Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
An Open Letter on the subisos Of Pat@s-
work.

An Open Letter on the Subject Of Patca-
work.
DFIK constant REiDEE --SinSe you
seek our advice on the subject Of what ma
terials should be purchased to rake patch
work wiihal, We viii respond In true Yam
kee fashion BY ~propounding another ques-
tior-Yhv should you buy stud for patch
wo,k snyway2 What is the good OF taking
rev, whole and large pieces OF cloth ana
tearing them Up into bits Just for the fun OF
sewing them together again? rs a sheer
waste Slime; ard in these days, when there
ia So much to be done in the '%ay of real
good, solid, substantial, worth-!nes while
work in the world, time ought tG DO "Taioa'
be to everybody, even the. msirted and the
halt and the blind. Why, a yofng woman
whom scme of US know was Overheard the
other day wishing that there wf7e ten OF
her and each one a giant; and then she pro-
ceeded to plan out work for each OF the
beap she had before her, and. they were
gigantic tasks too, any Of them at for a big
life-work.
Il was the fact that in looking about her
Mrs. Browning saw so many OF her sisters
doing patchwork" and other woman
work Of that sort that made her say IN
Aur0rs Leigh:
The works Of women are symboIcA:
we sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight
Producing what? A pair OF slippers, SIR
To put on when you're weary or q stool
To tumble over and vex you. Cure that 500!
or ele, at best, Il cushion, where you lean
Ard sIeep, and dream o. something We aTe nor
But would 10 for your sake. Alsa! a.as!,,
This hurts the most-this: Thai, AFTER aiI,
We are paid the worth OF our work, perhaps.
To return TO the original question, It you
need something in the way Of bedding and
are going to buy anything let 1t be blankets,
With a white woven guilt or spread to
place above sill.
These things can stand without injury
the frequent washings which all bed CLOTH,
inc should receive TO keep 1t sweet aud
heSslthful, and nothing IS prettier.
If YOU mind, however, is set upon quilts
of some sort, for which YOU must buy. new
materials, then make 'comtorters." Choose
a dark, pretty print OF the best quality
about eight Yards will do if it is wide, and
allow two breadths pr the top and two for
the bottom. Place cotton bStting between,
making them as heavy or as light as de-
sired. Tack at intervals 70 hold the Il
ding in place, and bind ali around With a
narrow strip of the print, or turn the edges
in and run them together. These. too
must be covered with q white spread when
in use. You sec the point is, that q bed
looks very much daInticr when covered with
white or yerv light tinted spreads ireSher
and more inviting than when draped, even
in silk patchwork or the most elaborate
satin crazy quilt; and how foolish it is to
nut DAYS and evens weeks Of work into
something which is to be covered up by the
white counterpsne as soon as completed,
Moreover, from a sanitary point OF view,
the elaborate quilts are to be condemned.
1t is By no means an easy matter to wash
them as often as then need, and the conse-
ouence generally is, with even notable
housewives, that a very occasional airing
| on the clothes line is all they get in the way
| Of cleansing from years end to years end.
| The above mentioned notable housewives
would probably be much surprised to be
told that their bedding vas filthy, vet
| such would soon get to DC the fact. The
'comforters" are a shade better in this re-
| spsct, for they cen be taken apart, washed
| thoroughly, and made up again though be-
cause of the labor involved the process IS
not usually gone through with as often as
would be advisable, labor rendered need
less by the use OF blankets as suggested,