The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-20
Around the House.

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Young housekeepers everywhere can
learn a great deal from hearkening to
4 the voice OF experience. In this instance
it says to the young housekeeper:
Have an elevator In the back part Of
the house large enough to carry a trunk.
You may be saved the Irritation OF having
a piece taken out OF your new5wall. and
the banistert scratched and broken by a
careless baggageman In his efforts to 4
carry a trunk down stairs. Run by an
arrangements OF ropes and pulleys 1t need
not be an expensive affair. y
Have an upstairs back porch" where
bedding can be aired. Much back breaking
work carrying blankets and pillows up
and downstairs Will be saved. One end y
screened with wire netting and furnished
with a comforta BILE hammock or cot might
mean restful sleep on hot summer
night.
closet. A press OF the button will light the
darkest closet, Hurried groupings In dark
closet In a frantic search for missing
garment nre not conducive to tranquil
mind.
Have short carpenter put up the
hoks. Judging from the way have had
+ to stretch my arms to reach cothespress
hooks [ am sure the tallest carpenter
must must always be- selected to put them up.
Hints for Home Builders.
Young housekcepcrs are very apt to
buy quantities OF things. ''jl,st to make
the house look cosy and comfortable:"
then after a little while they wake up
to the fact that they have some very
shabby, broken down furniture on their
hands. Ny advice to housekcepers Is to 4
plan well before buying. Be sure that
your colorlngs harmonize. and never buy
things because they are bargains, for
bargains usually prove very dear. For
example, when ] was first married I
bought, a stuffed rocker, for which
paid thirty-five dollars After q few
years the damask is worn to shreds and
very soilcd as we'll. Then, again, stuffed
furniture catches and holds dust. and
consequently Is not hygicnic. But re-
aliZe now that II I had paid thlrty-fiye
dollars for mahogany rocker couidT
have kept It bright and clean With the
use OF a good furniture polish, and
would have had n chair that | need not
be s,shamcd OF, Furnish the house slow
ly; liuy one place at n time, II you must,
but buy 1t OF tho best, and above NJ,
don't overcrowd the rooms. a few hand-
some pieces Rre always more !. elI ectlVo
than lot OF cheap things. the snmo
holds good with bric-a-brae. DON'T nave
out caring Vforsthcm, but have your FEW
OF tho choicest. . GOV
Nv latest discovery Is 10 build In the
wallis OF houses folding beds Double
walls about two feet thick would Blvn
omn,o room, and carpenters could make
~ ~ frame for woven wire work SONS
closets could he In the spAce eltler s,ue
Of beds. or course, seat dF,,pe,'us
would cover the beds when h"' ~ us;
,rhis plan Is csrecally ndapteo :" s'''""
houses ana s'''"'' ~ =. b. SWIFT.
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sG geatns herself the piano the g943SS
precision. t,,ara Yvos sill an
:, She heal IIn Of waiting to DO brdged;
l'l M the grim silence she, turned to an
o,d oenteman on her right and said ~.
YpHWould you Ike sona'a petoFe a'n-
ME III gave a start Of surprise and pleas
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| could stand another
The Old, Old Song.
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