Show HOME FIRESID AND KITCHENe KITCiEN entertaining Definitions of Home Home Without a WashdayWomans Worries Useful Information About Household and Culinary Affairs d Things to Remember Etc HERE IS NOTHING among tho household ir belongings more given U to whims and caprices = ca-prices than tho burner j T of a lamp I will send out a steady odorless glow right along for days at a time and all at onco without apparently any reason for the change become be-come so perverse in its methods that i is set aside as useless Some one declares the burner worn out and suggests a now one Now a much better plan is to try and coax into service the old affair and no better or more efficacious way will be found than by following a receipt given by an old lady who declares i to be unfailing Into an old can the outs in tiny bits some soap and adding water sets it on the stove to boil dropping in it at the same time the defective burner Let it boil a half hour then take it out and rub with a cloth when it will be found as ready for use as a new one Of course the wick must also be perfectly clean Many housekeepers wash i as well when a fresh one is i not obtainable Sand paper is especially espe-cially good as a polisher after tbe burner has been boiled |