Show LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS the rho tallow candles of our fathers Fat herx candles molded folded 11 and dipped le theres a letter in the candle katy tt who it it coming to I 1 she gives gires the candle a light ah shako ake a and n d the letter drops next to katy theres a shroud in the candle tonight euen 11 oli oh dont siy say so yes yea it is there sure enough I 1 poor binal there will bo be diving divine worship next sabbath evening in the school lionie at it four corners deo dee volente nto at early candlelight the above literature belongs t to 0 art an age that is past but tho the old boys and girls of today can easily recall the dialogue and announce announcement med as part of the household conversation of thirty or forty years figo ago when the candle was not only the light of tile family but its oracle as well chis was before the age of petroleum and in tho the infancy of gash gas when boug liten candles caudales of tallow or sperm were used for pany and the tallow dip was the ivery v day luminary candle cariddi making was one of the indus thial bran brandies clies of housekeeping in those lays jays A cake of tallow m made ado from fat rendered in the house arid and a 1 ball all of wicking in purchased at the gener general it dry goods store furnished capital tor for the investment ment then ilien a set of molds bought e of a tin peddler such as jinx jim riak used to sell from rom his wa waon wagon on and the work began rhe ho youngsters of the family were asuan usually y closen for this they liked it it was easier than churning and they had considerable sid id pride in putting pulling handsome can lles arid and there was just enough peril in tile lie undertaking to make it interesting f the tallow was not just right or the molds not prepared well or the candles not properly cooled they acted some times aimes indeed they seemed possessed this his was when the six lon long g avic wicks k s pulled ut nit leaving the tallow in tile alie in molds olda to 0 o e dout and run over a again gal i n but if f all went right and ancl six elegant delegat I 1 t candles vere pulled there was joy in the household the neater they camo came to tho the bou boughten ilten article in appearance and worth rort li tile prouder tho the domestic candle anaker there was also a test in the barnin burning 1 rhey must liot biot 11 sputter nor gutter I 1 certain amount of beeswax would prevent tins tills they must not burn bum extravagantly and v or to one side nor bo be greasy tot to tho be ciuch and they must have preserve ive qu and keep well there was ras economy in those days in burning 0 candles addles and les which extended to the way in which they were snuffed A family of my iny pretensions always had several sets af f snuffers A silver tray and was usually an A brass set kept in ill a irish state of polish was used in n the parlor every night the silver ones being kept to company pally usually A rickety snuffer without alyf tray did duty in the hilchen ichen ki in many homes the fingers did all tho the snuffing they became 0 o hardened to it that no matter how hot i I 1 pinch they took there was no bad effect wo we can afford now to smile at the conomy of light in those days when wo we had to light one candle to see if tho the other was burning two candles meant company three a crowd six an illumination ml ill the corners of the room were in in gadows in those good old days when pooks books and goblins were within easy reach each after all there ther ewas was the glow of he fireplace with its fitful shadows wo have lost that with tho lesser light C rho odds and ends of candles va were ere set ip to burn on oil the altar of the kitchen ud rd on saturday nights to light the hired land or the bound boy to lied bed other lights aliey went to lied bed in the tha d dark ark the tall tallow ow dip was an attenuated object that tormented tile lie family like a boor bior relation A lot of wicks were strung oget agether lier on a rod the tallow was melted ind served in a tub of water into this tile lie wicks were dipped every little while L h hen en hung across the tub till they cooled to receive another dip when fin finished is lied the they alook look like the tons lons of candles eaten by rats tiey they bared Rare cland and guttered and made ilor horrible shadows but were accepted as light lessons in candle deportment were given iven in those days it may seem an easy tiling thing to snuff a candle so it is to snuff it out but to snuff it gracefully ind and easily using only one liand land and not light a moment is a work of art blowing the randle candle out was also deprecated bythe by the old timers it was either snuffed out or extinguished by a metal night cap which is usually fast to the handle of the bedroom candlestick the case with which a candle went out when a I 1 door was opened or a draught struck it was almost phenomenal and it was waa equally hard to relight it do you remember taking up a coal in the tongs and aad b blowing un until it y you in re resembled a beav heavenly en ly cherub ile rub trying airving to coax a tj the 0 am smoking D ia wick back to a blaze it was a com common experience detroit free aree press |