XVIII 



GETTING READY FOR 



WINTER 



E do not mind drafts, 

 and air-currents, and 

 the liberal admission of 

 cold air through cracks 

 and crevices about win- 

 dows and doors, and 

 the floors, in spring and 

 summer and early fall, but we must not forget 

 the great difference between the temperature 

 of those periods and that of winter. A small 

 crack may let in cold enough, when the ther- 

 mometer runs low and the vdnd is from the 

 right quarter, to offset all the warmth sent out 

 from a good-sized stove, after its drafts and 

 dampers are adjusted for the night. If there 

 are many such cracks and crevices, cold enough 

 may come in to freeze our plants. There- 

 fore, the thing to do is to go over our rooms 

 carefully, and see that they are made proof 

 against the admission of the enemy. And 



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