The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-26

without doubt, one Of the naost'
disliked jobs of the winter season
is tending the furnace with coal
for the fuel. In many homes the
man Of the house can give the,
heater attention only twice a day.
in the morning and in the even
ing. During the day, whatever
care is needed, must be given by
the lady Of the house, and no
woman enjoys this kind 0f work.
However, if the firebox OF the
heater is properly filled in the
morning, and the ashes are clean "A
out regularly to insure good COM
bustion. the care needed In the
majority Of cases il mainly q mat
to keep the temperature Of the
house at the desired point.
But this IL not always easy.
With the changes in weather
through the day. and from day 70
day, it becomes necessary to &c.
CELEBRATE the fire or check Il, as the
case may be, and sometimes an
unusual amount of care is required
to maintain a uniform tempera-
tlire. When this unusual attention
is needed, much running. up and
down stairs results for the house
keeper IL through necessity she -
the daytime furnace-man, and
this naturally iIlterferes with her
work and tires her patience.
1t is almost unnecessary to speak
Of the comfort in a house so well
heated that q desirable temperature
can be maintained regardless of
fluctuations in outdoor tempera-
lures and weather conditions. The
conditioning of the air to insure
comfort, and as health requisite,
requires provision for circulation
and also sufficient moisture, but
these are in addition to uniform
heating. If you have a heating
plant that will give constant tenn
peratures within the relatively mar
row range that Is comfortable, you
will then have taken care of one
of the necessities for proper heat
ing.
Control Of Drafts
With careful, constant attention,
the household heating plant can be
operated efficiently when the drafts
and checks are hand controlled.
However, il sufficient care cannot
be given, and particularly IL IL is
not given regularly and at the
proper times, there Is apt to Be 4
waste Of fuel; for IL the rooms
become too hot it is necessary to
cool them by opening windows,
thus wasting heat, which naturally
need not be done IL proper temper.
atures are maintained at all times.
In many households the care of
the furnace depends largely ON the
reactions to the temperature in the
house of the person or persons who
experience it. Unfortunately, the
human body Is not q good substi-
tute for Thermometer, so that
regulating furnace BY the ~e-
actions OF an individual to heat or,
cold frequently means that the nc
tual temperature Is forever either
increasing until the rooms are too
hot, or decreasing until they are
too cold.
This comes about through the
fact that we frequently do not
realize that the fire is getting low
until we feel chilly, and then there
IS an attempt to correct this con.
dition as quickly as possible Dv
forcing the fire, and before we
know It the house Ii too hot. The
remedy for hit-or-mies regulation
Of the heating plant Is in the use
OF the heater There is such eouip.
ment available for this. use. the
thernloneter being in the form Of 4
sensitive thefmostaf which reacts
to relatively slight changes In tenn.
perature ana which controls suit.
able mechanism for opening OF
closing the important hampers.
With Clock Attachment
Further, the thermostat can Is
obtained with i clock attachment
70 automatically operate the mech.
anism to increase the temperature
Just as quickly as the cheating
plant win respond. This clock
makes II possible to maintain &
temperature d, say. 50 degrees
throughout the night after the
family has gone to bed and then
when the clock mechanism on
crates in about the same way as
an alarm clock does, the hampers
are opened just before the rising
time Of the family 50 that the