Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-10-28
HOUSEHOLD.
COMFORTS OF THE GUEST ROOM.


a week and comprehend it's deficien-
cies as she can in no other way,
I wonder how many of such rooms
would remain unchanged; writes
Anne Warner in Good Housekeeping
for November. A guest chamber is
first of all place of rest, therefore
the bed should be the most prominent
piece of furniture in it and be accessi-
bic from both sides, whether the room
is large or small. Sacrifice appear
ance to utility if necessary to bring
about this much to- be- desired end.
When practicable, it should not face
the light. Have in addition to the
regular pillows a small one, not too
hard, also an extra pair of blankets
and hot water bag. Keep these in
sight in the closet or dressing room.
Some housekeepers have the orderly
faculty so highly developed that it is
next to impossible to find the very
thing you want most in a strange
room.
At the head of the bed place small
table and shaded lamp; this for the
man with the bad habit of reading
when he should be sleeping. There
are few persons who from the force
of early training regard bed as too
sacred to lie down upon during the
daytime. These will enjoy the popu-
lar fashion of having sofa against
the foot of the bed to lounge upon.
Furnish il with a light afghan and
with pillows having washable covers;
nothing is more restful to tired nerves
than the feeling of sweet, fresh, mi
crobeless linen.
Avoid Gin all sleeping apartments)
spotty looking wall decoration; one
that forces tired and unwilling eyes
to follow and count the figures as they
ascend with appalling regularity to
the ceiling Or chasse in pairs dag
onally from corner to corner; or
where the morning greeting is given
from countless grotesque and imp
ish little faces, supposed to represent
pansy blossoms or rosebuds. The
most restful effect comes from walls
of one color or of an all-over flowing
pattern in pale harmonious tints.
The pictures on these walls should all
preach from texts taken from the
sunny side of life, -positively no
tragedy allowed.
If your room is small, furnish it
with the greatest care and simplicity.
If you can give the space, small
desk and appointments (including a
bottle of glue) is a great convenience
for visitors, but at all events have a
lap desk or writing pad on the table;
we'll furnished with the necessaries.
Be generous with stamps and save
embarrassment all round. Near by
have waste basket and a calendar.
have seen a bed put with the head
across a corner, the back of the head
board being studded with hooks and
curtained with cretonne and used as
an extra closet in emergencies.
A bottle of ammonia and a bit of
pumice stone should be included |
among the toilet accessories, and the |
hostess will do we'll to look at the
soap dish occasionally.
Put a footstool in the room to assist !
your corpulent friend in fastening
her boots, and pillow in the rocking |
chair to make the thin one uncon-
scious of her bones; by the way, a |
hollow footstool containing a black
ing outfit and metal foot rest is an |
excellent kind to purchase. An adj
mirable idea for cramped quarters is
to have long mirror set in the closet |
door; extra hooks on the other side |
and skirt hanger or so never come |
amiss, and bag below them for boots |
and slippers is very desirable. Since
we have learned that it is hygienic
and not rank poison to have growing |
plants in sleeping apartments, it is
we'll to have one or two on a window
sill. See to it that windows, screens
and shades work easily.
We are all bitten with the desire to
make our rooms 'look pretty" at all
hazards, when a bedroom above all
others should not look like museum.
A guest ought to find ample space
left for her own pet belongings.
A handy ball of Irvine or little
well-stocked work basket will often
cause guest to "rise up and call you
blessed, especially if the latter in
cludes a measure, boot buttons, pat
ent tape needle and a goodly supply |
OF pins of various kinds; the presence |
Of q hotpip ar tuo will not Ioaaan the
blessing, so dependent are we on
small things. If the room has no
mautel, small hanging shelf is al