Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-03
WAYS OF KEEPING COOL.
Attention Should BE Given TO the Arrange-
ment of Living Rooms.

attention should De Given TO the Arrange.
ment of Living Rooms.
Not every one can flee from the sum-
mer heat, but the many may easily in
crease Sheir comfort by q little judi
cious preparation.
AS early as possible in summer car
pets and large rugs should be sent to
the cleaners, then packed away in
camphor for the season, and mating
substituted for floor covering. The
Imagination plays such a strong part
in the affairs of life that the mere ap-
pearance of the soft green and yellow
of the mating makes one feel cooler.
Small rugs may be placed before seats,
as some persons are sensitive to the
chin of the mating. Such rugs can
be shaken every day, and thus kept
free from dust and the possible germs
that float 50 freely in the atmosphere
during the summer.
The next point of Importance is the
covering of all upholstered furniture
with cotton covers. Here again is re-
lief to botn body and mind. The fabric
to be used is not necessarily the old
fashioned linen crash that had, it must
be admitted, a somewhat funereal ap-
pearance. Art denims, so called, are
used generally now as covers, and may
be chosen in soft, cool colorings to har-
monize with the mating.
A charming room seen lately had
blue and white mating and furniture
covers of blue denim, with decorative
printed design of white fieur-de-lis,
conventionalized. The lace and dam.
ask window hangings were replaced
by blue and white muslin draperies
that could be removed and laundered
easily through the summer. Narrow
window boxes on the outer ledge were
filed with geraniums and other freely
blossoming plants, while a large palm
In a huge blue and green jardiniere
stood in the middle of the bow inside.
From each end of the window boxes a
slender cord was carried up to the top
of the window and across and on this
nasturtium vines clambered, framing
the windows in green.
Even the pictures were made to min
lister to the idea of coolness; the bril-
liant and sunny sketches of Moorish
housetops and Mediterranean boats
under dazzling blue sky, that seem so
full of light and warmth in winter,
were banished to another room, and
on the walls of this summer parlor"
were New England snow scenes and
dim forest interiors, infinitely restful
and refreshing to look at on a sultry
summer day.
Much of the dainty bric-a-brac that
was the pride of the housemother's
heart in winter was put away and the
whole suggestion of the room was
airy space. Even the multidinous' soft
cushions on the broad divan were di-
vested of their plush and velvet cover
ings and encased in India cottons and
denims.
The electric fan is extending its
friendly Offices to the private house
with encouraging rapidity. A few
years ago it was reserved for business
houses and restaurants, but now the
electric fan may be installed in any
home at slight expense, and is boon
of the first magnitude.
Conspicuous among the "don';s" of
summer should be: Don't shroud pic.
lures in mosquito netting or muslin, as
if in a cheap restaurant" If the flies
are allowed such freedom as to endan-
ger oil paintings and gilt frames
which ought not to be necessary-the
best way is to remove such pictures
from the wall cover them carefully
and put them safely in a closet. Then
scatter the pictures that are left over
wider spaces than they occupied be-
fore. If at first the walls seem bare,
take comfort in the thought that in a
day or two they will seem only cooler
and more airy, and that when autumn
comes there will be a new delight in re-
calling them to their places, like old
friends returned.-New York Tribune.