1. Put a little light oil on a wad of cotton waste and rub it on all the iron parts of the stove. 2. Rub it off with fresh waste, an old cloth, or some crumpled paper. 3. Polish it with a dry flannelette or woolen cloth until all oiliness is gone. 4. Burn the waste, old cloth, or paper because oily waste and oily cloths are a frequent cause of fire through spontaneous combustion. 5. Wash out the polishing cloth.

To clean a gas stove thoroughly.

This process requires the following apparatus: A stove apron, a few old newspapers, a wire sink-brush, a monkey wrench, whisk, dustpan and brush, a sink towel, several pieces of old cloth, soap and washing-soda, and the oil bottle.

1. Put on the apron and spread the papers on the table. 2. Turn off the gas at the main supply pipe with the monkey wrench. 3. Fill a large dish-pan with strong, hot soap-suds, put into it to soak the dripping-pan and rack and any movable nickel pieces of the stove. 4. Fill a tub half full of strong, hot soda-water. Put the drop tray in the bottom to soak, and on top of it put the top grates, doors, and all movable black parts of the stove. 5. Brush out both ovens and all parts of the stove frame. 6. Wet one of the old cloths in hot water, rub it on the soap, and wash off the stove. Dry it, if necessary, with an old cloth. Then oil the black parts very lightly with the oil and polish it off thoroughly with another old dry cloth. 7. Remove the pieces from the soda-water, rinse them in the sink in fresh warm water, and scrub the doors and other black pieces with the wire brush. Dry them off, oil and polish them, and put them back on the stove. 8. Let the dirty water out of the sink, transfer the nickel pieces, dripping-pan, and rack to the sink, pour in the soapy water, scrub the pieces thoroughly, dry them with the sink towel, and return them to place. 9. Scrub, rinse, dry, and return to place the drop tray. 10. Oil the stove after all the parts are put together. 11. Burn the old cloths and wash the sink out carefully. It is especially necessary to be careful about burning oily cloths that are not washed after using, because they have been known to take fire spontaneously and are therefore dangerous when tucked into corners out of sight.