Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02

The daily cleansing of room remove al
dead flowers and wash the vases. Change
the water of the fresh flowers. Close the
doors. Brush the upholstered furniture and
table covers with a soft whisk broom. Ga
first thought, this may seem to result ir
more harm than good, but when lightly
dcne it is an advantage. If the room is ca II
peted, brush lightly from the edges toward
the center for distance OF six inches all
around. then sweep the remaining surface
with the carpet sweeper If the floor is
covered with mating or is bare, dust u
with dry mop. If the room contains
fine rugs. do not use the sweeper upon
them. but brush them gently with soft
brush.
Open the windows. top and bottom, and
leave the room five or ten minutes, until the
dust settles. Take the buster and begin at
one corner of the room. Dust all the high
things first, then take the low, taking each
article In order. Gather the dust in The
cloth, and do not scatter 1t; shake the dust
cloth frequently in the open air.
Sometimes 1t seems long journey around
the room, but IL you begin al different cor
ners on different days, one day moving 10
the right and the next day to the left, you
will find less monotony and the journey
half long.
mop. which must be shaken frequently out
of doors. The mop should be washed &C.
casionally. Wash the busters frequently,
be cause pictures. ornaments and all delicats
objects become dingy if a soiled buster is
used.
This is the program when the duties of
the waitress. or whoever attends to them,
are not heavily taxed elsewhere. In large
family, under other conditions of over
heavy service. the brushing need not be
done daily, although 1t is far more hygtenic
when 1t may be done. Furniture and orna-
ments should always receive the daily
busting.
As Rule
People try to put too much into summer
house. The better way is to plan carefully,
but to seek to produce effect of space
rather than overcrowding.
Any number of the little houses one finds
in the cottage colonies are overdone In their
decoration and furnishing and thus spoiled
To begin with walls and floors-many people
decorate the walls with the gay lowered
papers that are now in the shops. They are
pretty, but 1T is better to get away from
wall papers in the summer. Near the sea-
shore, besides, wall paper fades and be-
comes wrinkled or ragged looking.
Stained or painted walls are the best and
If the walls are merely of white plaster
they may be effectively treated in burlap,
in denim or in mating.
The new heavy grass mating in artistic
green shades makes beautiful foundation
Tor wall OF burlap- 1T is most reasonable
and the burlap comes In the most artistic of
greens and reds. 1t can be tackled over the
walls hanging as closely and neatly as wall
paper, and giving that rich look that one
finds only in studios in town, for the artists
use burlap for their walls.
Grass mating Is excellent for sitting
rooms and dining rooms, or if the floors be
of hard wood there the rugs of grass
mating or the jute rugs from Japan that
come in some gay colors. Mating, how
ever is cleaner than rugs and unless there
are plenty of servants ii is more econom-
ical floor covering.
For cottage bed rooms mating is also the
most desirable floor covering. 1t is now pos