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+<table class="title" summary="title page">
+<tr><td colspan="3"><h1><span style="letter-spacing: 0.40ex">MAKING A</span><br />
+<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25ex">FIREPLACE</span></h1></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="3"><p class="author"><i>By</i> HENRY H. SAYLOR</p>
+<p class="details">AUTHOR OF<br />
+BUNGALOWS, MAKING A ROSE GARDEN, ETC.</p>
+</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td style="width: 30%"></td><td style="width: 40%; padding-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 6.5em"><div class="figcenter" style="width: 53px;">
+<a href="images/illu_logo.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_logo_th.jpg" width="53" height="54" alt="" title="" /></a>
+</div></td><td style="width: 30%"></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td colspan="3">
+<p class="publisher"><small>NEW YORK</small><br />
+McBRIDE, NAST &amp; COMPANY<br />
+<small>1913</small></p></td></tr>
+</table>
+
+
+<p class="copyright">
+Copyright, 1913, by<br />
+<span class="smcap">McBride, Nast &amp; Co.</span></p>
+
+<p class="copyright" style="margin-top: 5em">Published, January, 1913</p>
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 356px;">
+<a name="The_Fireplace_of_Long_Ago" id="The_Fireplace_of_Long_Ago"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_frontispiece.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_frontispiece_th.jpg" width="356" height="249" alt="The Fireplace of Long Ago" title="The Fireplace of Long Ago" /></a>
+<span class="caption">The fireplace of long ago, made large enough to accommodate
+most of the kitchen&#8217;s pots and pans beside the fire</span>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></a>CONTENTS</h2>
+
+
+<table class="toc" summary="contents">
+<tr style="line-height: 100%"><td></td><td class="onpage">PAGE</td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#INTRODUCTION">Introduction</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#CONSTRUCTION">Construction</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#MISCELLANEOUS_ODD_FORMS">Miscellaneous Odd Forms</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#FACINGS_AND_MANTELS">Facings and Mantels</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#MENDING_POOR_FIREPLACES">Mending Poor Fireplaces</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#FIREPLACE_ACCESSORIES">Fireplace Accessories</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#BUILDING_THE_FIRE">Building the Fire</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td></tr>
+</table>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="THE_ILLUSTRATIONS" id="THE_ILLUSTRATIONS"></a>THE ILLUSTRATIONS</h2>
+
+
+
+
+<table class="toc" summary="illustrations">
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#The_Fireplace_of_Long_Ago">The Fireplace of Long Ago</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><i>Frontispiece</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td class="onpage" style="line-height: 100%">FACING<br />PAGE</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="padding-top: 0em"><span class="smcap"><a href="#An_English_Basket_Grate_in_Brass">An English Basket Grate in Brass</a></span></td><td class="onpage" style="padding-top: 0em"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#A_Modern_English_Fire_Corner_in_Contrasting_Tiles">A Modern English Fire Corner in Contrasting Tiles</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#An_Inglenook_with_Stone_Hearth">An Inglenook with Stone Hearth</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#Caen_Stone_Mantel_for_the_Formal_Type">Caen Stone Mantel for the Formal Type</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#An_Informal_Fireplace_in_Field_Stone">An Informal Fireplace in Field Stone</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#The_Modern_Colonial_Type">The Modern Colonial Type with Brick Facing and White Wood Mantel</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#A_Craftsman_Type">A Craftsman Type in Brick with Copper Hood</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="smcap"><a href="#A_Recessed_Fireplace">A Recessed Fireplace in Brick and Rough Plaster</a></span></td><td class="onpage"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr>
+</table>
+
+
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION"></a>INTRODUCTION</h2>
+
+
+<p>In a book of this kind there is no particular
+need for dwelling at length on the
+desirability of having a fireplace. That
+will be taken for granted. It is enough
+to say that in these days a home can
+scarcely be considered worthy of the name
+if it does not contain at least one hearth.
+There is some inexplicable quality in a
+wood fire that exerts almost a hypnotic
+influence upon those who eagerly gather
+about it. The smoldering glow of the
+logs induces a calm and introspective
+mood that banishes all the trivialities and
+distractions of the day&#8217;s work and gives
+one an opportunity to replenish his store
+of energy for the coming day.</p>
+
+<p>The open fire, unlike most of the comforts
+that we demand in a modern home,
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span>has been associated with the race as far
+back almost as the home itself. At first,
+of course, it was as a necessity and the
+development from that to a luxury has
+been an exceedingly slow one extending
+over the years down to the present time.</p>
+
+<p>There are two forms of the open fire&mdash;a
+possible third one, the gas log, being a
+subject on which the less said the better.
