Show VJ1 t tI I kIN k-IN THE HOUSEHOID Heap on more wood the wind Is chill 001 Scott Now Indeed Is the winter oC our < discontent 1C I fires wont burn chimneys chim-neys refuse to draw or the fagot pile runs low Even In the sunlclssed land of the Southwest or the Riviera glorious glor-ious summer has cold nights and chilly mornings when the cheerful bonum For blaze becomes suinmum FO years thc loyal and enthusiastic children dren of Californias adoption held to I that in their glorious climate fires were never noedexk and in support of their statement went on building houses with no provisions for heating beyond an ornamental fireplace or two Times have changed A generation of red noses and blue HDS has sufficed and all new houses now have abundant facilities fa-cilities 0 heIL Even the base ciites g burner retired from active service In lctred the cities of the East finds there a welcome I wel-come habitat I The skillful liremaker is like the I poet born but not made A naked savanc can In a few moments mo-ments coax a famous bhizc from the most unpromising materials while the learn d LLD or DD lacking that gift crouches shivering over embers SIC which with almost I human perversity refuse to respond to his most strenuous i I endeavors enceaors j I In the cooking schools the making and euro of a fire Is the Jirst J lulntf I taught embodying ns It does the differentiation dif-ferentiation betycen man and gller animals Maii jsan I animal tht builds a Ire antf us k Sfto cook his food runsthe text that serves asjmjnccn 1 tlve to endeavor In this fundamental I accomplishment I There ame certain fixedprinciplesin lire building lh U must be mastered 1C I I one would rise superior to the vagaries of windtemperature and fuel Paper and fine wpod must be placed first because I be-cause they have the lowest kindling point Newspaper Is bottom than any I I oilier jjort of paper for this purpose on I account Of the printers Ink which Is I I Inflnmmihl > Both nuoer and klndllntr should I i reach both ends and sides of the fire box The paper should be loosely crumbled lie kindling fine pine The kindling may be placed crisscross or square fashion on end like a tent When the fire Is lighted the blaze maks up through this little opening Next comes a light layer of hard wood or soft coal leaving plenty of air space between the pleqes Open the direct draught and In the kitchen range the oven damper Watch time fire and as the wood burns down and the coal sot tics add enough more ioal to keep It at the level of the fire brIcks Do not close the draushts until the blue fiame becomes be-comes white as the t carbonic acid gas thrown off Is poisonous As soon as well kindled a coal fire Is at its best heat and needs only air enough to keep It burning When It becomes bright red all through It has parted with most of Its heat and begins to die down I you have a whitey red fire J dont shake or it will all gu out PiTt oils ltte coal first In keeping fro for a long time I closo all draughts And put on fresh coal Tons of opal are annually wasted in some kitchens where maids or mistress mis-tress fill the five box tJlthe coal touches the covers thc leave the draughts open till the coal Is red This careless habit Is also directly responsible respon-sible for the needless burning out of the tlrb box and warping or cracking the cover The three essential saris oC the kitchen kitch-en range are the fire box draughts and oven There arc always three dampers One In the chlmnev an outlet for the smoke 0 slide damper under tho fire i letting in the air and a third which I regulates the supply ot hot air sending il through the chimney 01 around and I underneath the oven The draft that cumcK from the botlon and the hue In I the chimney hastens the llrewhiile In1 I draft that goes icnverretards the lire In J 47 If baking the heat should be stronger In the bottom of the oven than the top Slack baking on the bottom shows Ignorance Ig-norance of dampers or ashes left underneath un-derneath to absorb heat Ashes should be removed every morning before H king the fire They should never be allowed al-lowed to accumulate In the ash pan until un-til they l reach the grate Modern ranges are furnished with duplex grates which catch the sound cinders and allow the easy removal of clinkers thus practically cal doing away with the necessity of sifting the ashes Lacking this convenience con-venience ashes should be sprinkled then sifted The cinders should all bo saved they may be sprinkled over the Ire the damper I that lets the cold air on top opened and n moderate heat insured for a number of hours I you wish to use the fire again close the cold J air draught and the pipe draught but open the under draught At night see to It tht the grate Is I free from ashes and clinkers and bank with coal Do not clasc the draughts and open the top as soon as the coal i i Is put on but let It burn a few minutes I to let off the gas Then close the pipe I draught partially and open the slide that lets cold all over the fire I 1rc In extreme cold weather l furnace fire should be shaken down at night and a good bed l of coal put in This Is best done early In the evening that the house may be comfortable Charcoal which burns as readily I as pin and produces greater heat in proportion pro-portion to Its weight than any other fuel is now taking the place of kindling wood in many homes At the house furnishing stores small basket stoves may be procured expressly for broiling Even In the ordinary range charcoal may bo used by h removing one