Show CARE REQUIRED FOR LAMPS IN THE HOME 1 no task Is of more importance to housekeeper prepared by the united states stales department of agriculture no task that falls to the housekeepers lot Is more important or if neglected more disagreeable than the care of the lamps in the home where no other form of 0 lighting is practical it saves trouble suggests the united unite d states department of agriculture to keep the materials used in cleaning lamps together in a tray box or hasket basket kerosene lamps must be kept ept clean and filled it if they are to b burn urn with a good light and without odor the reservoir should be filled to within an implements needed in caring for lamp inch of 0 the top the charred portion of the wick should be rubbed off the char removed from the wick tube and the burner and the wick turned down just below the top of the tube the chimney should be cleaned either by rubbing ith fill tissue paper or by washing in hot soapy water rinsing in clear hot water and wiping perfectly dry if there Is any moi moisture stute on the chimney when the lamp Is lighted the glass Is likely to crack the outside of the lamp and the shade should be dusted |