The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-10-16
Hazel Green Herald.
SPENCER COOPER, Publisher.
HAZEL GREEN. ky.
OUTDOOR LIFE.
How to Convert n Piazza Into a Comforta
BILE Retreat.

orders among American housewives Is
that they spend so little time I'm the
open air.
AS soon as the spring weather will
permit, and long befo re IL is discreet to
do so, the annual siege of houseclean.
ing is commenced. This is at best an
exhaustive and laborious duty, and IL is
no wonder that with the present limited
knowledge of sanitary requirements,
the housewives first thought is To pre-
serve the state of cleanliness that she
has secured, as long as possible. To
accomplish this, windows and shutters
are closed, and in order 10 keep out
flies and dust, she shuts out the life
giving sun and pure air, and secures
neatness at the expense of health. To
be sure, Kitchens receive more ventila
ton than other rooms but by no means
enough 20 rid them OF the impure air
which the combined odors Of cooking
give; and here in this ovcrhcatcd, de-
bilitating air, the housewife performs
her daily duties.
Very likely there is an ample piazza
adjoining this or the adjacent dining
room, but the housewife looks upon it
as an ornamental appendagc to the
home, and II place where her flowers
thrive luXuriantly. No easy chair is
there as "a standing invitation for her
TO come out and sit down, with her feet
in the sun, and prepare the vegetables
for dinner, or read few minutes while
the bread is rising; and she does not
appreciate its benefits enough to carry
one out.
Now, IL all this ignorance Of the i'm.
mensc possibilities of piazza could be
dispelcd and every housewife induced
To live out there every hour that she
can during the summer and fall, an
astonishing improvement in their gen
eral health would result. If the piazza
is sunny plant some fast-growing vines
to shade IL, but do not have these dense;
sunshine is what you want. If you can
not afford to buy veranda chairs land
they are not eXpensive), see IL there
are none in the attic that you can scour
up and repaint, and make not only pre-
sentable, but attractive.
Make cushions for the seats and backs
and cover them with fancy ticking,
blue denim or turkey-red calico, and tie
the latterin position with worsted dress
braid.
Make generous supply of floor
cushions, too. They do not want To be |
embroidered or extensively covered. |
Very likely there is abundant material |
among your "odds and ends To cover |
all you need. Dat straw, or hay. or
excelsior (Which can be bought for five |
cents a pound at any upholstcrer'sl, |
answers every purpose for filling them. |
II there are some small children, make |
some expressly for them, but have the
others twcnty-four inches square. If
you have room for IA small stand, keep
it there To hold your reading matter,
sewing or darning basket.
If you have not been accustomed to
living in this kind of Il way, and the
piazza is in view Of the street, you will
Mt first feel little nervous, II desire to
shrink from the publicity OF pairing po-
tatoes and darning stockings in view
of passers by. But persist in your eff
forts for n month and see how much
easier IL is To- be cheerful and hopeful
than IL was when you commenced the
experiment.; and remember that your
first duty is To yourself and your family.
What the remainder of the world thinks,
Is your minor consideration. And in.
deed they think far less than we i'm
agine they do, any way.
| have not mentioned one of the most
essential belongings of u piazza-name-
~, u hammock. But you certainly must
have one, whether there is room on the
piazza TO suspend il or not "All work
md no play" makes the housewife Just
rs dull as IL does Jack" If they
always remembered this, and were
rot so over-eXacting with them
'elVes life would be far better ,
worth the living. BE a little more
enient with yourself this year and see
I you are not a gamer. Make the little |
lress that you had planned To tuck and
'uff without any ornamentation; let
lown the tension and use the time saved {
O read up the newspapers or an inter I
sting book, while you swing restfully !
n hammock and draw i'm long draughts I
I pure air, I
The day has gone by when we can q
eglect the sanitary condition of our 7
ONES, eat and dress INDEPENDENTLY a
nd over-work continually, and then I
all the inevitable breaking down that
blows IA dispensation of Providence. s
katherine Il. Johnson, in Country ]
entleman.