The Van Buren press., 1896-08-22
TIE SEWlNG-ROOM.
Il Is Coed Thing to Il ,tablish In Errey
Household.

Household.
A large room is not needed for this
purpose. Indeed, the smaller one is
more desirable, as all the appliances of
the work can be kept more easily at
hand in it. The small bathrooms in
city houses are good for this purpose,
md in many homes are so used. If the
house happens to be stove heated, one
Of the advantages OF Il small room is that
it can be easily heated by opening the
door into an adjoining room. When this
is impossible, a tiny gas or oil stove will
give ample heat.
Carpets on the floor of any room are
getting in pretty general disfasor.
though there are many who think that
their absence gives the apartment
sort of unfurnished look. There can
hardly be a question, however, about
the sewing-room floor. This should de-
cdedly be bare one, stained or painted.
Oilcloth or mating is next best, and
give up the threads and lint without the
labor which must be expended on the
carpet When the floor is bare it is
comparatively easy TO brush up the dust
and scraps and wipe it over with a
dampened mop.
A sewing-room needs all the light OBJ
tainable. a north light is best to sew
by; therefore, if possible, the room
should be on the north side of the house.
Light should not be obstructed by Win
dow hangings. Shades should always
ort,nit fral thnt
they are able to rise to the full height of
the window.
A low chair is best to sew in, and if
il is a rocker so much the better. The
piazza chairs that many of the stores
are selling so cheaply this summer can
he used very well for this purpose.
The cuttingtabe should be low also.
To hold up the arm while cutting for
even short while is very fatiguing,
but if the table allows the arm to fall
on level with the waist line a great
amount of cutting can be done without
disagreeable effects. Such table
should be on casters, so that it can be
moved at will, and it should be three
feet wide and from four to five feet long.
These dimensions will permit the cut
ting of cloth of different widths with
out Inconvenience. The cutting tables
that are shown in the shops are very
handy because they fold up and can be
put aside to save space when the cutting
is over These tables have one edge
marked off in inches like a tape measure,
and are very convenient indeed.
Of course, the important factor in
sewing-room is the sewing machine;
hut besides this the room should contain
a scrap basket, rag bag, piece and
pattern bag, chest of drawers and some
footstools. The basket and bags and
even the footstools can be of home man
ufacture, so need not add to the expense
OF the room. A discarded bureau from
one of the bedrooms will do well for the
drawers.
A small covered board for pressing is
mn absolute necessity in sewing-room
where efficient work is to be done. A
fatiron, an iron holder and a rest ac-
company the board, of course, and it
! is well to have u one-b1lrner oil or gas
stove in the room, so that the iron can
be heated without frequent trips to the
| kitchen.
1t is seen, then, that separate sew
ing-room can be obtained at very
trfiing expense, while the comfort it
gives can hardly be reckoned The
seamstress or dressmalier who comes to
do the family sewing knows how to APP
preciate this nook where size may work
undisturbed and quietly, and the fam
| lily itself is more comfortable when enc
of its usual rooms is not invaded by an
outsider.-St. Louis Republic.