The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-28
Room We Sleep In.

printed in The Michigan Farmer. Still
we do not think that it puts sufficient
emphasis upon ventilation for the sleep
ing room, even in the colder climate
of the northern states. But in this state
it is absolutely necessary that we should
have an abundance of fresh air. While
all cannot have enameled furniture or
hard wood floors, we can have the fur
nishings on simple and bare floors with
only a rug or a few rugs, which can
be taken out and shaken at sweeping
time. The Farmer article is as follows:
The room used for sleeping purposes
should be as carefully kept as the par
lor Indeed, no part of the house is
more important, since in no other room
do we spend so many hours out of the
twenty four.
In the first place, the sleeping room
should be of good size and have open
ing from it closet of generous proper
tions. By good rights it should have
two windows to provide for a free cir
culation of air and ample supply of sun
light. For this reason a northern ex
posure is not desirable, since the sun
plays an important part in it's purifca
tiOn.
In the bedroom there should be an alb
sence Of useless draper1es. Anything
which will not bear the cleansing power
of soap and water is out of place there
in.
Pure white woodwork with white en-
ameled furniture is sanitary and dainty
enough to satisfy the most fastidious
White muslin curtains at the windows
and white spreads for bed, dresser and
commode are much better than those
which cannot be laundered as often as
necessary.
For a floor covering mating is by
many highly endorsed. It has many
points of excellence, it is true, for a
fine mating is both durable and easily
kept clean; yet the dirt Sits through
it as badly as through carpet, and in
sweeping it catches and holds threads,
ravelings and hairs to an aggravating
extent, particularly after it becomes
somewhat worn.
Many people object to a hardwood
floor because of the labor involved in
keeping it clean and the streaks caused
in moving furniture about, yet the only
really sanitary floor for the bedroom
is one that can be wiped up and kept
free from accumulations of dust. Faded
and worn carpets are too frequently
banished from living room to bedroom.
One large rug in the center of the room
with the edges of the floor painted or
stained provides at a minimum cost an
excellent way of treating any sleeping
room.
The rug may be of any preferred ma
terial from rag carpet to the most ex-
pensive. The ingram art squares which
sell at S. to 81 are quite satisfactory
and not so heavy as to make the clean
ing a burden.
To make a bedroom attractive a mis-
cellaneous array of colors should be
avoided Select favorite one and COM
bine with white for very best effect.
Study simplicity in every detail Of ar
rangement. The bedroom is not the
place for elaborate effects or multiplicity
of furnishing.
Some of the very daintiest bedrooms
are the simplest in this respect. The
dressing table and even the wash stand
may be of home made construction.
White null at 10 cents yard will drape
these effectively and furnish curtains
and bedspread as we'll. The main point
is to keep all in spotless condition.
A cluttered dresser where varied
assortment of toilet articles, handker-
chief holders, bottles and cheap mani
cure sets gives a tawdry effect never
found where most of these are kept out
of sight, leaving the dresser top in pos
session only of few choice pieces upon
it's clean white surface