Show CARE OF LAMPS hove to them to get the seat Ilein lt the following suggestions on the proper care of lamps are from a pamphlet issued recently by the london county council the oil reservoir should be of strong metal properly folded and soldered at the joint and should not be of china glass or other fragile material there should be no opening between the reservoir and the burner other than through the tube which holds the wick and this tube should be extended to within a quarter of an inch of the bottom of alie reservoir and should have no opening into the reservoir except at its base the burner should be securely attached to the reservoir preferably by means of a strong and well made screw attachment there should be no openings through which oil could flow from the reservoir should the lamp be upset every table lamp should have a broad and heavy base to which the reservoir should be strongly attached wicks should be soft and not lightly plaited and should quite nil the wick tube without having to be squeezed into it they should be frequently renewed and before being put into lamps should be dried at a fire and then immediately soaked with oil the reservoir should bo filled with oil before the lamp Is lit and the lamp should be kept thoroughly clean nil oil should be carefully wiped off and all charred wick and dirt removed before lighting when first lit the wick should be partially turned down and then gradually raised the wick should not be turned down as there Is then a greater liability to explosion in lamps of unsafe construction lamps which have no extinguishing apparatus should be put out as follows the wick should be turned down until there Is only a small flickering flame and a sharp puff of breath should then be sent across the top of the chimney but not down it cans or bottles used for oil should be free from water or clr and should be kept thoroughly closed it in making an iron holder two of brown paper are put between the materials used tor the holder the heat will not then come through I 1 so quickly to the hands coarse linen Is better to use for the covering than woolen material |