Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 19 | Helping out Your Coal Supply

HELPING OUT YOUR ! COAL SUPPLY CHE FUEL administration now promises plenty of coal for everybody every-body and no possibility of another coal famine like that of last winter. lut a good many householders are stlli without the number of tons they would llko to see darkening their bins and the price of coal Is still discouraging to average folks. Several things beside coal wiiriielp to keep tho house comfortable "Nvhon tho bleak, after Christmas Weather sols in. Windows not needed for ventilating ven-tilating purposes should bo stunted all around with cotton or old newspapers. Storm doors and windows will aid materially In keeping out cold; so will heavy hangings that may be drawn across bay window spaces and other drafty places. In all English country houses Xhcsc heavy curtains arc a feature of winter furnishing; they are pushed back during the day and drawn cozily at night when the family gathers gath-ers about tho sitting room fire. One gas Jot, burning steadily, will raise the temperature of a room live degrees de-grees and five degrees count, when your thermometer registers below CO' Spraying the rooms often with water In , an -atomizer helps, too. for moist air Is easier to hoat than dry air. I