Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-04

heat in half the time it would others
wise take.
Almost every household has quantitieS
of paper lying idle which should ID
utilized for making paper coal. To
make, roll or bunch the paper tightly
using several sheets of newspaper.
Make the bundle as large or as small
as you desire, but be sure that it is
compact and as hard as possible. For
the last. or outside sheet, wrap it as
when doing up 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 pouring paraffin or by holding
a lighted candle over it, allowing the
wax to drip on the flap, smoothing ID
with your fingertips as it coolS, so
that 1t will stick tightly and cannot
come unrolled. You can dip the wholo
roll in paraffin, but this makes it q
little more expensive. This paper coal
may be used to start a fire. or, if made
in rolls. it may be used to take the
chill off room when a continuous fire
is not needed
Institute. two cooking mornings" d
week and cook everything possible on
those days, using both the oven and
the top of the stove. A joint of meat
may be cut in halves and one part
roasted, the rest made into various
dishes, such as hot pot, casserole Of
beef and so on, which may be three
parts cooked and kept for use on other
days. They can be reheated on a gas
stove or range. Steamed buildings may
be cooked for two hours and then reD
heated for an hour the day they arA
to be used. Pastry and cakes can be
made and kept in tins. Various baked
buildings will keep and may be eaten
cold. such as sponge pudding. apple
bread pudding, besides numerous cold
sweets.
Prevent Waste.
Gas should never be lighted until thG
food to be cooked has been placed on
the burner. The size of the flame regia
lateS the amount of gas fuel used, hencS
small flame should be used under q
small cooking utensil and larger fans
'or larger burner under a large utensih
The flame that plays around the side
OF the cooking utensil is so much wasted
heat and should not be permitted The
flame that is left burning when you
take off the dish is another source Of
waste and should be turned out even
if it must soon be relighted A yellow
flame means a dirty flame, which
means waste of heat, whereas burneR
that is kept clean will give a blue
flame, and the blue flame is hotter.
The oven need not be heated long
ahead of the time it is to be used and
the oven burners need not stay lighted
until the very end of the baking procS
eSs. Every bit of oven heat should be-
used by filling the oven space to its
full capacity on baking day. Prepare
nov 10 f~. -
meals, then you won't need to use the
oven and the extra fire it requires so
often. Boiling liquids are no hotter
when boiling rapidly than when boiling
slowly. Have just enough fame to keep
them at the boiling point. Usually this
simmering burner will supply enough
gas for this purpose.
Economy when using an electric
stove is as important as gas economy.
Practically the same principles apply
to electric economy as to gas economy.
Translate your gas rules into terms app
pl1cable to the electric stove, knowing
that in their final expression they sum
up to this general statement: Let no
burner use single bit of heat not
actually needed.
According to recent figures, SIS per
cent of all fires throughout the country
occur in homes or apartment buildings.
Many fires are caused from electric
fiatiron being left with the current
turned on. Thirty-five fires a day. seri-
Gus enough to warrant calling out the
fire department. is the record for this
carelesSnesS. and nearly 800 deaths in
year attest the fact that many women
didn't take the dangers of home dry
cleaning seriously enough. All dry
cleaning done with gasoline should be
handled in the open air and very lit
tie rubbing with the hands should be
done. 1t is best to use non-inf1an-
mable cleaner.
Because you have been starting fires
with kerosene all your life and nothing
has happened yet, is by no means
sign that nothing ever will happen, and
the fact that baby has never cared to
play with matches before is no sign that
he won't take a fancy to them tomor-
row if they are within his reach. Never
leave matches lying around loose. Put
both burned and unburned in metal
containers. Protect from rats and
mice. More than one fire has been
started by these pests. Buy safety
matches and keep them out Of the
reach of children.
Dustless busters and oil mops should
be kept in covered metal containers IL
in the house, but it is better to leave
them outdoors. where they can get
plenty of air. Hang OILED rags up
loosely. A dangerous habit. but COM
mon one, is that of thr1"ing away pips
ashes, cigarette stubs and matches that
are not ftllIv eytinO1IiShed