Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23

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Danish all thoughts of "cozy corner
These dusty, Stuffy corners may seem cozy IN
the eyes of some people. but with their heavy
draperies and superiority of pillows they are
not sanitary, and in small apartments are GER
talnly out OF place
In the Bed Room
BECAUSE our health depends so much on
~ sleep. bed rooms and their furnishings re-
quire special consideration. 1t is not healthful
to sleep in room having no outside windows,
and if the choice must be made use the dark
room for dining and light one for sleeping
To eat ones breakfast. dinner. and supper
always by artificial light is not altogether de-
1ghtful of course: but at least one need not
remain in the room after the meal IS finished:
and whole night and every night. spent IN
room into which the light of day never pene-
trates, and where the ventilation cannot be
sufficient to furnish enough fresh air TOR one
pair of sound and healthy lungs, is bad indeed
White or light colored furniture is always
pretty in bed room. and IS specially suited to
a chamber that has no sunshine White and
yellow will give the effect of sunny room to
one that never has the and that would.
without these colors be dull and gloomy. and
a gloomy apartment cannot in the true sense
of the word be called sanitary.
Use metal bedsteads exclusively They
alone can be kept perfectly clean under all cir
cumstances Even the cheapest white enamel
iron bedstead has the charm and effect of
purity. and when brass trimmings are added
it makes a room pretty and cheerful Two
single beds in double room are now considered
far more healthful than the wide bed intended
for two and they are certainly far more COM
Portable.
If bed room is not large enough for two
beds. and indeed too small for even one that
will occupy space during the daytime, put up
a folding bed,-not the boxed in affair made
of wood that furnishes a safe harbor to un-
desirable tenants in its lmpregnable interior.
but the new metal folding bed that IS as SAM
tary as the iron bedstead If one would
cots. these too come made entirely of metal.
Besides being clean, a bed must be COM
Portable to induce sleep. and it cannot be COM
Portable unless it has good springs and mat
tress Woven wire springs with metal sup
ports are by far the best but they must be
chosen with care. or the occupant may find his
bed suddenly beginning to sag in the middle,
and nothing will help this uncomfortable con-
dition but to discard those springs and buy
new one,
cheap mattress is to be looked on with
suspicion: for who knows what unsanitary
filling may be hidden within its fair covers!
Go to responsible dealer and buy good hair
mattress, or if that seems beyond your means
make couple of thick cotton pads to use until
the good mattress is possible 1t is much bet
ter to do this than to buy at bargain prices
stuff which, if you could see it. you would never
allow to enter your door.
The pads which can be made at home of
clean fluffy cotton really very comfortable
to sleep on. being soft and warm They
should be made like comfortable, only much
thicker and cut to fit the spring The cotton
pads have at least one advantage over the
mattress. and that is that they may be washed,
which makes it possible to keep them always
sweet and clean
Dainty toilet tables, improvsed of boxes or
tables and covered with swiss cretonne, are
very attractive: but the flat of small rooms is
not the place for them \ dresser with good
sized drawers will occupy no more space, and
A wardrobe in closetless room is great COM
fort and requires very little floor space. Some
times it will fit behind door and you will
not miss the room it occupies