+We have, therefore, a choice between the
+open fireplace designed for wood and the
+basket grate in which to burn coal, preferably
+cannel coal. This latter fuel is not
+nearly so well known in this country as
+in England where the scarcity of wood
+necessarily makes coal the more commonly
+used fuel. With our own abundance
+of wood, however, there will perhaps
+be little hesitancy in choosing the
+open fireplace rather than the basket
+grate for coal, although in certain cases,
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span>for example an apartment where the flue
+has been built too small, or in a house
+where an available chimney offers only a
+small flue area for fireplace use, the basket
+grate will prove a welcome solution of
+the problem. Of course there is no excuse
+whatever for building a modern home
+with a chimney too small for the sort of
+fireplace you want, but where the chimney
+has already been built without this provision
+it may possibly be found that a
+small terra cotta flue lining may be inserted
+in the larger flue without seriously
+damaging the latter&#8217;s power of draft. In
+that event the addition of a basket grate
+fireplace to an old house would be an interesting
+possibility.</p>
+
+<p>However fully we may appreciate the
+desirability of some sort of fireplace,
+there seems to be a rather widespread impression
+that the attainment is largely a
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span>matter of chance. Too many home-builders
+have instructed their architects
+to provide a fireplace or two in the fond
+hope that the matter was then practically
+closed&mdash;a mere matter of time until they
+might be sitting before the fire&#8217;s cheerful
+glow. Too frequently the result has been
+a disappointment when the first few trials
+introduced into the room more smoke than
+heat or cheer. The reason for this is
+that there is a scientific basis for fireplace
+building which is frequently ignored
+absolutely by an over-confident and stupid
+mason. Where the work of building the
+home has been entrusted to an architect&#8217;s
+hands the latter usually appreciates the
+fact that the building of the fireplaces is
+liable more than any other part of the
+house to be taken into the mason&#8217;s own
+hands with, if he is not watched, disastrous
+results. Undoubtedly every mason
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span>would resent most strongly any insinuation
+as to his lack of knowledge regarding
+fireplace construction. Each mason not
+only thinks that he knows how a fireplace
+should be built, but it is almost as general
+a rule that he feels that his particular
+method is the only correct one.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 328px; padding-bottom: 0em">
+<a name="An_English_Basket_Grate_in_Brass" id="An_English_Basket_Grate_in_Brass"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_04a.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_04a_th.jpg" width="328" height="223" alt="An English Basket Grate in Brass" title="An English Basket Grate in Brass" /></a>
+<span class="caption">One of the best forms of the basket grate in brass.
+The splayed sides send out more heat</span>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 326px;">
+<a name="A_Modern_English_Fire_Corner_in_Contrasting_Tiles" id="A_Modern_English_Fire_Corner_in_Contrasting_Tiles"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_04b.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_04b_th.jpg" width="326" height="222" alt="A Modern English Fire Corner in Contrasting Tiles" title="A Modern English Fire Corner in Contrasting Tiles" /></a>
+<span class="caption">A modern English fire corner. Facing and
+hearth have been worked out in a rather startling
+contrast of tiles</span>
+</div>
+
+
+<p>In view of this it might be well for any
+man building his own home to give some
+attention to the matter of his fireplaces,
+to insist on knowing how they are designed
+and to follow their construction
+throughout so that there is no chance for
+a blunder; and this chance is not so slight
+as might be supposed. In a house in
+which the author had carefully shown
+every detail of construction in the drawings,
+it was found when the building was
+nearly completed that the cast-iron throat
+flues, which ordinarily prevent any possible
+mistake of construction on the mason&#8217;s
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span>part, had been put in reversed and
+it was necessary to tear down the whole
+face of the chimney breast in each case to
+replace them properly.</p>
+
+<p>The matter of construction is not at all
+a complicated affair, as the next chapter
+will aim to show.</p>
+
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="CONSTRUCTION" id="CONSTRUCTION"></a>CONSTRUCTION</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newsection"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">T</span>he</span> chief difficulty in attaining a successful
+fireplace design does not lie
+in securing an abundant draft. In fact
+it is an easy matter to make a fireplace
+draw if the flue is large enough and the
+opening from the fire chamber into the
+flue unobstructed. There will never be
+any question of getting a roaring blaze
+the moment the fire is lighted.</p>
+
+<p>This is, in a way, the type of fireplace
+that our Colonial ancestors built&mdash;great
+cavernous openings and generous flues,
+with the result that the more wood was
+piled upon the blaze the more they blistered
+their toes and at the same time
+chilled their backs. For it is evident that
+when we secure such a strong, unobstructed
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span>current of hot air up the chimney,
+enough cool air to take its place must
+be drawn into the room through every
+opening and crevice. The result is a
+mighty draft that rushes past those unfortunate
+enough to be sitting about the
+fire and carries rapidly up the chimney
+almost all of the heat of combustion.</p>
+
+<p>In the fireplace of our Colonial ancestors
+probably ninety per cent. of the
+heat was entirely lost, being carried up
+the chimney. However, cord wood was
+then to be had for the cutting.</p>
+
+<p>We want a different sort of a fire in
+these days&mdash;one that will burn with a
+steady, constant blaze or glow, conserving
+most of its heat, which the back and sides
+of the fire chamber will reflect out into
+the room.</p>
+
+<p>Such a fireplace will not necessarily be
+a large one. It is amusing to hear how
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span>universally the demand goes up for large
+fireplaces&mdash;&#8220;great big fellows that will
+burn full cord wood.&#8221; It is hard to see
+just why this is. It may be based on
+the assumption that if a small fireplace is
+desirable a large one is more so. This
+is a fallacy that the architect and fireplace
+builder find it hard to dispel.
+There is no objection whatever to a large
+fireplace in a summer camp or informal
+shack of that sort. In fact a small one
+would in such a place be ridiculous, but
+when we come to our year-round living-room
+or dining-room or den, where the
+walls of the room are tight and the whole
+atmosphere quieter and more restrained,
+a large fireplace would be distinctly a
+disturbing element. Such a room as this,
+unless very poorly built, would not permit
+the in-take of sufficient air for the
+draft of a big fireplace, whereas in our
+slab cabin or log bungalow the conditions
+are quite different.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 216px;">
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>
+<a href="images/illu_10.jpg">
+<img class="dblborder" src="images/illu_10_th.jpg" width="216" height="389" alt="A section through the fireplace and
+chimney" title="A section through the fireplace and chimney" /></a>
+<span class="caption">A section through the fireplace and
+chimney. The broad cross-hatching represents
+brickwork</span>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span>For the ordinary room, therefore, a
+fair average size for the fireplace opening
+is three feet in width by two and a half
+feet high, with a depth half the width.
+From such a fireplace it is possible to get a
+maximum of heat with a minimum of draft.</p>
+
+<p>There are two vital principles that
+should be observed in the design of any
+fireplace. One of these is the relation between
+the size of the opening into the
+room and the size of the flue itself. A
+cross-section of the flue&mdash;which incidentally
+should be kept the same throughout
+its extent&mdash;should be one-tenth of
+the area of the opening into the room.
+The second vital consideration is the introduction
+of what are known as a
+&#8220;smoke shelf&#8221; and a &#8220;smoke chamber.&#8221;
+The reason for constructing a fireplace
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>with these two features will appear more
+readily by reference to the diagram.
+This is drawn to show that when a fire is
+kindled on the hearth the warm air current,
+which is generated immediately, begins
+to rise through the throat (the opening
+between the fire chamber and the
+smoke chamber) and at once induces a
+down-draft of cold air. If the back of
+the fireplace were on the same continuous
+plane with the rear side of the chimney
+flue, this downward current of cold air
+would strike directly upon the fire itself
+and force smoke out into the room. The
+smoke shelf is built just where it will prevent
+this action. The sectional diagram
+does not perhaps make quite clear the
+shape of this smoke chamber, but the accompanying
+perspective outline sketch
+will indicate the fact that the throat and
+the smoke chamber at the bottom must
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span>extend across the full width of the fire
+chamber. This width in the smoke
+chamber immediately diminishes in rising
+until it joins the flue at the flue&#8217;s own
+area.</p>
+
+<p>The sectional diagram indicates a cast-iron
+damper built in the throat. This is
+not necessary, for it contributes nothing
+to the efficiency of the fire itself. Its one
+great advantage is that by furnishing the
+mason with an unalterable form, it forces
+him to build the throat properly rather
+than in one of the wrong ways that his
+own judgment might dictate. Such a
+cast-iron damper also forms a support
+for the flat arch of brick over the opening
+if bricks are used. If the damper is
+not built in, it is necessary to use an iron
+supporting bar to carry this flat arch.
+Then too, in case the damper is not used,
+there is lost the advantage of being able
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span>quite readily to close the throat entirely,
+which is highly desirable in the summertime
+and frequently in the winter when
+the fireplace is acting too strenuously as
+a ventilator. If the cast-iron throat is
+not used, therefore, it will be well to lay
+an iron plate on the smoke shelf in such
+a way that it could be drawn forward
+across the opening to close it.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 252px;">
+<a href="images/illu_14.jpg">
+<img class="dblborder" src="images/illu_14_th.jpg" width="252" height="408" alt="Perspective view" title="Perspective view" /></a>
+<span class="caption">Perspective view of the fireplace, showing the
+shape of the various parts as built without a
+cast-iron throat damper</span>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span>There are other types of dampers, most
+of them patented and all of them aiming
+to provide an adjustable opening in the
+throat in some way. One or two of these
+have a knob or handle projecting through
+the brickwork of the arch, permitting the
+convenient adjustment of the damper
+from outside. As a general principle,
+however, it is well to choose the simplest
+possible device that will secure the desired
+result.</p>
+
+<p>The terra cotta flue lining which is
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>shown in the sectional diagram is not absolutely
+necessary, of course, as it is
+a rather modern introduction and unnumbered
+fireplaces have served their purpose
+without it. There is no question, however,
+regarding its worth, for it provides a flue
+with smooth, regular sides that will not
+clog nearly so readily as an ordinary
+brick flue. Besides that, it has the advantage
+of permitting a thinner wall for
+the chimney. It is dangerous to build
+a chimney with a single four-inch thickness
+of brick between the flue and whatever
+may adjoin the chimney. Of course
+no wood should be allowed to come within
+an inch or two of the brickwork in
+any event, but with a single thickness
+of brick, unlined, there is always
+the danger that the mortar will crumble
+from a joint and leave an opening
+through which it would be an easy matter
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span>for sparks or flame to do considerable
+damage. The introduction of a flue lining,
+however, into the chimney built in this
+way makes it entirely safe, provided the
+joints between sections of flue lining are
+carefully filled and made smooth with cement
+mortar.</p>
+
+<p>The sectional diagram, it will be noticed,
+indicates a difference between the main
+back wall of the chimney, eight inches
+thick, and the brickwork laid inside the
+fire chamber to form the hearth and the
+back. The reason for this separation is
+that the rough brickwork of the chimney
+is always laid first as simply as possible,
+leaving the fire chamber with its sloping
+back and sides and the hearth to be filled
+in later with a better grade of brick or
+perhaps another kind. Frequently, also,
+tile will be combined with the brick finish
+as a hearth or facing.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 257px;">
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span>
+<a href="images/illu_18.jpg">
+<img class="border" src="images/illu_18_th.jpg" width="257" height="380" alt="A cross-section" title="A cross-section" /></a>
+<span class="caption">A cross-section showing the construction of a
+large stone fireplace with slightly arched opening</span>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span>A support for the hearth is usually obtained
+as indicated&mdash;by bringing what
+is called a &#8220;row-lock&#8221; or &#8220;trimmer&#8221;
+arch between the foundation masonry of
+the chimney and a pair of floor joists set
+out at the proper distance, depending
+upon the desired width of the hearth.
