The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-11
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Good Housekeeping.
When | went to housekeeping, 1t was
with great many erroneous ideas, one Of
them being that my beds, to be comfort
able, must each be supplied with two or
three thick, heavy COmiortables for winter
use. This idea had been carried out, and
when the heavy, soggy things had grown
shabby, they had been washed (which
process rendered them still more soGgy in
course Of time) aud covered again and
again, until it was scarcely possible for air
to pass through to perform the cleansing
process as it should be allowed to do daily,
and also nightly. In short, felt certain
that my nice, heavy comtortables were eI-
Guiding all pure air from and Conhning
the impure air inside The bedClothing,
which tended to prevent the
healthy condition which | felt so
anxious to promote; also they were
far too heavy 10 be "comfortAblea" in
reality, though that misnomer had been
given them. No wonder Il thought, as
lifted them daily in making the BEDS that
|. feel US il held down by weight and
therefore worn and weary, when rise,
instead OF rested and refreshed, This
then, must be the remedy,-a new and
different covering must be supplied to
each bed, and what should It be? The
beautiful, soft wooden blankets, costing
from SIS 90 to $40 90 and upward, per pair,
which my wealthy neighbors might easily
procure, were far beyond my reach !
was anxious to introduce an Improvement
which would be mora conducive to COM
fort and health, and also economical,
After careful consideration | came to q
conclusion TO do az follows:
| purchased one hundred yards OF sea.
foam suiting, or "Cheese CLOTH" as 1t is
commonly called paying for 1t four cents
per Yard, and thirty pounds Of the best
quality Of cotton batting, and with this !
commenced operations, | put the two
ends Of the whole piece together and used
the machine to sew 1t into one strip fifty
yards long, which cut INTO ten pieces,
each Ave ySrds long, and two yards wide
twice the width Of the cloth, aud out Of
each one OF these made comfortable In
the following manner; laid the piecs
out upon the floor, smoothing ohe-half
very carefully, lsyinga stickto mark heex.
act center, or sticking In pins. Along even
with this center mark laid the ends OF
the batting, laying on about three poundH
to each comfortable, and, when this was
done, drawing the loose half OF HE cloth
carefully and lightly over that covered by
tho cotton, seeing that the edges
meet evenly all around the three
open sides. This forms = COYerlid
two aud one.hali yards long and two yards
wide. Az it lay upon the floor / rolled II
up, frat little way at the closed end and
then at one side, till It was brought into q
convenient form and size tor lifting TO q
table, which, with lie leaves spread, served
my purpose admirably. | then uurolled
the comfortable till II covered the table,
when | commenced aud tied the corner
thus extended, gradually unrolling and
tying till all done. Some ofthem I tied
with bright worSted and fastened the edge
by aroW Of chain stitch Of the same ma.
terAl. Those tied with white. cotton, and
with the edges simply run up with thread,
are very nice, though not quite 10 pretty
and bright.
Ono realizes, altar sleeping under cover
ing made in the above manner, that freight
10 not indispensable to secure warmth,
and that ones health and comfort Is pro.
NOTED by its use. At least such has been
my experience. They are light aud open,
which makes them easy to wash, and
what is very importSntitem with many
they do not cost, at most, above one dollar
apiece.