The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-30
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grafton. Here is the method which W
have used to bear aloft the five burla
draperies which we found necessary ft
purposes of concealment. We bougf
three or four dozen good sized scre'
hooks, some of which we screwed int
the ceiling at intervals for the purpos
of supporting the brass rod purchaS
able at the rate of four cents a FOOT
For our canopies we used only two o
these screws for each end of the roo
and for the rod we didn't bother TO bu,
brass, but used an old stick wrappe,
with blue cheese cloth in one case, ant
a piece of gas pipe in another. If tn
ceiling is too high for the curtain t
reach it, suspend the rod by strings
fastened to the screws. l cite these de
tails merely to show how in each cas-,
it was the article at hand that We uti
lized.
For pillows, we bought cheap figuret
goods at six OF eight cents yard, filled
a piece with excelsior. puckered it III
and tied it with ribbons in such way
as to leave a ruffie at each end.
/ Two more were made square. covered
with figured blue material. and stuffed
/ with cotton. a bed pillow was provided
with dark blue case and a bright
/ ribbon running diagonally across it,
shield fashion.
But the acme of ingenuity was
| reached when my chum folded and
rolled up a comfortable into a cylinder
about twenty-four inches long, and ten
inches in diameter, and proceeded to
make a day-slip for it by shirring a
piece of figured goods at each end,
leaving a slit through which she in
serted the cylindrical comfortable, and
behold there was one of those long,
firm cushions without which no num-
Der of downy pillows can be made 70
attain any kind of stability. At night,
the comfortable is undressed and I'M
folded TO be used as covering for that
same chum. 1t took her about ten min
utes to make the pillow, and the stuff
cost eight cents. You housekeepers of
America, where is your excuse for not
having pillows when they can be made
for eight cents?
We made our curtains of figured bur-
lap, which can be bought at almost
any dry goods store for twelve-and-a-
half cents a yard We also made
long seat out of a box that we covered
with the same kind of burlap as that
in the curtains. With its two pillows
it adds to the decoration, and serves
as coat rack for the occasional caller,
even though it cannot be commended
for its merits as comfortable seat
The old story of the dressing case
made of two boxes covered with denim
was enacted by one of us at a cost of
one dollar for the mirror, and fifty
cents for the denim.
One need not go 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
InattrsSs for the for 10 not ->@~---'t.-
A good-sized comfortable folded to-
gether once will serve very nicely, and
requires only a tasteful cover of some
kind. Upon the one used in the house
herein described the other half of the
chenille curtain that formed the canopy
was draped.
Two of our corner seats had a WIN
dow at one side, from which we soon
inclement draughts. To
remedy this, we constructed pad to fit
the window across the bottom and to
extend about twelve inches up. The
pad is made of figured cretonne, stuffed
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shown in the illustration. The appear
ance is not bad from the outside, be-
cause the effect is carried out by two
curtains hung one above the other, the
first being suspended from the upper
edge of the lower sash. the second from
the upper. The pad serves the double
purpose of a cushion to lean against
and a protection against draughts from
the edges of the window.
A device which we have employed to
veil the glare of the gas light in lieu
of a properly constructed glass globe
may serve as a hint to some thrifty
housekeeper of artistic tastes. There
were some saucer-shaped glass things
suspended over the gas jet by chain
hanging from the ceiling. This ar
rangement was intended as a protec-
ton to the low ceiling, but nothing had
been done to screen tired eyes from the
direct rays of the light. To remedy
this we bought a Chinese lantern. cut
a hole through which to pass the gas
jet, cut off the top to insure against
fire, and tied the lantern to the saucer
shaped screen that hung from above
The light. coming through the colored
lantern, made a pretty effect and the
eyes were at rest.
A sldeboard is not an absolute neces-
sity to the bohemian dining room. but
here is a description of one which
would hardly suit the conventional
housekeeper, yet it serves it's purpose
we'll where it is. 1T is merely a shall
low box stood on end and provided with
shelves. The shelves are made of very
homely boards taken from a smaller
box and fastened on with iron brack-
cts purchased for five cents a pair and
screwed to the back of the box. To veil
all this unlovelness a curtain of figured
burlap is suspended from the top to
the bottom, covering the front and the
ends of the box. The top is covered
with a white embroidered sideboard
scarf, and ornamented with such fancy
crockery as fate has seen fit to bestow
upon its owners.
1t would be easy to go on describing
these daily triumphs over poverty, but
enough has been said to convince rea-
sonabe folks that money is not an in
dispensable promoter of either comfort