+While this is the customary method, occasionally
+a support is secured in some
+other way, such as corbeling out from the
+masonry foundation, or by extending two
+short projections of this masonry from
+the bottom up at either end of the hearth
+and throwing an arch across between
+these. Upon a bed of cement the hearth
+bricks themselves are laid, usually flush
+with the floor, although occasionally
+enough higher to permit a beveled molding
+strip to cover the joint between brick and
+floor more closely. In some cases the
+hearth itself is raised the full thickness
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span>of a brick above the floor, as in one of
+the photographic illustrations shown.</p>
+
+<p>The width of the hearth is ordinarily
+made about sixteen or eighteen inches beyond
+the face of the opening with the average
+size fireplace, twenty inches or even
+more with larger ones. This width should
+be increased, of course, if the opening is
+made considerably larger. The question
+of materials for the hearth and facing
+will be discussed in the next chapter.</p>
+
+<p>The chimney itself should extend at
+least a foot or two above any nearby roof
+ridge and it should work without any
+cowl, whirligig or other device of that
+type on the top. There is no great objection
+to having the opening a horizontal
+one at the top of the chimney, although
+in that case if the flue is nearly straight
+throughout its course, some rain will find
+its way down to the hearth in a hard
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span>storm. In most cases there is enough
+bend in the flue to prevent this, and if not
+it may be avoided by covering the top of
+the chimney with a stone and having the
+openings vertical ones on all four sides
+just under this.</p>
+
+<p>All of the brickwork throughout chimney
+and fireplace should be laid in first-class
+cement mortar which consists of one
+part Portland cement to three parts clean,
+sharp sand. Although lime mortar was
+used in all brickwork up to recent years,
+it is not durable, particularly in the vicinity
+of heat.</p>
+
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="MISCELLANEOUS_ODD_FORMS" id="MISCELLANEOUS_ODD_FORMS"></a>MISCELLANEOUS ODD FORMS</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newsection"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">T</span>here</span> are many unusual forms of
+fireplace with which we are not particularly
+concerned. For example, one
+sees occasionally an opening shaped like
+an inverted heart or like an ace of spades.
+It is possible to make a fireplace of this
+kind work satisfactorily, but it is by no
+means certain that this result can be accomplished
+at the first trial nor that the
+fire will continue to work properly under
+all conditions. It is safer always to adhere
+to the established type of rectangular
+opening, or to depart from this only to
+the extent of having the top an arch of
+large radius. Whenever the top is permitted
+to vary more than a slight extent
+from the horizontal there is the danger of
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>having the smoke escape into the room at
+the top.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;">
+<a name="An_Inglenook_with_Stone_Hearth" id="An_Inglenook_with_Stone_Hearth"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_22.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_22_th.jpg" width="335" height="248" alt="An Inglenook with Stone Hearth" title="An Inglenook with Stone Hearth" /></a>
+<span class="caption">The inglenook seldom fails as a dispenser of home cheer.
+Frequently the seats are placed too close to the fire</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>There is one other type that deserves
+special mention and that is the double fireplace,
+where two openings in adjacent
+rooms are served by a single flue between
+them. The only way in which this affects
+the two vital principles mentioned above
+is that the cross-section area of the flue
+should be one-tenth of the combined areas
+of the openings. The throat will in this
+case be in the middle of the chimney with
+the smoke shelf on either side of it. It is
+essential in a fireplace of this kind that
+there be no disturbing draft tending to
+pass through the opening from one room
+to the other.</p>
+
+<p>Still another type which is even more
+rarely seen is the open fire in the middle
+of a room, such as may be desired occasionally
+in the lounging room of a large
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>club. Such an apparent anomaly could
+be secured by suspending a metal flue and
+hood from the roof, so that the lower edge
+of the truncated pyramidal form at the
+bottom would form the upper side of the
+fireplace &#8220;opening&#8221; at a convenient
+height above the hearth of brick, stone,
+tile or concrete. It is conceivable that
+an effective and thoroughly practical fireplace
+could be thus devised, having the
+flue and hood of wrought iron or copper,
+suspended and steadied by chains or bars
+from the ceiling and surrounding walls.
+In such a form the same principle of a
+fixed ratio between opening (here the entire
+perimeter of the hood multiplied by
+the distance above the hearth) and cross-section
+of flue would have to be observed,
+and here also it would be well to provide
+as fully as possible against the presence
+of disturbing drafts.</p>
+
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="FACINGS_AND_MANTELS" id="FACINGS_AND_MANTELS"></a>FACINGS AND MANTELS</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newsection"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">T</span>here</span> is not a particularly wide
+choice of materials available for the
+finish of the hearth and fireplace. Stone,
+brick, cement and tile exhaust the possibilities,
+although with combinations of
+these we have all the variety that we could
+wish.</p>
+
+<p>Stone is suitable only in certain environments&mdash;the
+informal shack or log
+cabin chiefly, though of course it is impossible
+to make any hard and fast rule
+in the matter.</p>
+
+<p>Brick is almost never out of place.
+Perhaps it is the association with the fireplaces
+that have been built by our fathers
+and grandfathers, or perhaps it is the inherent
+worth and fitness of the material
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>itself that puts it forward as a first
+choice. Undoubtedly the practical consideration
+that it is easier and more economical
+to build has something to do with
+the matter.</p>
+
+<p>Concrete is a newcomer in the field of
+fireplace facing and as yet it cannot be
+said to have shown any particular reason
+why it should displace the other materials.
