Evening star., 1942-11-07
Housekeeping Tricks,
Adrot Decorations
Aid Fuel Saving
Lowered Shades, Dropes
Keep Heut Within Room;
Tips on Worm Clothes

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Tips on Worm Clothes
After the man of the house has
made all fuel arrangements to keer
the household warm this winter his
Job Is done. It is up to women who
spend the day at home to see that
none Of this heat Is wasted. There
are many decorating and housekeep-
ing tricks which do a great deal to
help the fuel supply last the winter
Savings Of 25,500 900 tons OF coal
S05, ,000, 900 gallons of fuel Oil and
$1,000, 900 cubic feet of gas have been
requested from American homes this
winter by Government agencies re-
sponsible for seeing that the Nation
does not suffer undue hardship
because of fuel shortages.
Much of this saving is up to the
women. They are, in general, the
ones in charge of the home during
the daytime hours, when most of the
conservation must be made; for even
in normal times 1t has been cnsto-
mary to cut down on fuel consu:np-
ton during the night.
Shades and Draperies Aid.
Aside from running the heating
equipment economically, there are
numerous things women can do to
utilize, distribute and conserve what
ever amount of heat is allowed.
Heat escapes, for instance, through
windows during cold weather, and
pulling the shades down whenever
the sun is not shining directly on the
panes is one way to keep it from
escaping. This means during day
time, If the light is not needed, as
we'll as at night.
At night, lowering the shades can
be supplemented by heavy draperies
arranger so they can be drawn across
the windows. These also can serve
as blackout curtains for practice air
raid drills. In addition to holding
heat within the room, draperies
pulled across the window panes have
a definite psychological effect. They
make room look warmer and cozier
and the subject of lower temperature
Is not paramount in the mind.
Chimney Openings.
Heat escapes, too, through the fire.
place If the damper is left open when
a fire is not burning. If there is no
damper, paper can be stuffed into
the chimney opening between fires
and is easily disposed of by burning
It away when an open fire is wanted.
Heat escapes through the open
doorways often found between main
halls and adjoining room. The old
fashioned idea of heavy portieres is
a practical one to take out OF the
moth balls and put to use. If they
are made long enough to drag
slightly on the floor and wide enough
to cover entirely the open space be-
tween the rooms, much of the power
of the drafts which draw, the heat
from the room is lost.
Heat Is lessened If the walls OF
room are cold. When walls feel cold
to the touch they are cold enough
to cool the air of the room. But they
can be made warmer by hanging
decorative tapertries or rugs on
them
Bookshelves we'll filled with books
also provide excellent insulation for
the space they eover.-or-- 49,
Supplementary Heat.
Supplementary meat can be OBJ
tanned, if the kitchen has coal or
wood stove, by keeping open the door
between the kitchen and the rest OF
the house so that some of the stove
heat will circulate into the other
rooms. Or, If the kitchen has gas
stove, keep the kitchen door open
when the even is being used. Much
: heat is generated by the oven and
usually a goodly part OF 1t can be
spared from the kitchen.
AS economical housewives know,
meals planned so that several dishes
can be cooked in the oven at one
time help to conserve some OF that
much needed for production
gas.
Supplementary heat can be OBJ
tanned from the fireplace If cross
drafts are eliminated from doors and
windows. Doors from the room in
which the fire is burning should be
kept IT closed, or heavy portleres
drawn, otherwise the fire, which
creates q natural draft, will draw
heat from the other rooms and it
will escape up the flue.
Clothing specialists of the Bureau
of Home Economics have some prac-
tical ideas on the right kind OF
clothes for women to wear around
the house in a temperature lower
than customary.
Stacks and Flannel Blouses.
For working hours, they point out
that slacks are warmer than skirts,
and suggest blouses or shirts OF
colorful canton or outing flannel to
wear with them. These shirts, as
we'll as any other type of work
clothes, will be found most practical
and comfortable if they have long
sleeves, snapped or buttoned at the
cuffs. This keeps the arms warm
but also allows the sleeves to be
turned back or pushed up when
washing the dishes or the baby.
Ribbed cotton stockings are sug-
:lEested, too, for ribbing tends to in
gcrease the warmth. Tests made by
THE bureau show there is no practi-
scA difference In the warmth OF
scNton or silk hosiery when they are
stfe same knit and thickness. Cotton
shose which are bought. however, are
flikely to be thicker than sheer silk
?or rayon, and ribbing gives added
svSrmth.
! FOR the afternoon, when the
woman Of the house Is more apt to
,b6 inactive, dresses made OF porous
sorsnapped weaves or knitted clothes
fare suggested. That's because such
swEaves imprison dead air, which
sadts as insulation for the body.
| Clothes close at the wrist and neck
eadn jackets snug at the waist are
.wafmer, too. than those which hang
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