20 
LAND & WATER 
August 30, 1917 
DOMESTIC 
ECONOMY. 
Nanies ami addresses of sfiops, where (he articles mentioned 
can be obtained, will be forwarded on receipt of a postcard 
addressed to Passe-Partotit, Land & Water, 5, Chancery 
Lane, IV.C. 2. Any other information will be given on request. 
How to Save 
Coal 
How everyone will manage for coal 
throughout the winter is as yet an un- 
solved matter. Certain it is that many 
will find the official allowance far below the amount they have 
hitherto been accustomed to burn — even if the allowance 
itself will at all times and all seasons be available. 
The wisest plan undoubtedly is to piepare for the worst — 
or if not exactly the worst, something very near it. Every- 
thing calculated to save coal is of the utmost importance, 
and one or two inventions tending towards this end aie more 
than welcome. One of these is the " Bewty " Fiie, the Pascall 
patent and registered design. This at the minimum of e.xpense 
and trouble converts a l3ar-fitted fire-place into the most 
economical kind possible to imagine. 
'Gone in a flash are those fire-places which not only "eat up" 
coal, but owing to the difficulty of combating draught waste 
it needlessly. Gone, too, is tha old sj'stem by which much of 
the heat of the fire went up the chimney without being pro- 
jected into the room. And like many extremely clever 
things the " Bewty " fire is simplicity itself. 
Mr. Pascall, the inventor, grasped the salient fact that 
far more heat is radiated from a small fire spread out with the 
bars removed, than from the customary kind. The " Bewty " 
fire to all intents and purposes is like a tray of glowing coals 
in the fire place, the utmost being got out of each piece of 
coal and the saving in the amount used considerable. With 
the spanner and directions enclosed almost anyone can put it 
in place perfectly easily. It is made in four expanding sizes 
and an illustiated descriptive leaflet is at the service of all 
further interested. 
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The careful saving of cinders is a most 
ctnaers""^ important factor in the husbanding of 
the coal supply. Formerly it is safe to 
say that in nine households out of ten cinders were thrown 
away which could verv welJ have played some part in the 
next day's fire. Now it is essential to prevent this from all 
points of view; apart from patriotic and economical con- 
siderations waste has been made a punishable offence. 
The " Ee-Kon-Me " Cinder Saver is one of the best things 
of the kind ever produced. With its help cinders can be sifted 
in the cleanest and most convenient way, and everjrthing that 
can be possibly used again readily saved. This cinder sifter 
consists of three parts, the bin, the sifter and the top. The 
top is a particularly valuable featuie, for once it is on dust from 
the sitting does not fly. The handle of the sieve fits into a 
groove and.by moving "this to and fro for a brief while the dust 
is shaken through, the clean cinders staying in the sifter 
absolutely ready for use. 
With this at hand no maid can object to saving the cindeis, 
it becoming a clean instead of a somewhat grimy job. A 
cinder sifter of this type lasts for years, being made" of strong 
galvanized iron. Four sizes are available, costing from 
17s. 6d. upwards, carriage being a trifling extra. 
Elect r!c Labour 
Savers 
One of the most welcome developments 
of the times are some stoneware electric 
utensils, designed to labour save in 
every possible way. They are made in England, and a little 
leaflet describing and illustrating them is worth many people's 
while to see. 
Most folk with electric light in their houses will probably 
make one or more of the articles depicted here their own. 
Casseroles of various sizes, boiling jugs, shaving pots and 
food warmers are included, and most covetable they are. 
\\'ith a casserole, for example, any one can have a piping hot 
meal at any time. The casserole itself, with its stone colour 
and dark green ware is an attractive affair enough, and the 
whole thing can be cooked in a rather delightful way on the 
table. The Food Warmer again is a capital notion for anyone 
looking after a baby or the wounded. Inside is a scale showing 
tablespoons and liquid ounces, so that the amount wanted can 
be accurately measured out. It can be easily cleaned. 
With the shaving pot a man can get half a pint of beauti- 
fully hot shaving water in three minutes, the price of the 
pot being but 7s. 6d. Attachment in this and every other case 
is simplicity itself, for the uten.sfl just needs connecting with 
any electric light and the current then switched on. 
The Electric 
" Housemaid " 
-Such in very truth is the name deserved by 
the Preriiier Electric Suction Cleaner. This 
can solve the whole domestic problem, 
with the minimunf of labour, time and expense a house can 
be kept delightfully clean. It is no use, of course, save to 
people with electric light, but those who have it should 
find that cleaning with the Premier costs a bare halfpenny 
an hour. It is exceedingly light. 
Things like this are going to revolutionize housekeeping 
and rob it of half its difficulties and terrors. With the Premier 
Suction Cleaner there is no need for that nightmare period 
known as spring cleaning, and drudgery is just eliminated 
from daily .housework. 
Descriptive booklets will be sent promptly on request, and the 
firm concerned are at all times most willmg to answer enquiries. 
A Most 
Convenient Matter 
A cigarette, jiote case, and cheque-book 
case combined is one of the best things 
yet mooted for the convenience of man, 
especially when on active sei-vice. To one side is a good space 
for cigarettes, to the other a particularly clever arrangement 
for treasury notes, while at the back is a division into which 
a cheque-book readily fits. 
There is also room for stamps and visiting cards, and then 
the whole affair folds compactly over, going easily into the 
ordinary sized jacket pocket, and taking up little room. 
The great art of things now-a-days is compression, and 
this little contrivance is the acme of multum in parvo. 
White Washing 
Veils. 
Given the right type of colouring noth 
ing is more becoming than a white veil. 
as many have proved. At the same time 
under certain forms and guises, these at the moment are an 
unjustifiable extravagance, not to be countenanced. 
But as far as some white veils hailing from Fiance are con- 
cerned no such charge can be substantiated for the space of 
a single second. In the first place these veils wash like the 
proverbial rag ; in the second they are so strong that their 
' durability is a matter assured. 
Another point in their favour is that they are silk, and thus 
have an unusually jiice sheen. In spite of this, however, 
they are not unduly thick as many silk veils are, but of a 
particularly light and becoming mesh delightful to wear. 
Add to this the two points that their modest price is half- 
a-crown, and that once the present stock is scjld out a future 
supply is problematical, it will be seen without effort that the 
opportunity is one to be seized. 
Worth Enquiring 
About. 
The question of the proper fertilizing 
of every scrap of agricultural and garden- 
ing ground is of such vital importance 
now that attention is assured for a new fertilizer just brought 
out. The people concerned are most willing to answer all 
enquiries on the subject. They believe that this new pro- 
duction will create a record in fertilizers, and judging from all 
reports have every reason for the assumption. 
This fertihzer has an unusual amount of potash in it, in spite 
of the fact that potash, now, is well nigh unobtainable. It 
is letting no one into a secret to say that a waste product 
of London is being utilized by a chemical treatment and that 
if seems likely it will make all the difference in the fertility or 
non-fertility of the land. 
The interest of this to all farmers, agriculturists, market 
and home gardeners, is difficult to exaggerate. At any rate 
the matter is well worth looking into, and that is what "all are 
invited to do. Passe Partout 