+With the ordinary heat developed in
+an open fire of wood there is no likelihood
+of cracking the concrete facing if the material
+has been properly mixed and applied,
+although there seems to be a vague
+impression that this might be a real danger.
+The color of concrete gives it no
+particular recommendation, for it is one
+that remains unchanged by fire, though
+not unstained by smoke. Brick, on the
+other hand, and tile, have the very closest
+possible association with fire in the making,
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span>which gives them a peculiar fitness
+for this purpose.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 271px;">
+<a name="Caen_Stone_Mantel_for_the_Formal_Type" id="Caen_Stone_Mantel_for_the_Formal_Type"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_26.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_26_th.jpg" width="271" height="360" alt="Caen Stone Mantel for the Formal Type" title="Caen Stone Mantel for the Formal Type" /></a>
+<span class="caption">Caen stone or its clever representation in cement
+serves well for the more formal type of mantel and
+facing</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Tile, the last of the four materials,
+gives more latitude in design than any of
+the others, sometimes too much latitude
+we feel. If understandingly used, nothing
+could be more appropriate and attractive,
+but tile has been used so carelessly
+that somehow we have a feeling that the
+tiled fireplace is for show rather than for
+use. In any case, there is no question
+whatever regarding the unfitness of the
+glazed tiles which have made horrors of
+thousands of pseudo fireplace openings.
+It is only the mat-glazed or unglazed tiles
+that have any right to be used in such a
+place.</p>
+
+<p>Since this little volume has for its subject
+the fireplace rather than the mantel,
+little need be said regarding the latter
+outward form, though there is no doubt
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>that a whole book on the subject might
+profitably be written. To touch upon
+the subject as lightly as space will permit,
+we can probably do no better than to
+suggest the obvious type of mantel for
+one or two of the more common architectural
+styles, and recommend that in other
+styles the architect be allowed sufficient
+latitude in design and expense to distinguish
+this important feature of hall, living-room,
+dining-room or library with the
+characteristics of the style he has worked
+out for the house itself.</p>
+
+<p>The modern home along Colonial lines
+is perhaps the commonest problem, and
+incidentally the easiest, for the old models
+of delicately detailed white-painted wood
+mantels are so well known and so universally
+admired that modern reproductions
+along good lines and reasonable cost are
+easily obtained.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>For the English plaster or half-timber
+house the architect will doubtless design
+a special mantel, in scale and in harmony
+with the dark paneling and other architectural
+woodwork, probably with a paneled
+over-mantel if the cost is not too rigorously
+held down.</p>
+
+<p>In a house which breaks away from the
+historic architectural styles, as so many
+of the stucco buildings of the day do, the
+mantel treatment offers particularly interesting
+possibilities. Frequently the mantel
+is done away with entirely and the
+chimney breast treated independently as
+a whole.</p>
+
+<p>With the very informal type of summer
+home where a rough stone for facing
+and chimney is employed, the mantel treatment
+can hardly be kept too simple and
+unobtrusive in its rugged strength. A
+heavy log, planed to a smooth top surface
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span>and resting on two projecting stone
+brackets, is frequently used with good
+effect. The chimney breast may be
+stepped back at the shelf height to form
+a narrow stone ledge, or the breast left
+without any shelf. Many simple variations
+with the informal brick chimney
+breast will occur to everyone. In general,
+with these summer shacks or bungalows,
+the fireplace is the chief architectural
+feature of the living-room and for
+that reason will stand a moderate amount
+of embellishment, but this latter should
+take the form of a slightly better finish
+of the materials used throughout the room
+rather than the introduction of more elaborate
+and costly ones.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 277px;">
+<a name="An_Informal_Fireplace_in_Field_Stone" id="An_Informal_Fireplace_in_Field_Stone"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_30.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_30_th.jpg" width="277" height="422" alt="An Informal Fireplace in Field Stone" title="An Informal Fireplace in Field Stone" /></a>
+<span class="caption">A fireplace and chimney breast of field stone,
+chosen with care and laid with more than average
+skill</span>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="MENDING_POOR_FIREPLACES" id="MENDING_POOR_FIREPLACES"></a>MENDING POOR FIREPLACES</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newsection"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">I</span>t</span> is well enough to say just how a fireplace
+should be built so that it will
+work satisfactorily, but that does not go
+far in helping the man who has a fireplace
+that will not work. Frequently it is possible
+without any very great expense and
+trouble to correct a fireplace that has
+been improperly built. If one has in
+mind a clear comprehension of the few elementary
+principles of fireplace construction
+it will usually be an easy matter to
+determine the reason why a fireplace
+smokes or fails to draw.</p>
+
+<p>The cross-section area of the flue is
+likely to prove the most common difficulty.
+Usually this cannot be seen from
+inside the fireplace, because of the narrow
+throat and the smoke chamber which in
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>some form may be above the shelf.
+If, therefore, the apparent essentials&mdash;such
+as shape of opening, narrow
+throat across the whole width, and preferably
+the slanting back&mdash;have been followed
+out it would be well to determine
+the area of the flue itself. To do this it
+will be necessary to reach the top of the
+chimney and, by lowering a weight on a
+line, find which flue leads to the fireplace
+in question. Its area at the top will in
+all probability be its area throughout.
