The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-23
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n piece with excelsior, puck'ieu ~ up
and tied IL with ribbons In such a way
as to leave a rufle at each end.
Two more were made square. covered
with figured blue material. and stuffed
with cotton. a bed pillow was provided
with a dark blue case and n bright rib.
hon running diagonally across II. rhield
fashion.
But the acme Of ingenuity was reached
when my chum folded and rolled up
comfortable into a cylinder about TWEEN
ty-four inches long. and ten Inches In
diameter. and proceeded to make a day
slip for II by shirrirg piece OF Inquired
goods at each end. leaving slt through
which she inserted the cylindrical com
Portable. and behold, there was one OF
those long firm cushions without which
no number OF dOwny pillows can he made
60 attain any kind OF stability. Al night
the comfortable Is undressed ara UNFOLD
cd 20 be used az covering Tor that same
chum II took her about ten minutes 70
make the pillow. and the stun cost eight
cents You housekcepors OF America
where is your excuse for not having pr
lows when they can be made Tor cisht
cents2
yVc made our curtains Of figured bur
Ian. which can be bought at almost any
drv goods store for twelve-and-a-halt
cents a yard. We also made long scat
ont of a box that We covered with the
same kind of burap as that In the cur
tains. with its two pillows 1t ADDS 10
the decoration. and serves as coat rack
Cor the occasional caller. even though II
cannot be commended for its merits as a
comfortable seat.
The old story Of the dressing case MADE
of two boxes covered with denim was
enacted by one OF us at cost OF one
dollar for the mirror, and fifty cents Tor
the denim.
one need not 20 a-begging for com
Portable couch of the conventional height,
when cots with springs are TO be had
for two dollars and a half A mattress
for the top is not a necessity. A good
sized comfortable folded together once
will serve very nicely, and requires only
n tasteful cover of some kind. Upon the
one used i'm the house herein described
the other half Of the chenille curtain
that formed the canopy was draped.
Two of our corner seats had window
at one side from which we soon dlscoN-
cred inclement draughts To remedy thls'
we constructed a pad TO fit the window
across the bottom and TO extend ABOUT
twelve inches up. The pad is made OF
figured cretonne, stuffed with cotton. ana
fastened on edge as shown In the Nus
tration. The appearance is not bad IRON
the outside. because the effect is carried
ont by two curtains hung one above the
other. the first being suspended from the
MINER edge of the lower SASH the sec
ond from the upper. The pad serves inc
double purpose Of a cushion TO lean
against and a protection against draueh's
from the edges Of the window.
A device which we have employed 20
veil the glare of the gas light IN lieu OIL
III.
a properly constructed glass giobe may
serve as a hint to some thrifty house
keeper of artistic tastes Ihere were
some saucer-shaIed glass things suspend
ed over the gas Jet by chain hanging
from the ceiling. This arrangement was
intended as a protection TO the low cell
ing. hut nothing had been done to screen
tired eyes from the direct rays OF the
light. To remedy this we bought d
Chinese lantern, cut hole through Whlch
IN mass the gas jet. cut off the top 10
irs,re against fire. and tied the lantern
10 the saucer-shaped screen that huhs
from above. The light, coming throush
the colored lantern, made pretty e"'o'
and the eyes were at rest
4 sidebCard is not an absolute heces-
sitv TO the bohemian dining room put
nero ,s a description of one which would
hardly suit the conventional housekeep-
or. vet il serves its purpose wen Nheie :
Il Is IL is merely a shallow boN s.oou
ON end and provided with shelves. inc
shelves are made of very homely BOARDS
taken from a smaller box and fastened
ON with iron brackets purchased Tor iVs
! cents a pair and screwed to ,he DacA VI
the box. To veil all this unloNehhess d
curtain OF figured burlap is suspended
from the top to the bottom. covering the
! front ana the ends Of the hex. The Top
is covered with a white emil roidered side
/ hoard scarf and ornamented with such
fancy crccfery as fate has seen III TO De
stow upon its owners. TIL.
IL would be easy to go on descrlolns
| these daily triumphs over poNcIS' ou'
a,o,,ch las been said to convince rea-
sorahle folks that money is not an in
dispensable promoter Of either comfort
or happiness, so far as ones ma'ef'a'
surroundings are concerned.
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS