. St. Nicholas [serial] . e waterand melted wax must not be too hot. Muchdepends on this, for a temperature a little toohigh melts the wax from the wick as fast as itis added. We found that it was best to keepthe heat as low as possible, and yet hold thewax liquid. Candles, whether of bayberry, orof ordinary tallow, or of any kind of wax thushand-made by repeated dippings, are known as dips, and are regarded as the most, desirableform. These dont look like the candles we buyat the store, said Jennie, as she examined themwith a critical eye. Then I explained that we had gone back intime to almo
. St. Nicholas [serial] . e waterand melted wax must not be too hot. Muchdepends on this, for a temperature a little toohigh melts the wax from the wick as fast as itis added. We found that it was best to keepthe heat as low as possible, and yet hold thewax liquid. Candles, whether of bayberry, orof ordinary tallow, or of any kind of wax thushand-made by repeated dippings, are known as dips, and are regarded as the most, desirableform. These dont look like the candles we buyat the store, said Jennie, as she examined themwith a critical eye. Then I explained that we had gone back intime to almost the primitive form of a light-giving medium, or just the next step ahead ofa wick in oil, or in melted wax or tallow in adish. It is probable that our ancestors re-garded dipping asa marvelous stepin advance of theprimitive floatingwick. Then whatan age of pro-gress it must haveseemed when someone invented amold in which toform them! Whata labor-saving invention! What a brilliantmind it must have been to think of that!. SOME OF THE LATER FORMS OF CANDLE-STICKS. Made of metal. I I X2 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Oct.
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