. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . ond,is a safe rule for most housefurnishers to follow; and howmuch more freedom we should havefrom an unnecessary amount of care ofthe innumerable objects in the modernhome if this law had always been fol-lowed ! The furniture of the Colonial period,as well as prior to that, was always ingood taste, and the candlesticks, can-delabra, and early lamps were invari-ably beautiful. From an artistic standpoint we canfind little fault with the first lights or the candlewood or pine knots thatlighted the Puritans homes.
. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . ond,is a safe rule for most housefurnishers to follow; and howmuch more freedom we should havefrom an unnecessary amount of care ofthe innumerable objects in the modernhome if this law had always been fol-lowed ! The furniture of the Colonial period,as well as prior to that, was always ingood taste, and the candlesticks, can-delabra, and early lamps were invari-ably beautiful. From an artistic standpoint we canfind little fault with the first lights or the candlewood or pine knots thatlighted the Puritans homes. Theyserved the purpose for which thevwere needed then, as they gave theadequate cheer and the light that thesimpler home required. Our forbears obtained the knowl-edge of this candlewood light from thered men, who had no other means oflighting their wigwams. The resinouswood of the pines which grew in theforests all about the door furnishedthem with an unlimited supply of thenecessary knots, and had been used bythe tribes for generations. i66 The Boston Cooking-School Magazine. Tray and Snuffers This wood was so full of turpentinethat, when cut into smaller fragmentsor slivers, it would burn as clear as atorch, but on account of dropping itspitch freely it was set just inside thefireplace upon a flat stone, where itwould do the most good and the leastharm. Large supplies of this wood were laidin by each family in the fall, to carrythem through the long, dark wintermonths. This custom is still followedin some portions of the South; and so-journers in North Carolina often pur-chase bundles of these slivers, and carrythem home for fagot parties. The roaring fire on the hearth, whichsent its cheerful glow over the room,and the brilliancy from the candlewoodknot gave all the light that was neededin the ordinary household. But nowand then the children would augmentthis by casting into the blaze hickoryshavings, and would give themselvesno little pleasure by poking the back-log with t
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