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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 30, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 31.

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Flueless Stoves

By MRS. D. A. FITCH

MRS. D. A. FITCH
It has become customary to heat dwellings by means of gas and other flueless stoves. To do this reduces labor, and perhaps expense, but the question arises as to the wisdom of such a plan. It seems that some arrangement should be made similar to that of the wood or coal stove, connecting the burning fuel with the chimney.
The matter of the contamination of the air may be illustrated by a recent experience. The room was being warmed by the method already mentioned, and a good lamp was furnishing light. Gradually the light faded, and after a while it was difficult to see distinctly to operate the typewriter. Having occasion to visit another room and taking the lamp with me, I was surprised to see it instantly brighten and become as usual. Several times the change was made from the room where the gas stove was being used to other rooms, and each time with the same result. I felt that the flueless stove was the cause of a deficiency of oxygen to properly support the combustion of the lamp.
Were the degree of light all that is concerned in the matter, there might not be so much need of a change; but when we remember that the same element needed by the lamp is a great necessity to the human system for its proper maintenance, we realize the necessity of seeing carefully to it that the very best conditions are secured.
Glendale, Cal.