+If the flue happens to be the only one in
+that particular chimney it may sometimes
+be determined more easily by counting the
+bricks in its two horizontal directions and
+in this way estimating what would probably
+be the inside flue. This conclusion
+is by no means sure, however, since the
+chimney may be built with eight-inch walls
+or it may be simply a four-inch wall with
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span>the flue lining. To one with a knowledge
+of bricklaying, however, the way in which
+the chimney is laid up will usually indicate
+the size of the flue.</p>
+
+<p>Having determined the size of the fireplace
+opening and the cross-section area
+of the flue itself, it will in many cases be
+found that the latter is too small for the
+former. The easiest way to remedy this
+difficulty naturally would be to decrease
+the size of the opening in the face of the
+fireplace. In order to check up the diagnosis,
+however, it would be well to fit a
+pair of thin boards to wedge fairly
+tightly into the opening at the top, one
+of which boards could be drawn down past
+the other one so that the fireplace opening
+may be decreased anywhere from six
+to twelve inches in height&mdash;using two
+six-inch boards. By testing the fireplace
+in action in this way it will be readily determined
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span>by what amount the opening
+must be decreased. The boards then being
+removed, a wrought-iron curtain or
+decorative projecting hood of wrought
+iron or copper may be fitted permanently
+to the front.</p>
+
+<p>It is possible, however, that the opening
+of the fireplace and the flue area are
+properly related, in which case it may be
+found that the trouble is due to the lack
+of a narrow throat and smoke shelf.
+This too could be constructed in the fireplace
+without disturbing anything outside,
+such as the mantel or chimney breast,
+unless the fireplace is not large enough
+to permit the addition of four inches of
+brick at the back. If it is not, it will be
+well to examine carefully the thickness of
+the wall at the back of the fireplace and
+if this is sufficient, part of it could be
+taken away where the slope of the back
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span>joins the upright wall&mdash;about a foot
+above the hearth surface&mdash;and the sloping
+back built in from there up to form
+the throat. Or, to make perfectly sure
+of the result, the mantel itself could be removed&mdash;this
+is usually merely nailed to
+the plaster&mdash;and enough of the chimney
+breast taken down to permit the introduction
+of a cast-iron throat damper.</p>
+
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="FIREPLACE_ACCESSORIES" id="FIREPLACE_ACCESSORIES"></a>FIREPLACE ACCESSORIES</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newsection"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">J</span>ust</span> as a turkey dinner depends
+largely for its success upon the
+&#8220;fixin&#8217;s,&#8221; so the fireplace is in itself incomplete
+without its andirons and tools.
+To begin with the most nearly indispensable
+appurtenances, we must name the andirons&mdash;or,
+if the fuel is to be coal, then
+the basket grate. I have wondered sometimes
+why the philosophers have not hit
+upon the andiron as a particularly fitting
+subject for pleasurable rumination.
+There are so few things which combine to
+such a degree the purely utilitarian with
+the eminently decorative qualities. Most
+things which do combine the two in any
+real measure have been developed on the
+side of one at the expense of the other
+quality. Take man&#8217;s dress coat, for example,
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span>the cut-away front of which, with
+the two buttons at the back, was designed
+to permit the gentleman to loop the skirts
+up to his waist when he mounted his horse.
+Or, take the modern lighting fixture with
+its little pan still waiting to catch the
+drip of the tallow beneath the flame, which
+has long since been displaced by gas
+tip or incandescent filament. How few
+things there are, after all, which ages ago&mdash;probably
+through a long evolution&mdash;were
+designed to meet a real need in the
+best possible manner and which still meet
+that need and combine true beauty with
+their usefulness. The wrought-iron shoe
+of a horse occurs to us, perhaps a ship&#8217;s
+anchor, a string-bow or an axe helve.</p>
+
+<p>Some support is needed to raise the
+fuel so that the air may find a clear passage
+under and through it to the flames,
+and nothing could well be devised to serve
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span>the purpose better than the pair of horizontal
+wrought bars, each with its single
+rear foot and its steadying front, the upper
+continuation of which serves to hold
+the burning logs in place.</p>
+
+<p>One is not likely to go wrong in making
+a choice of andirons for any given type
+of fireplace. The simply turned brass
+patterns belong so obviously to the Colonial
+brick opening with its surrounding
+white woodwork; the rougher wrought-iron
+types are so evidently at home in the
+craftsman fireplace or the rough opening
+of stonework, that misfits are hardly possible.</p>
+
+<p>Fortunately the old brass andirons of
+Colonial days have proven themselves fitted
+to survive, and many of them are still
+to be found in old cobwebby attics or in
+the more accessible shop of the dealer in
+antiques. One of these confided to me his
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span>way of distinguishing the really old andirons
+from artificially aged reproductions:
+the old ones have the turned brass of the
+front post held in place by a wrought-iron
+bar that attaches to the horizontal
+member by a screw thread on the bar itself;
+on the modern examples this upright
+bar is drilled with a threaded hole into
+which an ordinary short screw engages
+through a hole in the horizontal member.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 398px;">
+<a name="The_Modern_Colonial_Type" id="The_Modern_Colonial_Type"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_38.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_38_th.jpg" width="398" height="249" alt="The Modern Colonial Type" title="The Modern Colonial Type" /></a>
+<span class="caption">The good old dependable Colonial type, with its simple brick facing
+framed by the delicately detailed white wood mantel</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Next after the andirons in importance
+are the tools&mdash;the three most nearly essential
+ones being the poker, tongs and
+shovel. There is no need of saying that
+these should harmonize with the andirons
+and preferably be of brass if they are
+of brass; wrought iron if the andirons
+are of wrought iron. There are two
+ways of taking care of them&mdash;the ordinary
+method of using a stand which, if
+the tools are bought together, will probably
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span>come with them; or in some of the
+fireplace types where the whole chimney
+breast is of brick, concrete or stone,
+sometimes a combination of three or more
+hooks is wrought in the same metal as
+the tools and fixed securely in the chimney
+breast at the side of the opening.</p>
+
+<p>A brush for the hearth, although not
+so frequently seen, is exceedingly useful
+in sweeping back the ashes and small embers.
