The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-02-04
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HOW 10 Make Home Attractive.

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How to Make Home Attractive.
efforts TO make one home more at.
scliye have delayed for 8 long while
js one of Che series of letters for the
Dove anbjecE TO some, all attractive
@me means simply 3 pretty or hand
me house. nicely Furnished, but there
some attractive homes, the earthly
1bodiment of tie "home over there"
Isieh in appearance arg commonplace.
is home-life is made beautiful by love,
ndness and patience. While We find
Ippy homes some times in plain, rude
ildings, yetthis is no argument against
Corning identifying in every way we
that one place that should be
ss sacred to us all. 1t requires mon.
lave handsome homes, and with
lSmasE nf struggling humanity, after
ss3ssing fdT the necessities of life Tor
HAT shey conceive to be necessities)
sss is little left foe supe,auities; but
ssb, pretty homes can be made with
little outlay. In short while the
nch talEed ofand abused spring clean.
seasoIi will be upon as. What a
@ the cleaning impulse does not seize
B least ortwo in each family. What
4 8sclAaning out Of old boxes and barrels,
ad what sternation among the spi-
4 Somany country homes lack neatness
SAINT of paint; pspefing or white
asf, and the inmates never seem to
blink that their health and thereby
ssir hapfdnsss Is, ina rhasaarIre, de-
andenf upen change in this direction.
hH Wal 10 are dingy that one not ac-
ssicmed; them fee6 like exclaiming,
iagy more diingysl most dingy!lp
Painting IS expensive when high.
|ricsd paint is nsed, put on by high
Sriced painter anyone with moderate
ltalligance can find ont how to mix q
F simple paints and learn toput them
a the smoked walls If he will only
ractice patience and perseverance,. /
aoH an old lady who takes pride In
IIlEng her grand dchi!dren how, after the
af Hhens the Yankees had left only
la fane Of her house standing she got
$longh money together to hayeit fn-
hhed except painting it. AS soon as
cohld procure the paints she paint
tie intessor woodwork herself.
)ns great advantage the ladies of the
sasSeanth century have over their
ETaat tsgress grandmothers in beautify-
|pg their homes is that wall paper is SO
8efs cheap comes in such beautiful pat.
ssrns and is not difficult to handle. I
lave assisted in papering several rooms
Ind alWays felt repaid for che trouble
ind xpsnse in the fresh, pretty walls.
If painting and pspering are tco ex-
$ensive, then Suse whitewssh. s.Itpuri-
$ss and brightens up the time,honored
and dust covered walls. I must not
well too long on the bare walls, for to
1ake IL an ideal homeI would have an
sil painting here and crsyon there;
oEneI bracket With vase ofgrasses in
bis corner and i bowl of fresh. cut flow
Es on fhstabls. Books and papers must
ks here, thers and everywhere. But
sne woman canno. tell another how to
dorm hsr home. IF she follows the di-
ection of another in this matter the re.
a3ult win not be satisfactory. The in
erior arrangement ofths house indicates
lhe character ofthe inmates, especially
# the priestess who keeps the fires
I6Ening on the altar of home.
Leaving tha interior there is one spe-
Ess Of adorring shst all can Afford
Rwers for tae yard, and shade trees.
b 5ou imagine the HGarden of Eden"
only vegetables? In fancy I
kn see its green banks, Its rippling
Seams, It's luxurious flowers and its
Ssppy little birds singing in the tree tops.
Rod gives rs the flowers, 10 brighten
hE iTes and gives us sweet, enobling
houghts.
@Ifyou have never tried it, have a lit.
3efoWer garden all your own. Watch
!. |.Hater it and see If you won't learn to
bYe the little flowers. The heart is bet.
BfEEe moPs is filled with love for the
autifnl. GRACE GORDON, IN Spartan.
44iygi Spartan.