them. turn the
stop cock not little way or half
way. but to its full opening for about
second before applying the match.
The gas will not escape scarcely any
in that 81 ort time, but the air in the
tube will be expelled. and the gas will
then light quietly. This practice has
another advantage, which is that the
power.
Keeping the gas range in good con-
dition is not a matter of cleaning
days. but of seizing numerous little
opportunities. Whenever the oven is
in use and the whole range is warm
or hot, take newspaper. crumple 1t
until it is pliable. and then rub all
the parts of the range. The grease
and dust. being warm. will vanish.
and cleanings with soda water Will
have to come so seldom that they will
not be dreaded and the range will
look well all the time. The tray un-
der the burners should be washed
daily in hot water-a task that will
require but a few minutes
Almost every household has guam
titles of paper lying idle which should
be utilized for making paper fuel.
There are several ways of making
this fuel. One way is to roll or bunch
the paper tightly. using several
sheets of newspaper. Make the bun
die as large or as small as you de-
sire. but be sure it is compact and as
hard as possible. For the last or
outside sheet wrap it as if doing up
a parcel tucking the ends In tightly
and rolling the bundle you have made
from corner to corner. SO that when
it is finished only one point is left to
fasten; then seal this point by pour
ing on paraffin or by holding light
ed candle over IT. allowing the wax
to drip on the flap smoothing 1t with
the finger tips as 1t cools, SO that 1t
sticks tightly and cannot come un-
rolled. You can dip the whole roll
in paraffin. 1t will make a better
This paper coal may be used to start
a new hre; used to take the chill OF
a room when a continuous fire is not
needed, or burned in An open crate.
Orange and lemon rinds are rich in
oil. II dried they make fine kim