Show HOW I TO SAVE ON ICE IE Refrigerator Should be Absolutely Absolutely Absolutely Airtight and Kept Full Always Ful This Is the time Of year wh when n the Icebox adds to the worries of or tho the at a aye ave t e ep ep rand and l In the ce fo ce of ofa a advance in the price of Ice the PiP question n of or tho time best way to economize economize mize Is urgent Almost every Overy ery e hom housekeep house house- e- e keep r owns an nn Icebox of some kind but hit f few the science of ot runnIng running running run run- ning It to the he best hest advantage With ith lh regard to the lie box er it Is one of the time latest patterns of porcelain enamelled tile or fanc fancy glass hass or just the regulation old oM zinc and anti sawdust thero are arc two or three points about It that every evelY housekeeper should sh know It I Is a n mistake to suppose that an Icebox must be set fet in iii a cool place because because be- be cause ause tho the box does docs not absorb heat he t from the thu outside If I it I Is 18 properly made natle It IL I Is Js only when the bo boX I Is not aLsol absolutely tel ai airtight r or r is t too o frequently op opened ned that It Is af by being kept kUt in a place where the thc air is 19 warm In other words if it I is good b box x you pu must keep it In a cool place to help it I along as q it cannot do Us its Is work without coddling The principal l thing about ut b the ice box Lox I Is us to have ha e It perfectly airtight Most Moat Io t of the Che ho tro trouble be conies comes from letting let let- tins ting warm air stream Into the tho box through the d drain ln pipe There should th as always be fa la trap und under r this Hils drip pipe which the melting Ice can keep filled with wih water This Ibis water vater trap keeps out the time air ai Ringed With Boiling Water auter Every Icebox should ha c have the tho Ice Ico chamber rinsed out with boiling Lolling water vater vat wat er at least ea t price once a a. a week to to get rid of the accumulated slime at the bottom und antI t the I edg edges of the doors door where the they bind against the casing should be 10 thoroughly wiped off otT 01 because that thal is where germs accumulate even in iii n the lie most expensive boxes No mater matter what a box may be lined With lh Wih tho the airtight casings must be watched There here Is a n continual discussion lon among housekeepers as to tho the proper quantity of Icu Ice to Q take so as to get the tIme best resul results for tho time least money One Ono will jJ wf tell tel you ou to get ge a big lump at a time while another will wi Ihl little and amid oren often There Thero heru Is n no economy collomy in II taking pounds one day lay and amid letting It run rundown down lown until you ou want another pounds N Neither lher I Is there an any In havIng having hav has ing only just enough to be able to toa say a there is Ice in iii the lie box box all al lie thu liet ht t lime I m e. e The Fhe trick is to k keep tl lie tho ice chani- chani ber Ler full full The more Ice th there lucre rp Is In It I. I the colder the he box without any extra extra cost for fOI the he Ice Itself because quantity fed Into a n full ful box Lox Ila day h by iy day will viii wi give you ou twice as I tOUch much coll cold as If I It were wre wert foil fed Into a half empty ice chamber a r. r leo Ice Io Chamber for fur Ice Il It I Is a great mistake to put anything any any- thing tiling in tile thu Ice chamber with tho hue ice It U Is s no mio colder colel there than In the thu mix box Itself Keep the lie ice Ico chamber for Ic ice and amid keep it full rul Suppose you oti start tart out with wih seventy seventy- five pounds and add twenty five to It the next day cay You will wi find your first lump down to about fifty which tills fills you OU up to seventy five seventy again On th the third da day wh when n you ou como come to put lint Jn In n another twenty five f c. your our first lump be down to about wi s 8 ven en und and th the second on one on to fifteen so that you OU still have havo seventy five ev nt five on hand But nut for or the he first ones one's help the he sec second see see- ond lump would have entirely disappeared I p If I you ou keep the Ice chamber full ful In this way a you OU will Ill wi find 1111 that the tha little pieces left luC from each ch hays days filling will wi freeze together antI and aro are just a as asgood good a as one onu big lg piece Always scald the he Ice chamber anti and wipe out the box Lox before putting In Saturdays Saturday's double supply and arid pack tho the little HUla pieces together as clot closely as possible Open the box as seldom as a possible le antI and b be La sure ur to shut the leers doors tight when you OU clo close them and you jou will wi have hayo no trouble The ne secret J-ecret e ret of or ny economy In In ice is an absolutely airtight box Lox with the thc Ice chamber hold holtI always fl filled tI as full full full-as as It I will wll wil i |