The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-03-10

Bef re another twenty years snail
have passed 4way wa venture 70 pre-
diet that there wils scarcely be a
room In the city which xiil Dc COY
cred from end to end and side 70
ssde Bith thick, impenetraole car
pet. Apsrt from all fashion and all
theory. Il Eiii be recognized as fact
that health den snGs movable nosir
coverings, or, falling these, coverings
which can be cleansed daily. The
anclents understood this perfectly
Socrates waxed eloquent IN deseFie-
ing What z house should De, how
needful air AID sunshine and clean
iiisess were for health. and lmagiDa-
ton calls CD the interiors oi that
tiase with their mosaic pavements
and the absence OF ali that would
have har0ored dust, and IN doing go
disease TIE luxurious native OF
the Z sst, the inventor OF carpets,
never even 10 hls most lodoleDt mo-
rueut conceived the possibility OF
saving himself the trOnb!e OF shaking
his carpet by fxiag il to the door,
and although We cannot credit him
with ans exalted ideas of cleanliness
10 bis domestic arrangements, Ee
nnst al least coneede that he show
ed a good deal ofcJmmon sense IN
TINS respect.
Twenty-Five years ago physicians
began to enter a protest against the
enervatioa ofmodern homes thence
they passed to detail the more en-
ilghisned entered upon sort OF cru
sade against fJ0r-eovering. aDd De
c!ared that infectious diseases were
harbored Ia the woolen hanglugs
and carpets Of their weli-io-do "a
tienls quite as surely a. amid the
-q1alor and iith Of overcTowded al
less. People 10 longer sleep sai
least sensible people do not Ii four
post bsdsieads, with wOOiea curtains
craga closely around them they
are even recognizing the desiraoiiiiy
of leaving their windows UnlncGEI-
oered with F0luminous f1!ds oi vel
vet aud Of rep and goinga stage fur
they are beli iniug to realize that
Jors and their coverings are in
pgrtant factors IL the question OF
hygiene.
Rags are certaiuly free from many
. Of the most serious objections TO car-
u-ls. even when they are fixed upon
tae floor. which in our estlm-tlon
thev never ought 10 he. II Is i'os-l
ble - wash well 81 around them, o.
remove the dust from the corners oi
the room. and even under the edges
ofthe rug itself. But such a condi-
ton Of affairs l. still TAR from salts
factory. There j. always more or
less dirt about 4 stationary carpet, II
aAy room that Is much lived Ia, aud
The beet housemaids Ia the world
cannot nd an immovabie rug OF dust
as readily on the floor as theT could
of 1t. Carpets ought, asa matter OF
health. % be taken ID once a week,
laid over a line and thoroughly beat
En-, but where l. the household where
this rule j. enforced ?
The growing conviction 9f the su-
Deriority Of rugs TO carpets IL shown
III tie newest houses, in many OF
which the floors are expressly ar
ranged with stained borders, par
quet flooring, which it is possible to
to leave entirely uncovered. What 3
boon this is to persons OF snail
means Nothing eats into small
snm of money for house-furnishing
more dissstrously than a carpet. IL
is useless to bug a cheap one cheap
carpets are never of any Use, and the
prlce OF good one j. formidable
consideration. This is another ar
gumeht in favor Of rugs-cheap rugs
wear a great deal better than cheap
carpets, for the obvious reason that
they are not pulled and strained in
eyery direction, add are only sub
j-cied 10 limited wear and tear.-A.
y. Tunes