+Then there is the time-honored
+bellows, now hardly more than an ornament,
+for with a scientifically built fireplace
+it should never need to be called
+into action.</p>
+
+<p>A screen of some sort comes nearer to
+being classed with the necessities than
+with the merely decorative accessories,
+for it is hardly safe to leave a fire or
+even the smoldering embers without some
+protection against the damage that is so
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span>quickly caused by sparks. The usual
+type of screen is the woven wire one in
+several forms. Probably the most convenient
+type is that made up of a number
+of flat sections which fold upon one
+another into a compact mass which will
+not be in the way when not in use. In
+recent years, however, there is another
+sort of screen that is coming to be regarded
+with very high favor and that is
+the screen made up of glass in combination
+with other materials. There is the
+simple French screen of glass panes in a
+gilded frame, and there are wonderful
+possibilities for the employment of the
+craftsman&#8217;s skill in combining with plain
+or lightly tinted glass more decorative
+features in the way of stained glass and
+leading or in the combination of glass
+and metals.</p>
+
+<p>The design of a fire screen depends, of
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>course, on the purpose it is intended to
+serve. If it is desired to secure a screen
+that will cut off the heat but not the light
+of the fire, the craftsman will work with
+larger areas of clear glass. On the other
+hand, it may be felt desirable to make a
+nearly opaque screen to cut off both light
+and heat. These, of course, are usually
+small rectangles on some sort of a pedestal
+and are not intended to take the place
+of spark screens.</p>
+
+<p>A wood receptacle of some form is a
+convenient accessory, as one will avoid
+the task of carrying fuel up from the cellar
+or in from the woodpile whenever a
+fire is desired. There is a broad field
+from which to choose&mdash;brass-bound
+boxes of many sizes and forms, sturdy
+baskets and the metal wood baskets which
+are made for holding the logs themselves.
+There are those who prefer not to encumber
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span>the vicinity of the fireplace with
+these rather bulky receptacles, but who
+find it convenient to have a box built in
+near by in the form of a window-seat or
+perhaps as a part of built-in bookcases.
+Two or three houses that I have known
+had a very simple rough dumbwaiter running
+from the cellar up into a window-seat.
+This could be loaded with fuel,
+hoisted into position and locked there until
+the fuel was needed.</p>
+
+<p>There are two other fireplace accessories
+that we must not overlook, and these
+are the crane and the trivet. The crane
+is a very picturesque feature in a fireplace
+that is large enough to hold it
+comfortably, but it does seem unfortunate
+that in a great many fireplaces the
+crane is dragged in with the idea of making
+it a decorative feature but without
+any expectation of putting it to practical
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span>use. There are fireplaces&mdash;in a
+summer camp, for example&mdash;where a
+crane could be put to good use. Used
+elsewhere it is too often merely an affectation.</p>
+
+<p>The trivet is not nearly so well known
+as the crane and yet it might be put to
+use in a modern fireplace much more frequently.
+In England it is found in various
+ingenious forms, most of which show,
+however, some form of low stool which is
+stood upon the hearth, as near as may be
+convenient to the fire, to keep warm a
+teakettle or perhaps even a plate of toast.
+There are some rather interesting antique
+brass trivets to be found in many
+of the larger antique shops.</p>
+
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="BUILDING_THE_FIRE" id="BUILDING_THE_FIRE"></a>BUILDING THE FIRE</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newsection"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">I</span>have</span> no doubt that the majority
+of the readers who have patiently
+found their way thus far through this little
+book will feel like closing it with a sigh
+of impatience at the sight of the chapter
+heading above. &#8220;Who doesn&#8217;t know how
+to build a wood fire? We might as well
+seek instruction as to the most approved
+method of striking a match!&#8221; But if
+you will bear with me for a moment I
+would say most emphatically that as a
+matter of fact very few people really do
+know how to build a fire. It is easy
+enough to assemble a bunch of newspapers,
+twigs, kindling and logs so that it
+is possible to <i>start</i> a fire, but perhaps
+you have noticed that while many fires
+are kindled few burn out. If you are
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>seeking for the greatest amount of comfort
+and enjoyment from your wood fire
+you will secure it only by sitting at the
+feet of that greatest of all teachers, experience,
+or perhaps more quickly by experimenting
+a bit with one or two of the
+simple expedients which I shall try to
+show are based on the wood fire&#8217;s way of
+working. While there are those who
+would not for worlds give up the pleasure
+of tinkering with the tongs and poker
+while the fire burns, it will perhaps not
+detract from this enjoyment if the tinkering
+is not actually the result of necessity
+to keep the logs burning. Fire-mending
+is a delightful recreation only
+when it is not imposed upon us by becoming
+an alternative to having the glowing
+embers become discouraged and give up
+the fight.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 446px;">
+<a name="A_Craftsman_Type" id="A_Craftsman_Type"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_46.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_46_th.jpg" width="446" height="254" alt="A Craftsman Type in Brick with Copper Hood" title="A Craftsman Type in Brick with Copper Hood" /></a>
+<span class="caption">There is a splendid opportunity for home craftsmanship of a high order in
+making the copper hood for an example of this type</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>First of all, there is the need of having
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>fuel that is really dry. It is not essential
+that the woodpile be kept indoors,
+but it should at least have shelter above
+it and on three sides. The woodsheds of
+New England farmhouses offer a practical
+and efficient solution of the problem.
