The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-05
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rooms particularly. by lowering the
upper sashes in windows, thus causing
cold drafts upon the observation-disclosures
of the pupils. A room is best ventilat-
ed when the heavy and impure air is
drawn gradually away from the
lower part of the room through
an opening into a chimney, the heat
ed walls of which an upward
current. An open fireplace is tn us
one of the best ventilators Known.
When this is not convenient an open
ing covered bv a CRATE should be
made in the chimney near the floor.
Low rooms frequently become so over
heated as to require au outlet near
the top, but this should be used sim
ply to cool the room, not to ventilate
it. In close buildings occupied by
animals, ventilation can be secured
by a close shaft six or more inches
square. according to the size of the
room, extending from within about
twelve inches of the floor up through
the roof of the building. The wind
blowing across the top of this will
cause an upward current, which will
draw of the impure air.
Interesting experiments can be
made by testing the effectiveness of
various kinds OF ventilation. Let the
doors of a room be closed to keep
out drafts; then with delicate tissue
paper cut in long strips and held by
one end, or with alighted candle, note
the outward current of air through an
opening near the floor into a heated
chimney, or from the room into an
open fire. Note also the outward cur
-anf - tho nnnor DIR Nuhon a prin1n NV
is lowered, and at the same time the
downward rush Of cold air to the floor
near the window. II sleeping room
has been closed all night, as too many
sleeping rooms are, 90 out into the
pure air for fifteen minutes; then go
back into the closed room and note
the unpleasant change. The first
seeds of disease are too often sown in
unventilated bedrooms. - American
AgricuJturiSt.
Make the Spare Room Cheerful.
And that spare room-is it heated?
If it isn't, have you put a sufiiciency
of clothing on the bed? / was once a
visitor at a place where | was expected
to sleep in the middle of winter under
nothing beyond a shetland a counter
pane If l hadn't known of an old
physicians recipe for keeping the feet
warm in a cold bed l should certainly
have sat up all night. This simple
remedy is the putting of an extra pill
low under the sheet, ON that part of
the mattress where the feet will come.
1t is intallible, and worth remember
ing. But as all guests have not such
ideas at call, be sure there are plenty
of extra coverlids in the guest room.
See that the window curtains are
practicable, and that your guest
knows how to manage them. Nothing
is so unpleasant for a visitor as to be
compelled to pin articles of clothing
to the window frames because the
shades won't come down, or to expert
ment with noisily working curtain
fixtures at twelve o'clock the night
after the party. Be sure there are the
following articles in the room, how
ever small:-Some good soap, a large
jug of fresh water, a clean glass for
drinking water, a supply of towels,
both fine and coarse, to suit all
tastes.
On the toilet table place a hand
glass, a pair of small scissors for clean
ing nails, clipping bangs, etc, abunch
of wooden toothpicks, so that your
guest cal make use OF hest necessary
articles without offending your taste
at the table. Be sure the pincushion
is well supplied with pins, and that
there is an easy, soft-cushloned rock
ing chair in the room.
Supply the bed with plenty of pill
lows. Ii one does not use many they
are easily removed, and some people
cannot sleep unless well bolstered up.
In the room place a bottle of black
ink, some note paper and envelopes,
a medium sized new steel pen in a
holder, two or three stamps and a pos
tai card or so. But you say, why
should | supply my guests with post
age and stationery?
Your guests, | am sure, will always
see that when they leave the stock OF
stamps and paper in your spare room
is by no means diminished, and how
convenient the handy supply will be
to your visitor when, on the morning
of her arrival, she wants to drop a line
to the folks at home and has not yet
learned the way to the local p~ostoffice.
Also place in the guest chamber II few
entertaining novels.-EdtM Minfte7
IN Homemaker.