The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

cessful home unless It IL . .chserful
place. She may be the best house.
keeper In town, the best cook, the most
dextrous hand at fancy work; but she
Is not a real home-maker II you don't
feel happy in her home. IL you don't
recognise an air or brightness and glad
ness as soon as she greets YOU
And home can't be cheerful unless Il
Is pleasant place 10 Live in. Is mustn't
remind you all the while that some one
Is worn out taking care OF It II the
chairs are hidden away In pinafores
and the pretty carpet covered with q
crash bib and the chandelier draped.
and each. thing In the spot To which IL
has apparently been nailed. q room
cheerful
A room TO make you welcome must
look as though the family liked to Live
In II; II must look simple enough MOTTO
suggest work and pretty enough to
suggest taste, and il must. seem easV
to keep In order and just enough in or
der to prove, 1t is not neglected
There must be light and, 4 possible.
an open hre. and cushions near 1t and
books at your hand wherever you sit
and book shelves low enough TO reach
and little tables handy for work basket
or book or lamp. s
In other words, a room must have a
pleasant expression i to win liking,
which is true Of people as we'll. r-r
Where woman does her own house
work, as so many charming American
women do. a home must be as simple
as is consistent with the expression. OF
her love for good art and eheerfuluees
And in furnishing her rooms she must
consider just two points Of view: What
will be effectively durable and what
will be easy to keep clean,
First Of all, she must do away with
her carpets. Bare floors and rugs ara
healthful, economical and artistic
They bury fathoms deep that most
terrible fetch Of housecleaning- They
add q variety OF beauty to a room. and
any one, can be cleaned separately In
case OF accident. z.ss
Their hygienic value Is incalculable.
There are no corners to make safe hid
ing for microbes, no holdings OF dust
for a season. Every time It is swept it
Is clean all over. f~~
There is an immediate protest from
many women to the effect that bare
floors are too. much trouble TO keen
clean, know there Is such a tradition.
and IL floors were oiled daily and wa1ed
weekly. every busy housekeeper would
be justified in refusing them. -
But they are very little trouble in
deed, IL one just knows exactly how TO
take care Of them Once q week. IN a
room that is much used. they should
be mopped with borax water. q pail OF
warm water with half a cup OF, borax
dissolved in It. The borax water wiz
remove all soil without touching the
hand to the nnop-for you should have
one that wrings itself at the side Of the
pail-and leave the floor hygienically
clean. destroying both moths and mi
crobes. ,
Then with another mop OF soft old
flannel, oil the floor. put just q little
oil on the cloth so that no rubbing In
Is necessary. When a floor is not used
constantly 1t win only need the borax
wash once month with the oiAng once
a week. -
A bare floor should also be busted
with a mop between times. just as you
would run a carpet sweeper about for
a few minutes OF a morning. ~
The same solution will clean all
woodwork and furniture without in1ur-
ing the luster or changing the color
1t Is ideal for white fittings and entire
ly does away with the fatiguing use OF
If the open fre is possihle In this
cheerful room the brass and irons.
fender and tcngs can all be cleaned in
the same economical easy way. Dip
all the brasses in a tub Of borax wa
ter and CASTLE suds. the water having
just been boiled dry with flannel and
rub for a minute with chamois skin
Have dark madras curtains that
don't have to be washed and hardwood
leather furniture that doesn't have to
be brushed, and ferns and palms In
stead Of lot Of curi0s to lift and dust.
1t is really cheaper and easier to have
q house, especially the living Srooms
cheerful and pretty and comfortable
than to have 1T Stin and plain and fu1
of work
Most housekeepers work more than
they rest in their sitting rooms. while
they most Of all, should have the joy
Of what they create. Misdirected- con-
science is what is the trouble Women
should use their conscience for tnem-
selves as well as their famillea