New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
In the Bed Room

BECAUSE our health depends so much on
II sleep bed rooms and their furnishings re
1-i-e special consideration Il Is noJ healthful
u sleep II room having no outside windows
and 4 the choice must be made use the dark
room for dining and light one 1OT sleeping
To ear ones breakfast, dinner, and supper
s.lvvavs by artificial light Is not altogether de
lgtltful q course. but u least one need not
remain II the room a1te- the meal Is Ir-SLlel l.
and q whole night. and every night. spent IN q
-oo-7 into winch the light Of day never pene-
--a-es and where the ventilation cannot De
sufficient TO furnish enough fresh ar tor one
pair OF sound and healthy lungs. Is bad indeed
White or hight colored furniture IS always
pretty IN q bed room, and i specially suited 70
> chamber that has no sunshine hitt ana
Yellow will give the effect OF a sunny room 20
one that never has the sun. and that WOuld
without these colors. De dull ana gloomy, ana
. gloomy apartment cannot, II the true SENSE
OF the word be called sanitary
Use metal bedsteads exclusively !heE
alone can be kept perfectly clean under all clr-
cu-nstances Even the cheapest wnlte eIlaIIe
IRON bedstead has the charm ana e-eCt %
purity. ana when bras trimmings are added
= makes a room pretty and cheerful lWo
single beds II q double room are no" CONSIDERED
fa- more heaithful than the wide bed intended
tor two. and they are certainly iaT more com
Portable
Il a bed room Is not large enough Tor two
beds. and indeed too small tJT even one tlait
will occupy space during the daytime put up
a folding beG.-not the boxed IL affair MADE
Of wood that furnishes = safe harDoT 10 IN
desirable tenants II lts lnp-egI4DIe inter or
mt he, new metal folding bed that IS aS SAM
tarv as the iron beGstead- II one would USE
cots. these TOO come made entirely OF metal
Besides being clean. bed must De com
Portable T. induce sleep and II cannot pe com
Portable uules4 Il has good sprlnE- anu mat
--ess Woven wire springs with meta sup
ports are by far the best but they must De
chosen with care. OF the occupant may lit ms
bed suddenly beglnnIng % sag II the middle
and nothing VIII help this uncomtortable5 con
diti0u but - discard those springs ana bly
A cheap mattress Is to be looked on with
s71sD5cl0rl- f0r who knows what unsarltaTE
filling NAV be hidden within 1t TAR covers, 4,
GO 70 = responsible dealer and buy good Aair
mattress, OF Il that seems beyond your l'1'1Ii9
make a couple OF thick cotton pads 70 use until
the good mattress Is possible i Is much bet
ter 10 do this than u buy ~ bargain prices
stuff which Il YOU could see IT. YOU would never
allow u enter vour door
The rads which can be made Al nome ~
clean fluffy cotton are really very comiortaoIe
70 sleep on, being SOFT and warm. itleE
-F7,r,r4 f.e made ike 4 comfortable, only much
thicker and cut to 1T the spring lhe cotton
rsG- have al least one advantage over the
Inattress and that Is that they may De washed,
winch makes u possible % keep them alNaEs
sweet and clean
Dainty toilet tables. lmprov.-ed Of boxes or
= fIts and covered with SWISS OF cretonne. aTe
,--r-,- .+-~.r-.ve- but the fiat 81 small rooms is
not the place Tor them i dresser with good
sized G-aWers vii occupy DO more space ana
one must have some place 10 put ms things
4 vvar6rot. IL a -Iazete-- room IS a great com
fg-- and require very lirtle floor space. some
times Il VIII II behind door, and you VIII
not miss the room It occup.e-