PARAFFIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 247, 19 October 1939, Page 12

PARAFFIN.

We are apt to condemn the lazy and dangerous habit of putting paraffin on a fire that does not burn up quickly, blit there is a perfectly safe way of using the same material to get the desired result. About an inch of paraffin is put in a 21b jam jar, and chips enough for lighting the fire are put upright in it overnight. The wood soaks up the paraffin, and when the fire is laid the newspaper used also soon becomes impreg. nated with it. The result is a fine, steady blaze which draws well and causes the slowest coal to catch and burn up. A rag moistened with paraffin should be kept near the gas cooker and used to wipe over the top after the frying-pan has been used or a kettle'has boiled , over. By this means the stove is kept bright and free from grease or