The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-29
mrs. NEwLYwED wa

q IN II !.
N enough 10 realize that tn
comfort of the household a
well as its general good health ant
well being depended largely on th'
kitchen. In her own case a great dea
Of her time would be spent in TIL
place and she intended that It should
be attractively furnished and fitted M
with every convenience that her
means Afforded to make her work
light and pleasant as possible. She
knew the value of oilcloths for this
room. not only the old fashioned kind,
but the newer. prettier styles that
have been developed from the kind
In familiar use for generation. She
/ had an oilcloth floor covering. and the
walls Of her kitchen hung with the
glazed oilcloth in a tile pattern OF blue
and white. This was put on with
-four paste just as paper is hung, and
the little housekeeper knew that 1t
would last longer than almost any
other form of wall covering while II
could be kept clean by simply wiping
1t OF with damp cloth or sponge.
Kitchen Pantries and crockery.
The shelves of her kitchen cabinet
were covered with plain white shelf
oil cloth with scalloped edges, and
she bought for the kitchen crockery,
the cheap imitation of old India ware,
with It's rich, dark blue coloring. that
Is solid and substantial, and costs lit
tie more than the plain stone ware,
while 1t stands the heat OF the oven
equally well used for pudding dishes
and other baking purposes. A strip of
plain white oilcloth lined the wall of
the closet where her cooking utensils |
hung and the shelves were similarly |
covered, for she knew that the shin I
ing cleanliness easily maintained by |
this treatment would keep her kitch-
en- from those insect mauraud-
ers that are the bane Of existence
once they find lodgment where food
supplies are kept. The drawer for
cutlery, and those for kitchen towels
and strainers she lined with the same
clean, damp proof material, and the
top Of her kitchen table was covered
with the white shining cloth neatly
tackled underneath the edges.
The Back Porch.
Her little new home possessed a
back porch that was by IL feet and
hat had wide lattice that afforded
some protection. AT the risk of be-
ng called an oilcloth crank, she got ,
John to rig up curtains of plain green
Ill cloth here, the color Of the lattice, :
arranged So that they pulled up from
he bottom, so her Outdoor Kitch-
m as she called it, could be per-
ectly protected even in stormy wealth :
IT and the ice box placed there, saving :
Ter many steps.
Her Guest Room. n
She determined that her guest room a
hould equally fulfill her ideal of n
5hat such a room should be- The u
rails were hung with the new form u
I oil cloth known as "Sanitas" that
ONES in a dull finish like wall pa =
er. She selected an artistic pattern ,,
"a conventionalized yellow rose on /,
n ivory tinted background, which 9,
ould harmonic well with the old q
lshioned cherry bed room set that q,
lie had bought for very small sum
local "Vendue,' as such sales =,
ere termed in her locality. :.
For Refinishing.
The form of this set was excel -
Mt. 1t consisted of a four post
bed, without the canopy, low
lde dresser, and a folding table,
| very dingy but that did not II
ouble Mrs. Newlywed. The wo- IA
an who had helped with her EAW
washed each piece E{s4A
o:oughly with Ivory soap and N%
lrm water, using hot water and EE
da for the insides of the draw MI
s and bed fittings, then when III
ey were all thoroughly dry. the AK
ne wood was given a coat of IA
rnish, and the cherry a rubbing F:
tn good furniture polish. The ~
SO transformed would have Hin
iced the guest chamber of a len.
lch handsomer home than Mrs. u,
but was none the ~
s appropriate with the pretty "A
,kground that she had selected. -
der the cover OF linen embroid-
I'd In yellow on the low dresser
E slipped a pice Of pale yellow oil erl
tn. "Just as washable as the COW er
and n cologne shouid he aDffled on 1or