1908. 
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Winter Comfort. 
Many country people who might oth¬ 
erwise look forward to the Winter 
months with pleasure on account of the 
cessation in the farm work, actually 
dread the approach the days of wind 
and snow because of the cold, uncom¬ 
fortable houses they must live in. Some¬ 
times they are trying hard to pay for 
the farm and do not want to spare any 
money for repairs; or, the bank ac¬ 
count that is to build the new house 
looks encouraging, and so the old place 
must do as it is for a few years longer, 
as it would not pay to lay out anything 
on it for so short a time. Again, in 
many cases, the place is rented, and the 
owner cannot be induced to fix up the 
house, thinking that because it was com¬ 
fortable 10 or 15 years ago the tenant 
must be unreasonable in requiring re¬ 
pairs. What can these people do to 
keep comfortable through the bitter 
weather? A small outlay of “dollars 
and sense” will help matters greatly, and 
it is always well to remember that a 
moderate amount spent in repairs is a 
real economy in the saving of fuel, ex¬ 
tra clothing and doctor bills, not to 
mention the comfort to be derived. 
If one can call the place his own and 
is therefore at liberty to fix things up a 
little, the outlay of a few dollars will 
make even a very old house compara¬ 
tively comfortable. One great source of 
discomfort is cold floors arising from 
poor walls. Instead of the unsightly 
“banking” so often employed to remedy 
this defect, the following device has 
proved very efficient and does not in 
any way injure a frame house: Make 
medium weight wooden frames that will 
reach from the ground to a few inches 
above the wall so that it covers all the 
stone foundations, cover each side with 
building paper, and nail in place. When 
snow comes bank it well round the bot¬ 
tom of the frames and a great deal of 
wind and cold will be kept out. If the 
windows are ill-fitting, storm windows 
are a real economy. Very often it is 
best to get new windows for the much- 
used rooms, taking the discarded ones 
for extra Winter use, but, however it 
is arranged, never try to get through 
the Winter with windows that let the 
cold air pour in, and use twice the nec¬ 
essary fuel endeavoring to keep warm. 
Doors are another source of annoy¬ 
ance, even well-fitting ones. Get storm 
doors for all those seldom used, even 
though they must be plain and darken 
the rooms a little; and over the doors 
constantly in use build “storm houses.” 
They are much more convenient than an 
extra door, and keep lots of cold and dirt 
from the house, being a sheltered place 
to brush off snow and for removing 
storm-soaked garments. As a further 
precaution, put felt strips on doors that 
fit loosely. 
Another thing that helps more than 
one who has never tried it can imagine, 
is enclosing the piazzas with glass dur¬ 
ing the cold months. It affords an en¬ 
closed air space between the house and 
the outer climate that defies cold; it 
does not permit the heat from the house 
to escape when an entrance is made as 
if the room opened directly out of doors, 
and the large surface of glass attracts 
a surprising amount of heat from the 
sun. Such a sun room need not be ex¬ 
pensive. I saw one last Winter that - 
was made from windows taken from an 
old house and it answered every purpose 
and did not look bad. Improvements 
such as these almost pay for themselves 
in one Winter in the saving of fuel. 
But when the place is rented and such 
changes are not to be obtained there 
are yet a few things possible, though 
most of them fall to the care of the 
house mother. When the poor walls 
have .been banked with snow or straw, 
and some sort of storm doors provided, 
the limit of outdoor improvements has 
been reached; yet even that small amount 
is oftentimes neglected. If nothing bet¬ 
ter can be obtaihed, very good storm 
doors can be made by covering the screen 
door frames with building paper; to be 
sure they are not handsome to’ look at, 
nor is the house they are intended for 
in most instances, but they are at least 
neat and comfortable, which is the main 
thing. If the kitchen floor is cold cover 
it with oilcloth or linoleum; it will be 
even much more comfortable than a 
carpet, as the draughts cannot penetrate 
it; or a similar covering may be made 
at home by painting a rag or old tapes¬ 
try carpet, after it has been carefully 
fitted to the floor. In rooms in which 
carpets are always used it is a great 
help to tack or paste heavy paper upon 
the floor to keep the cold air from blow¬ 
ing in. 
When the cold weather sets in calk all 
around the unused doors and win¬ 
dows, but always leave one win¬ 
dow in every room ready to open 
; ■ >t :to. - yr k: r 
the; rural 
for ventilation. Nothing is bet¬ 
ter to keep wind from blowing in 
under doors and between window 
frames than sand sacks made to fit. 
Have one to lay over the crack where 
the two window sashes come together, 
and another on the sill; they will keep 
out a great deal of cold, and if neatly 
covered need not be hideous. It is also 
well to have warm, heavy curtains to 
draw over the windows in the long bit¬ 
ter nights. They may be as inexpen¬ 
sive as seems necessary; double-faced 
cotton flannel in a pretty shade of red, 
grden or brown does not look bad at 
all, and very pretty ones can be made 
of colored burlap. Very often the only 
means of heating sleeping rooms is from 
another sleeping apartment or from the 
living rooms, and the open doors neces¬ 
sary for this do away with the privacy 
everyone enjoys in her own room. For 
such cases the “half door” is a very 
great help. Have light frames made to 
fit the doorways, but lacking about a 
foot at top and bottom. Paint or var¬ 
nish the frames, cover with silkoline or 
burlap, and hang with small hinges. 
When this door is closed the room is se¬ 
cluded from public gaze, yet the heat 
can enter freely at top and bottom and 
the temperature kept comfortable. If 
properly hung this need not interfere 
with the usual door. 
When not needed for baking keep the 
oven door open and the stove will throw 
out much more heat. Many experi¬ 
ments have proved the truth of the fol¬ 
lowing cold weather hints: Let the sun 
shine in at every window possible during 
the day; it will heat even a cold room 
surprisingly, but close the curtains tight¬ 
ly after the sun is gone. Try to let a 
little heat into every room during the 
day, even if they must be closed during 
the night, for one thoroughly cold room 
imparts a chill to every room near it. 
Air all the rooms thoroughly every 
morning, no matter how cold and stormy 
the weather, for the fresh air heats 
better and quicker than the lifeless at¬ 
mosphere found in many houses during 
the cold months. There are many other 
little things that will suggest themselves 
when one has once started thinking on | 
the subject; the warm rug in front of 
the kitchen sink or table where most 
of the work is done, the low stool by the 
sewing or breakfast table that keeps the 
feet from the cold floor; these things 
are all more economical and comfort- 
producing than to hover, shivering, over 
the fire in a draughty room. 
ALICE M. ASHTON. 
Grinding Apple Butter. —Here in this 
part of Ohio apples were scarce and 
small. I had some that were too small 
to pare for apple butter, so I quartered 
and cored them, did not pare them, then 
washed and ground them in the sausage 
grinder. I put them on to cook and pijjt 
to a gallon of apples as near as I could 
guess two quarts of boiling water, so 
they could heat up faster, stewed slowly 
and stirred often till well cooked; then 
put in brown sugar to make a good apple 
butter and cooked a while longer. I had 
six gallons of nice apple butter, which I 
would not have had if I had not tried 
that way. I grind the apples the same 
way for my mincemeat. mrs. h. b. f. 
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