Omaha daily bee., 1892-04-24
HINTS FoR HOME Use.

If you find il difficult TO keep ferns alive
try sponging the leaves twice n week with
tepld water and Fkeeping the saucers under
III pots continually filed with water OF the
same temperature
The straight fluted individual candlestick,
with It's swinging shade caught 10 the can
dlestick mount by moving bar, is temporar-
iy, ut least much in vogue. These single
candlesJicks are superseding candelabra on
spring dInher tables, though their paucitv OF
light and effect will doub btless make their
reign short-llved.
in the most unpret etentious household where
good taste reIgns there can al least be one
room in pure style and harmonious coloring.
Good pieces OF furniture Of q distinct period
furniture that has character-cost no more
than good pieces OF furniture Lnat have no
character and a little DIT OF historical re
search will help anyone 10 determine for him
self what is The true character and what is
corruption OF style.
In q dining room an imposing dignity is the
order Of the day. Oak is The standard favor
ite for furnishing dining rooms, but mahog-
any IS the more elegant and expensive furni-
ture An effort mas Deen made 10 bring INTO
use the beautiful, carved high backed chairs
OF the Renaissance, with the lovely old
faded coverings OF tapestry, or else the rev
leather covering, in which the wrong side of
the leather is turned out, and looks like
ooze The backs are TOO high, however, aud
interfere with the service, causing all sorts
OF dire ullSDHps 10 guests, ulsues anu walters,
and in consequence the high backed chairs
are relegated TO library and hall
Rooms are rarely furnished in a single color
now although one color usually predomin-
ates Contrasts are pleasanter, and less
monotonous. Take, for instance, room that
is TO be in whlte ana gold. In the old days IL
would have been white and gold straight
through, with an indescrib baby chilly. barren
effect. Now the woodwork is made white
and gold, the ceiling Is decorated in white and
gold, and, also. the walls but in the latter
there are panels let in Of some very delicate
shade OF blue in silk or satin damask, and
again on tnis there may be composition ~
white and gold, leaving only SIX or eignp
inch margin OF the blue.
Here is hint in regard 10 the prevention
of dust that is well worth the attention OF
housekeepers Dutch Rrtlsts Ot old, VINO had
perfect terror Of dust, always chose, if
| possi BILE 10 have their studios in close proX-
| unity 10 a canal. II this was not practicable
! they rot over the difficulty by keeping Il
| large tub OF water IN their stuulos, most of
| the dust flying about the room being caught
| in this receptacle. The neigh borhood of n
| river. the substitute for The Dutch canal,
| may not always be desirable al the present
| time but bowl OF water. es specially in these
| days, when we rejoice in any excuse for mul-
| tiplying the brlc-a-orac in our rooms, is
within every body's reach.
| The furnishing OF bedrooms has undergone
| O marked change Everyt thing must be light
| and dainty and admit of easy cleaning 10 be
| IN good taste. Carpets are more generally
| used than rugs. The Empire and Louis
| styles are used in furnishing. The hGugings
! are inexpensive and dainty. The prefer
| ence in these is given TO the pretty French
| cretonnes and chIntzes, and where there are
| only two windows in q room the WINDOW,
| door and bed draperles are alike. The En-
| pre style commends Itself more highly for
| use in q bedroom, for there is chaste
| beauty about II that the more ornate French
| and clumsy English lack. Next 10 that
| the prettiest furniture comes in the Louis
| XIV style.
II have discovered delightful way OF
STAINING and vanishing floors said d
practical woman who wields the paint brush
as well as she does the needle. a have
| vanished all my foors afresh this spring
| myself, and can do this seemingly hard
WORK very comfortably after this invention
! of my own. ! took cane -bottomed chhiI
and sawed of the legs until IL was so low
| that could reach the floor with my brush
on the right side without bending; ana in
this way 20 over o large room withoIl
| much more troubl than there would be II
sweeping IL. ] forgot 10 say that ] put or
| the legs OF my char castOrs, that IL vii
! move easily in any direction, and ] hold NJ
varuish on board on my lap, winch Is, Of
course, well protected py al spron. New
YORK Tribune.