Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
A FRESH, SWEET DOOR.
See to It That Your House Has It.

Written for The Star
why is 1t, Mary, that after eating first
class dinner al your house one never feels
sleepy and stupid? Everywhere else 1 go
and even in my own home, If we have dined
especially well, I always have an overpow-
ering desire to throw myself on the couch
for nap, and all the other guests usually
look as though they would like to do the
same"
The woman addressed looked up with a
smile of appreciation.
1T is so nice of you to say that because
1t is something 1 have really made study
Of, and you are the first person who has
ever remarked about it. I do It by keeping
pure air in the room, and 1 promise you
this is no easy task in my small apartments
But l accomplish 1t by throwing the win
dows open wide, top and bottom, for at
least fifteen minutes in cold weather, both
in the dining room and wherever we are to
sit afterward. During the meal there is al
ways window open in some other part of
the house, and when we move to the sitting
room one of the dining room windows is
thrown up. So long one has plenty of
pure air to breathe there is little trouble
with indigestion, and that is the only thing
that makes person feel heavy after a
good dinner"
Another trick of the woman who enter
tains Is to keep bowl of fresh water in
room where guests are to be for any length
OF time, and If her vases are not filled with
MOWERS, she puts fresh water in them as
we'll Both these schemes work admirably
In preventing the air from becoming stuffy
when many persons are breathing 1t in a
rather crowded space.
This problem of keeping rooms in house
fresh and sweet at all times is one which
every housewife should be interested in
Nothing is quite so pleasant as to enter
nome where the atmosphere is free from all
suggestion of cooking, smoke of any kind
or stale air, for it always gives the impress
sion of wholesome cleanliness and refine
ment.
In small house or apartment this is Sc
cured first by attention to the walls and
curtains. Papers are SO cheap now that
there is no reason for allowing the same
wall paper to remain on for five or ten
years Especially if a room is used a great
deal as a common sitting ROOM the paper
should be torn from the wall at least once
every two years, and fresh covering put on
Wall paper catches every odor Then
draperies of all sorts should be shaken fire.
quently in the open air and hung in good
breeze surely four or five times a year.
Among the small helps in keeping a house
fresh is care in having the kitchen door
shut when any cooking is going on. Many
housewives forget this very important trick,
or If they remember it they have to warn
their servant continually. Also fat should
not be tried out in the kitchen. 1t takes
weeks to rid the front rooms of the greasy
odor. To prevent the odor of cabbage from
filling the house, place q small quantity of
graduated sugar in an old saucepan and
allow 1t TO burn on the stove while the
vegetable is cooking, or boil a small bag
filled with sugar in the same kettle.
Never a morning should pass without al
lowing good current of air to pass through
all the rooms. Open every window on the