American Agriculturist, June 9,1923 
497 
Oil Stove Care and Economies 
Mrs. Leon H. Lewi^ Gives Hints for this Summer Labor-Saver ' 
I F you are to secure the maximum 
amount of heat from your oil stove 
and operate it safely and economically, 
you must observe certain rules for its 
care. 
Keep the burners as clean as your 
husband does the carburator of his car. 
Once or twice during the season re¬ 
move the plug at the end of the pipe, 
drain off the oil and rinse thoroughly 
with clean kerosene. While doing this, 
have the stove tilted a little so that all 
of the sediment will run out. 
During the night, when the stove is 
not in use, considerable oil will work up 
on to the burner, so befoi’e lighting in 
the morning, always wipe off the burner, 
and with the wick turned just to the 
edge of the burner, wipe off the charred 
edge. If the stove bothers about “run¬ 
ning up,” undoubtedly the small holes in 
the burner have become clogged so that 
the flame does not get sufficient air, and 
you will feel repaid if you remove the 
burners and boil* them up as you do 
your lamp burners. 
Always Keep it Clean 
When food boils over, Clean as soon 
as possible, for when it has had a chance 
to burn on, it is almost impossible to 
get it off without removing some of the* 
paint. Then if you keep a folded paper 
on the shelf under the burners, you will 
find it very easy to keep that part of 
the stove clean. Above all, have a special 
time each day when you fill the tank 
and while you are about it fill it full. 
Keep a tin box handy into which drop 
your burned matches, but be sure they 
are out before you drop them into it. 
I have heard many women say that 
they simply could not bake with an oil- 
stove. If you will secure some • sheet 
asbestos and cut a piece to fit the bot¬ 
tom of the oven and another to place 
on top, and, over the latter put a straw- 
filled pillow or even several layers of 
newspaper, the heat will be much more 
evenly distributed, and your cookies and 
cakes will no longer burn on the bottom 
before they are done on top. This sum¬ 
mer I mean to have a one-burner in¬ 
sulated oven, which, according to the 
New York State Bulletin on Fireless 
Cookers, has certain advantages over 
the fireless cooker. This bulletin also 
gives directions for lining your old 
oven with asbestos. 
Save Heat by a Little Planning 
It takes planning to get dinner on an 
oil stove and have everything done at 
once and on time. While preparing 
your vegetables, have a teakettle of 
water heating; Then when the potatoes 
and the other vegetables are ni«ely boil¬ 
ing, set the basin containing the veg¬ 
etable into the potato kettle, using it 
as a double boiler. If the kettle is large 
and the basin is small, it will do no 
harm if it sets directly on the potatoes. 
Then if you have a flat cover the tea- 
kettle can be set on top of this. Thus 
one burner does the work of three. If 
you are baking a dessert, plan to bake 
the meat or a cake for supper, or to 
make some kind of hot bread. 
Whenever you have a fire in your 
range, make good use of it. Drop 
cookies and most kinds of cake can be 
stirred up the evening before baking 
(cover to prevent drying over the top) 
and all kinds of fresh fruit pies are 
just as good if they are made the day 
before they are baked. By having these 
all ready before hand, you can do more 
baking at once without interfering with 
your other work. Also much of the 
work of baking can be done in a cool 
kitchen. Be sure to heat all the water 
that you can then and plan to use it. 
On a hot day, a pail of water set in the 
sun, will be heated sufficiently, in a 
short time for many uses. 
When ironing, the irons may be kept 
piping hot by inverting an old frying 
pan or sauce pan over them. 
To Lengthen the Life of Wicks 
If you are not afraid of soiled hands, 
you can double the life of the wicks in 
the following manner; Remove wick, 
and with an old knife or screwdriver, 
loosen the tin clips which hold the wick 
to the frame at the bottom and sew a 
double strip of outing flannel to the 
lower edge of wick. With a pair of 
pincers, fasten wick back and return to 
burner. I have tried joining two wicks. 
SUITING THE .THIN AND THE STOUT FIGUEE 
O NE price and one quality! No American Agriculturist pattern is more 
than 12 cents and according'to our readers wffio tell us of their successes 
in dressmaking, no patterns on the market are better. We’re not sur¬ 
prised to hear this, for we have one standard too, and that is the best. 
C orrect undergarments play an 
important part in making the 
best of the .stout figure. One of the 
most important elements in giving 
the figure good lines is a well-fitted 
corset-cover — No. 1758 is one 
with really slenderizing lines 
No. 1758 come.s in sizes 36, 
38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50-bust 
measure. Size 40 takes one yard of 
36-inch material. Pattern, 12c. 
W HAT they call a porch 
frock — and that means 
you' can wear it on the porch, 
in the kitchen or to run actoss to your 
neighbors—is illustrated in No. 1755. 
It is made of plain and checked gingham 
of ratine and chintz or of any other pretty 
combination. 
No. 1755 requires 3% yards of 36-inch 
material, with halt a yard contrasting. It 
comes in sizes 36, 40 and 44-bust measure. 
Price of Pattern, 12c. 
I7j5a 
C ONTRASTING materials not 
only make the most effec¬ 
tive a-nd fashionable summer 
frocks, but they give such ample opportu¬ 
nity to use remnants that their cost is cut to 
the minimum without sacrificing syle and 
appearance. No. 1770 is such a dress. 
No. 1770 comes in sizes 16 years, 36, 
38, 40, 42, and 44-bust measure. For size 
36 iise 1% yards of 32 or 36-inch mate- 
terial, with 1% yards of contrasting. 
Price, 12c, 
To Order: Write name, full address, and pattern numbers and sizes very 
clearly; enclose correct remittance, and send to Pattern Department of 
American Agriculturist, 461 Fourth Avenue, New York City. 
_ A big ten cents’ worth—our summer catalogue brimful of sewing sugges¬ 
tions, well illustrated^ practical and yet unusual. Add ten cents to your 
pattern order, ask for the style book and send your order to-day. The supply 
is not unlimited. 
but find the outing flannel much easier 
to sew on and it works quite as well. 
Kerosene makes an ideal summer fuel 
and if the stove is properly cared for, 
it will give many years of satisfactory 
service. _ 
A EUG-CLEANING HELP 
ALICE MARGARET ASHTON 
Electricity has revolutionized many 
of our old-time cleaning methods. But 
not all country housewives are yet 
privileged to clean their rugs with an 
electric cleanei*. 
When rugs must be cleaned with a 
beater a discarded bed-spring is one 
of the greatest helps imaginable. Place 
the springs on the grass, lay the rug 
over it and beat as usual. Being raised 
somewhat from the ground places the 
rug in a better position to receive the 
blows of the beater. And the dis¬ 
lodged dust instead of settling back 
into the rug falls to the ground beneath. 
The springs make a fine, clean place 
for dusting and sunning mattresses. 
Oftentimes the old coil-springs were 
hinged in the center of the frame so as 
to fold in half. One of this kind is 
easiest to handle and takes up less 
storage room in the shed. But at most 
it is not very heavy or troublesome 
and is well worth the effort required 
to place it when a number of rugs re¬ 
quire a thorough cleaning. 
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