The record-union., 1899-06-04


A house that is to be closed during
the summer should have sheet-iron
screens fitted into each open CRATE. This
will prevent the SCOT sitting down into
the room, as it might easily do with
nobody to look out for it. Another
caution is to see that the ice box is
left perfectly empty, with the. exception
of shallow dish filled with charcoal,
and that the doors stand wide open.
One more precaution is that any kero-
sene lamps left in the house should be
thoroughly cleaned, the wicls taken
out and burned and the burners and
water, to be left absolutely clean.
Nothing is more permeating and often
sive that the smell from stale oil.
Two items seen in print recently are
perhaps worth passing on. One advo-
Gates the use of red glasses as a pre-
ventive of sea-sickness, on the principle
that the wearing of them brings the
blood to the brain. The second item
suggests the presence of a dog in the
room, preferably on the bed, as miti-
cation of insomnia. No definite rea-
son is given for the sleep producing
qualities of the dogs company. The
sense of companionship which his pres
ence produces is suggested as a possi-
BILE one, and another is the known ply
steal sympathy between dog and man.
which may have a soothing effect.
If child needs nourishment. one OF
the simplest forms in which in can be
taken is by the raw whites of eggs
These are nutritious and easily digest
ed. The white is broken into jar with
what milk is desired and the two shak-
en- thoroughly together A pinch OF
salt may be added before drinking, il
preferred.
Small rooms of a house which are
sometimes problem to dispose of to
the best advantage can be made at
tractive and useful in several ways.
Whether room is on the first floor,
an intermediate one or at the top of the
house, it lends itself to all sorts of pref
ty and odd suggestions.
One of the fads of the hour is a
German room, or '.bier stube.' This
room is made the exact counterpart OF
originals to be found in Heidelberg and
other German cities. 1t is quaint and
delightful. Once over the threshold
the charm of informal hospitality is
imediately apparent. There even the
German faculty is exerted to make life
pleasant; there is sure to be solid
comfort provided. And so it is in the
bier stube"
There are MANY other things than
10 he in Tn, foo
one forgets all about the beer in ex-
aiming it's makeup. In the hands OF
the skilled decorator imported tapes
tries, old furniture. quaint carving and
designs and antiquated beer mugs be-
come adjusted SO as to produce most
striking effects. The ceiling of the
room is beamed. The floor is hard and
dark. Quaint tapestries cover the walls
from ceiling to floor or are used in d
border above high dado.
A big open fireplace is indispensa-
bic, and is fitted up with lots of thing
From q crane over the andirons and
burning embers swings a big kettle. A
row of beer mugs, bearing appropriate
inscriptions looks down from a shell
above. The furniture of the room is
oak, eXquisitely carved. In every avail
able nook and corner are placed deei
heads and stuffed birds. Suspended
from the ceiling are pewderhorns and
old armor. Paintings depicting scene
of the hunt hang on the walls, where
the tapestry does not cover them. Al
the small trifies which denote CHEEKY
companionship, such as mugs, pipes
and cards, are scattered about on the
table and shelves.
A small room under the roof was
recently fitted up to advantage as i
study. The scheme of furnishing AM
decoration is Gothic. In order to pro-
duce this old style of room in a mod
ern house a false room was built inside
the other. The walls of this consist OF
Gothic paneling of oak about eight feet
high. Above is a dark green felt freizt
The ceiling is beamed.
Probably the most attractive parts o.
the room are the windows, narrow ant
pointed with seats that widen out from
the window, until at the edge they are
three times as wide as the window it.
self. Small cabinets of Gothic design
with battlements and pillars. stan6
here and there about the room. Tbs
Gothic arch is introduced in the design
of chairs and table, and the whole j:
quite consistent and historical.
A cosy boudoir, fitted up on the
Turkish plan, will satisfy the prevailing
taste for Oriental surroundings. 4
square room can be easily converted
into one octagonal in shape by rewall
ing with tapestry panels. A canva:
dome shaped ceiling should finish this
arrangement. Four Of the sides of thj:
ootagonal room can be turned into
inches if desired.
Den fixtures and fittings are receiv
ing constantly more attention from
manufacturers. Pipe racks of Monks
heads and of fiendish faces with which
we have become familiar come now il
a new manifestation--that of row o
Eastern faces, each head bound in it:
picturesque red turban. These are don
in wood, and show Moors, Nublans ant
other tribes from Africa or India. Broa'
hladed paper-cutters of polished Woo'
have a single carved head of this sor
as q handle. Another den fixture is
neoktie-holder formed by the out
stretched arm of an Eastern snake
charmer, whose head and shoulders II
the fac smile of dress, color and eX
precision rise above the elongated ser
pent that he is holding. The holder l
fully foot and a half long, the snake
body forming the bar over which tn
ties are thrown A tiny alcohol lamp o
silver in a graceful shape burns llttl
taper that is useful as a gas-hghtel
The lamp is in a horn handle like
dogs paw, and is hung on swivel /
such a way that no matter how it
held it will be upright.