The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
EARLY PREPARATION OF
HOME BUILDING PLANS
Careful and Competent Planning Well Considered viii
Result in Saving of Money and in Preventing Disap-
pointments-Wel Planned and Well Built Homes Sell
Well and Without Sacrifice.

$40. It is lightweight rug, which
often has woven thru it some peculiar
history, indicated by the design; a
comb, indicating that it was woven for
q woman; horses, indicating a journey;
the walls Of a city-or even birds.
These are particularly interesting rugs
for those who are just starting col
rugs to keep in good condition.
Anatolian rugs, which can be bought
almost anywhere for 500 to $40, are
good, too, and tho the general impress
sion that an Anatolian rug is not a
valuable weave is abroad nothing can
be further from the truth. Some of
the finest antique rugs possessed by
Americans :. were woven in Anatolia.
They have a fine, soft nap, rather long,
of very fine VIOLIN fine specimens
and when sufficiently old CLINT and glis-
ten like silk, giving out an almost irid-
eescent light. An inexpensive Anatol-
ian, rug is a good, servieeable rug that
will outlast and eclipse in beauty many
another Persian rug at any price. A.
Bokhara rugs, Kazek and herman
shah rugs are always possible to find at
$25 to $50-and when you we got them
you've got something that is always
worth at least what you've put into
valuable. - ~ s..
For there are fewer good rugs COM
ing from the Orient every year, the re-
suit Of a treachery practiced in the
East by American traders-the intro
duction by them of aniline dyes, and
the hurry they have inspired in the
collectors for more and more rugs.
But you can test the dyes yourself
before buying the rugs, by examining
the white next the colored borders. II
The white bears the least hint Of the
color OF the border the dyes are aniline,
and the rug not fit to own at any price.
Or. If the white seems pure, or there is
no white, wet napkin and rub the
reds of the rug hard. If the least bit
OF color stains it, the dyes are aniline,
and you are getting nothing better than
1t you bought domestic rug.
AS to the designs, they are endless.
prayer rugs have designs that come to
point at one sometimes at both
ends-1nside the border. These may be
single designs or broken designs-so
prayer rugs-and generally these are
found among the smaller rugs, for they
are carried about by the fastener, who
kneels twelve times a day, with the
point toward Mecca, and prays.
4 orange; Where blues are used, be sure
they are TURQUOISE; or, if darker blue
be sure to test it with damp or wet
rag-for green is often treated with
acids to make darker blues. Borders
inside Of borders are good; wine reds
are serviceable, but are not considered
4 fine red Of the oriental rug
being a soft, rather light, old rose.
The sheen that is counted So rare
and fine can be more quickly got by
using the rug as a couch cover than il
any other way. - -. -
1t is not good to have an oriental rus
near the outside door, where mud or thu
CRIME Of the street can get into it.
Clean them by turning them .upsid,
down on the grass or snow, beat then
gently, with a soft broom swee,
them across, and if they need washing
aftterward use water with a bit Of alco5
hol in it. '-,51'~ ~"
For summer or for places where 70,
want the furnishing a rug gives, bu
something very inexpensive, cotton
rug is far better than f1imsy wool rus
OF domestic make. It will last mucl
longer and look better while it lasts.