Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
LADIES' COLUMN.
SOMETHING ABOUT BEDS.

Hair mattresses need occasional
renovation, not only for reasons Of
healthfulness and cleanliness, but be-
cause they lose their elasticity with
long use. IF the work is done at home
they may be made cleaner than at
factories and without the expense OF
transportation or pay for the work.
Select mild, sunny day so the work
may be done out of doors, to save dirt
and have the hair dried in the sun.
Have ready two or three washtubs
| filled with warm water. Remove the
the hair from the ticking, without
stirring up the dust; pick small
quantity at time into the first tub,
sousing it up and down, then rinse
through the others, until all is washed.
| Put it in two sheets basted, together;
pin the opening together with safety
pins, and spread on the grass Or hang
on the clothes-line until thoroughly
dry. Either wash the old ticking or
make a new one, using the old one
for pattern. and leaving it open on
three sides of the top. Spread it on
the stats of bedstead; lay the hair on
evenly, pressing it down firmly, after
picking it over to tighten it and re-
moving any foreign matter. 1t will
at first seem impossible to get it all
in, but this may be done by even pres
sure with a lap board. Lay on the
top, which is already sewed on one
side, and haste it strongly at the edg-
es. Have ready some round pieces
cut from the ticking or from leather,
not from wooden, as this attracts
moths. Have someone lie under the
bed help you. With strong mattress
needle and strong Irvine, put it first
through piece Of the leather, then
drive straight down through the mat
tress between the Stats, toyour helper
who puts it through the leather down
and up again, then pushes it back to
you; pull it through the upper leather
and tie tightly. Proceed thus in reg
ular rows, then with a bent mattress
needle tack the sides in two rows, by
running the needle from the top. Bind
all the edges with mattress braid.
Few people know how to make a
bed we'll. Nothing is more restful
than to creep YEARLY into sheets that
are fresh and fragrant from clean
water and fresh air. How restful to
place the weary head on pillows that
are thoroughly shaken and draw
around one bedclothes that are
satisfactory, not too thick in one place
and letting in draught in another.
Many bed-makers throw the clothes
down over the bed and throw them up
again directly after. This should
never be permitted. Every piece
should be removed separately and laid
over a chair where q strong current
of air can pass through them, and if
possible, the sun reach them to sweet
en- and dry them. The mattress should
be turned daily and from end to end,
so it will wear evenly and not sink in
the middle. Steel chain springs are a
happy invention, as they give a com
Portable spring to the bed and are SO
easily kept clean. Sheets should DE
made two yards and three quarters
in length before hemming, to alloy
ample length to tuck in at the bottom
and turn far enough over the blankets
at the top to protect the face. If the
blankets are not wide enough to tuck
in at the side, one placed crosswise
will allow of this and make less weight
on the shoulders, where it is less need
ed than at the foot.
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Don't be Miserable any Longer.