The Washington times., 1906-11-11
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take it TO the least frequeuted room IN
your house rip the seams and shift the
breadths. Put the breadJhs together
again, pIecing ingeniously, so as 20
bring the best bits into the light and
thrusting disrepUtable portions into dark
corners, OF where they will be shaded by
the heavier articles OF furniture \
window bench may cover an atrOcious
two-yard strip. 4 sideboard Is a friend
in need. and hearthrug a boon. You
viii find real pleasure in the task when
YOU discover 10 yourself a talent or
matching figures and discerning possible
hts.
When the carpet is a harmonious
whole and on the floor. initiate the ex~
ample Of happy -gO-lucky housewife
whom / have quoted here before-and
more than once-who set the table $50
as 70 humor the spots" on the cloth.
Dispose your furniture charitabIy. with
On eye 10 the weak points in your handi-
work.
The parlor carpet. II good at heart.
may be manipulated successfully in like
manner. The task is easier. since the
widest license prevails in the disposi-
tion Of rugs in a drawing room. One
expects 10 see a rag under the piano,
where the feet Of the performer must
rest. A smaller. east carelessly down
di"gonally, here and there, excites no
suspicion of the bare space beneath.
You may not have an open fireplace, but
the sham chimney and mantel demand
the corresponding sham OF a hearthrug
the bigger. the better.
Now for the nursery ingram, too good
10 be thrown aside. even If you could
afford To do it. yet unpresentabIe In its
present dishevelment. Take 1t up and
/ bundle 1t up-never mind about shaking
lt-and send to one OF dozen factories.
where IL viii be cleaned torn into
shreds. woven into rugs OF the size
designated in your letter OF instruc-
tions and returned to you in such guise
as reminds you OF the spring resur-
rection OF leaf, bud and flower from
the unsightly root buried in soil. Mean
while, have the nursery floor painted-or
stained and oiled-letting the children
sleep elsewhere for three nights TO al
low paint or stain TO dry so thoroughly
that the smart new rugs will not suffer
from contact with II.
For smart they will be. and new to
all intents and purposes. with a world
of honest wear in them
L have omitted IA the inventory Of
pastwOrthy door covering the grievous
disappointment of the filling YOU laid
down in your own bedroom four win
ters agone. in the fond hope that it
would be as serviceable as it was cheap
Iou bought II for 10 cents yard OF at
an auction-a bankrupt sale 1t was
soft green in cOlOr-''NIile green" said
the auctioneer-and rested the eyes with
its modest uniformity of hue. You men
toned to John. one unseasonably warm
spring day, that il reminded you of
mosses and young grasses.
II began 10 fade by the first of April,
ana has been al the evil work ever
since. II has faded IN spots-''greenery
yallOw" and ''yallowy green" saffron
and sage cOloT-eaeh vying in hideous-
nes with its neighbor. A more depress-
ing. hopeless carpet It would be hard
to imagine. and impossible TO menufac-
tuTe.
Banishing a Nightmare.
Why not rid your eyes and spirits
Of the nightmare by eyeing it? I am
assured by six ineorruptibIe witnesses
that this is practicable.
Make up your mind what scheme OF
color you will adopt. and purchase pa
tent dyes with this end in view. Affx
pans as YOU have colors or shades. and
keep them hot while you work. Use a
broad painters brush-four inches in
width is not too large-and apply with
long, straight sweeps. Paint toward
you, as you kneel on the carpet, re
ceding as the painted area broadens II
you paint in strips, or patterns. let
each dry before you begin another. that