+Usually you will find these as an extension
+to the house, a shed open only to the
+south, in which the cord wood is piled
+neatly to the roof with sawn ends to the
+front. Two long logs are laid on the
+floor or ground, at right angles to the
+firewood, so as to encourage a circulation
+of air for drying.</p>
+
+<p>In addition to the heavier logs which
+are cut to fit the fireplace opening, there
+should be almost an equal quantity of
+twigs, brush and smaller pieces, or else
+split kindling, to serve as starting fuel.</p>
+
+<p>To lay a fire on the hearth, select first
+a heavy log which should be placed close
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span>against the back of the fire chamber on
+the hearth and not on the andirons. This
+is the traditional &#8220;backlog.&#8221; It will
+serve through several fires and is intended
+mainly as a protection of the back brickwork.
+Stand the andirons with their
+rear ends close up against the backlog,
+and if the latter is of the best size its
+top will be well above the horizontal bars
+of the andirons. Now select a smaller
+log&mdash;preferably not a split piece&mdash;and
+lay it across the andirons. If a big
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>fire is desired, keep this log&mdash;the &#8220;forelog&#8221;&mdash;well
+to the front, just back of
+the andiron upright posts, leaving plenty
+of space between backlog and forelog for
+the main body of the fire. The distance
+between these two logs will govern the
+size of the fire. In this space put a few
+crumpled sheets of newspaper, some of
+the lighter twigs and small branches, and
+one, two or three logs or split pieces, as
+may be required to fill the space. The
+diagrams will make clearer this arrangement
+for a small fire or a large one.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 304px;">
+<a href="images/illu_48.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_48_th.jpg" width="304" height="136" alt="Section showing the arrangement of andirons and wood" title="Section showing the arrangement of andirons and wood" /></a>
+<span class="caption">Section showing the arrangement of andirons
+and wood for a large fire (at the left) and a
+smaller one</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>As the central portion of the fire burns
+away, keep the forelog pushed back
+against it, unless a less active fire is desired.
+It is well to remember that where
+one isolated log will not burn, two close
+together probably will, and a pyramid of
+three will do still better.</p>
+
+<p>Many fireplaces show a tendency to
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>smoke only when first lighted; this is probably
+due to a cold chimney, and can usually
+be prevented or made less objectionable
+by burning a newspaper just under
+the throat, thus starting the proper action
+of the up and down drafts.</p>
+
+<p>If it is possible for us to choose between
+various kinds of wood for our open
+fire fuel there is opened up one of the
+most interesting phases of the whole subject.
+To most people probably a wood
+fire is a wood fire, whether the logs be of
+cherry wood, pine, hickory or anything
+else. For the wood fire connoisseur, if
+we may call him by that name, there is
+no difficulty whatever in telling with a
+glance at the fire just what wood is
+burned. The crackle and explosive nature
+of hickory, the hiss of pine, the
+steady flame from cherry, the hot and
+rapid disintegration of sycamore, and the
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span>steady and thorough combustion of soft
+apple wood soon become familiar characteristics
+to those who have the opportunity
+to lay the fire in variety. Then
+there is, of course, the fascination and
+the weird coloring in a driftwood fire&mdash;most
+spectacular of all but unfortunately
+denied to most of us.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 272px;">
+<a name="A_Recessed_Fireplace" id="A_Recessed_Fireplace"></a>
+<a href="images/illu_50.jpg">
+<img src="images/illu_50_th.jpg" width="272" height="343" alt="A Recessed Fireplace in Brick and Rough Plaster" title="A Recessed Fireplace in Brick and Rough Plaster" /></a>
+<span class="caption">A simple and exceedingly effective recessed design
+in brick and rough plaster. The hearth is
+raised above the floor</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Finally, the most important factor of
+all in the management of a wood fire
+is an ample bed of ashes for its foundation.
+It is impossible for anyone who
+has not actually tried fires both ways to
+appreciate the immense advantage that a
+bed of wood ashes gives. It unquestionably
+doubles the fire&#8217;s efficiency in throwing
+heat out into the room, it halves the
+care and attention needed to keep the fire
+burning, and it increases beyond measure
+the beauty of a wood fire, when it is nearing
+its end, by rekindling itself with the
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span>embers and keeping alive for a long time
+the quiet, dull red glow. Stop your ears
+to the importunities of the over-zealous
+housekeeper and steel yourself against the
+pricks of the conscience of cleanliness.
+If need be, fight for the retention of that
+bed of ashes. You can scarcely get it too
+large or too deep. The accumulation of
+two years is a priceless treasure. One of
+my own fireplaces has a bank that has to
+be depleted about twice a year to make
+room for the fire. A peck or two of the
+fine white powder is then carried out to
+bring joy to the rose garden.</p>
+
+<p>To one who loves a wood fire and knows
+its possibilities the mention of such a
+thing as an ash-drop is as a red flag to a
+bull. Peace be to the ashes of the man
+who invented this easy method of robbing
+the hearth of half its charm. May he be
+forgiven it.</p>
+
+
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