The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-05-30
woMAN's WORLD.

One OF the best houseleepers / ever
knew had popularity about her
housekeeping / never seen elsewhere
but which seems worthy Of being copied.
When the spring house-cleaning came
on the carpets were taken up,
thoroughly cleaned, and laid in a
special closet until fall, then mating
covered the floors where the carpets
had been. Heavy draperies were taken
down, packed away in lavender, and
muslin and scrim curtains took their
places. The same method was followed
all over the house with the result that
stepping into one Of those rooms In
the hottest days was like visit to the
very spirit Of GOODNESS and comfort.
To the suggestion that 1t was rather
an expensive way of doing the reply
was made that 1t was an economy, as
summers dust wore out fine carpets
more than winters usage. BY rest
ing them between times they lasted
twice as long. Certain 1t is that sum-
mer houses without wooden carpets
feel fresher and cooler than those with
all the winter trappings.
have seen rugs Of mating and hav-
ing some pieces of the plain mating I
experimental ON a rug, with excellent
results for a small Investment Of time.
am no believer in using five dollars
worth Of time in making fifty cent
article The ends of the mating wero
given a fringe of small size rope put
on in continuous scrolls and having
ends below the mating five inches
long These were fringed to make a
fluffy finish. l cut a stencil by folding
newspapers and cutting something
like SIS which were not cut apart, then
this | cut Of heavy paper to use for my
border on the mat. / used Pompeian
red pasted 1t on thick over the whole
paper pattern, leaving 1t on until the
paint dried. Then remove the paper.
1t is really pretty. If cutting the stem
ell bothers at first you will soon get
the knack of 1t and can think up effect
i've designs. They should be rather
coarse, as fine lines will not come out
well in anything like this.
Yesterday one Of the papers had an
article on the possibilities Of packing
boxes, giving the experience Of couple
who had made baby's crib, book
case, lamp stand, and pretty much
everything else from boxes. 1t can be
done, but is 1t worth while? These ar
ticles were vanished again and again
to bring out the grain of the wood,
hours and days were spent on their
making and 1t was cheap? Did not they
cost as much as the price any merchant
would have charged for something
worth having, though the cost lay in
time and muscle? If the work Is done
after ones regular days labor 1t surely
costs much, for one must rest as well
as work If he is to do the latter well.
1t is so hard for some to see that it
Is sometimes more economical to spend
than to save, and yet every one knows
that 1t Is. one may truthfully say.
"Oh Economy, what sins are committed
In thy name" Women save cab fare
on rainy day and ruin a dress-where
Is the economy In that? They deny
themselves nourlshing food and save
what 1t costs only to pay that saving
to the doctors for tonics and medicines.
There are many things that seem eco
nomical that are not, and making
furniture out Of pine packing boxes is
one Of them. 1t is time such folly
should cease to receive attention. 1t is
far better and cheaper, taking various
things into consideration to buy a well
made article at second hand than to
waste ones time makingsomething that
has not and never can have any actual
value.
Sometimes 1t seems as II there were
u good deal of the ostrich to women
not from their vanity for 1t is the male
birds who are proud of their fine
feathers, but from a seeming tendency
to think they must look all right to
others, IL they do to themselves. A
girl will spend an hour bGfore the glass
making herself look pretty In the face,
but II never seems to occur to her that
the part of her costume which is most
looked at In any evening gathering Is
the back, and that Is the part which
should be the dantiest in all particu
lars, There will be a turned-in lace,
or a misplaced pin, or a dlscolored line
to show where the ordinary dress
comes. The stained neck can be made
fair by wlping with cloth dipped in bay
rum, or lemon juice and alcohol, or
ordinary rum and lemon juice. A little
attention will prevent careless negli-
gencies of other kinds. Every woman
should look sweet and clean. and she
can IL she wishes to enough to make
little effort
All believers In that fonn of N'men's
rights which states that women doing
the same work as men should receive
the same pay will find something sig
nlflcant OF growth In the fact that at
the great labor convention held in Bel
gium this year the one plank in their
platform on which all agreed was equal
rights and liberties for both sexes
This has n fairness about 1t that COM
mends It TO all women workers. Now
II woman would not take a mans
place for less than a mans pay SHE
would get 1t. She works for less be-
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