Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household EquipmentsPeyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose)
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Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments
Peyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose)
Home economics; Household appliances; Kitchen appliances; Kitchen utensils
Not only is it difficult to keep the kitchen in equable temperature, but
to have it cool often means a draft, and a draft means a cold for the
cook, and a cold for the cook means danger to the whole household. Then
there are odors from the kitchen. These are continually getting loose,
unless the door of the kitchen is kept closed (which is trying) and
infecting the house prematurely with the taste of dinner. All of which
is uncomfortable and gives the home a commonplace, tenementy atmosphere.
Your home may be judged by its laundry and cooking odors! The fewer, the
better. Did you ever think of that?
The cellar is another important room to keep well aired and should be
provided with windows and doors to formulate a current of air. Pantry
and laundry, too, should be built with ventilation in view in order
that, as in the kitchen, these rooms can be kept sweet and savory.
Without extra ventilation apparatus, you can take advantage of the
movement of air; as it cools, it falls and as this falls it is heated
and rises again--keeping up a rotary circulation:
1. Lower windows from top and bottom so that the warm air will go out
at the top and the cold air come in at bottom, starting the
circulation of air.
2. If not too draughty, have a door open opposite the windows, or use
a draught board or screen which can be easily placed on window sill to
curb current.
3. Cool moist air can be had often by hanging up a damp sheet and
re-wetting it as it dries.
4. Fireplaces with small or large fires in them cause air current.
5. In some rooms which have a grated air intake cut into the walls
near radiator--air circulation is effected easily.
6. Give the risen hot air a chance to get out of the top of room, and
give the cold air a chance to come in at the bottom of room--and keep
it agitated--this is about the best advice. If you can’t do this, call
in a ventilating and heating engineer--he will.
With the new type of ventilators, cookery odors, draughts, smoke, steamy
vapors, smudges collecting over walls, curtains, etc., are obviated
because they are all dissipated and sent flying to the big outdoors. Its
blowers blow out the bad air. The apparatus, which is simplicity itself
to operate, is attached to the ordinary lamp socket and placed in
effective places. The improved motors are encased and almost
frictionless in action, which means the minimum wear and tear and no
cost for repairs. Some of the motors are self cooled which also does
away with wear and hot boxes.
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