of the covers opening the draughts and build ing a fire directly over the oven As < I soon as well aflame close the Draughts and use the clear scarlet iTame for broiling In France after getting a meal with just a hruidful of tharcdal C a bit as large as a walnut Is leftwater Is sprinkled over it to extinguish the I blaze and the atom Is I laid aside for next time I long slow cooking Is required re-quired two pieces of hard coalare used to supplement the charcoal A point to be remembered the buy I ing or coal is that It Is not economical l lo buy red ash or soft coals for cooking stove or furnace fire as they burn out rapidly and are more easily clinked than the white ash or hard coal I Cracks In a stove grate can be easily mended by appl lng ashes and salt moistened lo a stiff pastc Put on at night and in the morning It will be found quite firm Should it crumble again in the lapse of months renew the application Whore one lees the flavor of wine In a pudding sauce but has conscien tious scruples against the use of intox icants an excellent substitute cxcel substtute mav be found In the Quaker expedient of com bining a small amount of vjncgar with wih a few drops of vanilla Where the blend Is accurate the difference cnn wcarcclv be detected ccntearccl The prevalent custom at ICaffce KlaUMies Japanese teas and Chinese asald suppers of blowing each guest to carry away his cup andsaucer plate or chop stocks as a souvenir of the occasIon Is but the rcvIal 1 1 Olt an an lent custom Dr Nicholas Tulp a celebrated physi can of Amsterdam In 1C72 gave a grand entertainment to his fellow Bac fclowB gomasters which lasted froninoon un til 1 oclock at night troilloon close of the festivities each guest on leaving gest took his dessert plate with lmvlng on which was fruit and loaf sugar With the growing ifecogntjon Of th srowing the danger of inaction innoton In real cases of tu berculosls special pains are taken on every hand to lY prevent the the disease U the public iilritrbems spread o f pUblc lbrarIes in Brooklyn the attendants are to allow a consumptive to take forbidden books I 01 ccn to lCad tL lntMlCad in the loom Hard though this may appear on the surface S 1111 1 good demands > the sacrifIce 1 individual or pleasure Better needless precautions than any dan e1 ueedlcR trans I jnlttlng this communlcajjle scourge to others < When the directions on breakfast food packages give from ten to twenty minutes as the proper1 time for cookIng cook-Ing the results obtained will he found much mdre satisfactory If the time is extended to an hour Cereals which I have not hadthe preliminary steam I Ing should be cOQked from four to five hours Housekeepers have long recognized J the efficacy of bread crumbs in cleaning I clean-ing grease spots from wall paper kid bolting cloth lamp shades screens and other decorative articles Now comes the Information that they are the best possible agents to employ In the proper cleansing of pictures In the London atmosphere pictures are attacked by fog soot sulphuric acid and other products of coal combusllon which reach even pictures that arc under j glass Prof Church to whom has been I Intrusted the cleaning of the pictures I in I the houses of Parliament uses for this purpose two crumbledup quartern loaves which are put Into a machIne run by compressed air and which discharges dis-charges the crumbs through 3 tube This upon any part of the picture treatment Is said to have been very satisfactory I New York housewives arc watching silk I 1ousewlc5 with Interest the outcome of the new fornl in that city for sric labor union organized that Some amid the protection of domestics of the objects of the domeslc a outlined are To secure rest of body and a fair life To secure if measure of enjoyment o lCe mcasur agreement whereby the relations rela-tions between mistress and maid shall be of a purely business nature A certain a work shall be given for tain amount of shal I a certain price to be agreed upon at th a extra time of the engagement Any extra workshall be paid for at 50 much an worlcswl ne so labor shall hour The hours of shal arranged as not to exclude eleven hours each day of recreation and either Ope halfday reclNllon be Sunday morning or afternoon shall servitude given each week The sting of tude shall be removed References shaH be exchanged at time of engagement c1anged tme an eqttVL or a months wages paid as cquiya shall be set asldo leiu1 l apartment sct of food where the maid may partake rest or recreation and receive her visitors recreation hour tors during rcreatlon hours Lectures onthe dignity of labor ana t tin fivon one an tv v 0 Kinarcu topics I club KlnOlCO evening a tOPICl week at the Social Reform out oC cake quite A chocolate layer quie hut eminently satlsfac the ordinary cmlnent ana tory Is this Beat to a cream one 11 of and a half cup onchalC cups sugar sEar of four the yolks o Add ful of butler huler warm well beaten onehalf cupful war eggs water cl which a half cake of chocolate Hour of tvo cupfuls been dissolved has tcaspoonful of soda into which a halt tcacponrul whih cupful of SOUJT has been sifted onehalf sifed of halCtcaspoonful milk with anothiCruialCt05P001 11 the last fold m soda beaten in It At 10dL beaten stiff the whites of two eggs with Bake In I layers and put together the mad rom lemon oi vanilla Icing olvaTla l inl of The icmj remaining whiles eggs lemal1ln simply stirred stIff may be boiled or stred boJCd luble and a with ionfeetloners sugar Ud spoonful and a half of water I KMMA PADDOCK T LFOlD 1 |