How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 189
thered rushes in a marsh or^*^^^ along a stream? People .once used rushes in making candles. The outside ofthe rushes was stripped off, and the stalks weredipped just as the wicks were. Such candleswere called rush-lights. It was a great improvement when people beganto make candles in molds. The… … LIGHT 173 candles were pulled out. I have seen my grand-mother mold candles many times. We are so accustomed to the use of matchesthat it hardly seems possible that people ever gotalong without them. When matches were moreexpensive than they are now, children helpedsave them by rolling up bits of…
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