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Tried and true In the 1940s, we bathed in a pan of water warmed on top of the wood heater in the living room. We took turns. We heated blankets beside the heater with flat irons on top. At bedtime, we wrapped in a warm blanket and jumped into a cold featherbed mattress, where were laden down with heavy homemade quilts. The warm blanket heated the quilts and the feathered mattress. Mom wrapped an iron in a towel and placed it at our feet under the quilts. Later we had electricity, an oil circulator and a window fan. The fan was placed in a central window and turned so it drew air out of the house. All inside doors were opened. In each room one window was raised just a few inches. The fan then would draw a breeze through each room. And we walked everywhere. Carolyn Fox |
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