The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-18
Home Comforts.

and environment of the individual.
Both of these can be largely control
led in the home and each depends
great deal upon the housewife or
mother.
In regard to health, someone has
said, "Tell me what man eats and [
will tell you what he is" The mother
of the family should be we'll vTsed
in the art of cooking so that the pow
ers of the body and mind will not be
weakened by indigestion thus causing
irrtability and discord in the home
circle.
The kitchen should be furnished so
that the homekeeper's task is made
easier by suitable appliances, and that
she may have time for other things.
There should be small sewing rock
ing chair and a footstool in the kitch-
EN-, SO that the tired housewife may be
tempted to sit down, using the foot
stool, as rest for her feet, while pre-
pairing the vegetables for cooking.
To have a comfortable place in
which to live, the air of the house
should be pure and properly warmed.
This is best accomplished by means
of furnace. Also plenty of sunshine
it should be we'll lighted in the even
ing. 1t is so much more cheering to
enter tidy, warm, we'll lighted room
than one lacking in these things.
A home may be made very coy and
comfortable without extravaganza.
Use should come before display and
health before fashion. Adaptability to
present and future circumstances must
be considered in trying. Each family
has it's own particular needs, and these
must be studied not only in regard to
the size and location of the house to
be occupied, but also to all it's belong
ings. If the home be attractive it
must afford comfort to those shelter
ed by it, hence show should never be
allowed to supplant comfort. 1t is
essential to some degree that the fur
nishings harmonic as to color and
form in order that the greatest COM
fort be afforded. Whenever there is
apparent incongruity in the furnish
ings, annoyance, to some extent, must
continue until remedy is effected.
floors in the house. In the winter as
they gather much dust which is raised
at each sweeping to circulate through
the house, lodging on curtains, walls
and furniture, and, worst of all, in the
lungs of the family. Rugs should be
used on hardwood floors, as they can
easily be taken out of doors and dust
ed. Where hardwood floors can not
be had linoleum should be laid on the
floors of the rooms which are in daily
use.
A few healthy plants should be kept
in the house but the windows should
not be darkened by either great col
lection of plants Or heavy, thick cur
tains.
The sitting room should have plenty
of windows so that light and sunshine
may enter. In the way Of furniture
for this room some things necessary
for the comfort are a large soft couch,
in a warm part Of the room, a reading
table with some of the latest maya
zines, journals and papers on it and
easv chairs seated near it. This room
should also contain a bookcase filled
with good books. This relates to
home in which there is not reading
room separate from the sitting room.
A COW corner could also be arrang
ed daintily and brighten up the room.
Avoid crowding unnecessary furniture
into the rooms in the winter because
if there be a large family there will
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