Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
"RooMs FOR RENT"

a little pin money out of 1t must study
the possibilities and face the impossi-
bilities with as much tact and shrewd
management as her husband or brother
who would start up some shop with
limited capital and a doubtful outlook.
Much planning and calculation and
careful buying are ecessary-especial-
ly the latter. Careful buying neither
means that you should haunt the sec
ond hand stores and the auction rooms
for fancy bargains, nor does 1t mean
that you must follow in the wake Of
those who plume themselves on never
buying anything cheap. TIE aurtion
rooms are not Objectionable at all IL
you would faithfully consult your list
of necessities and with reference to the
neat and tasteful arrangements you
have previously decided on. But there
is always the temptation to buy the
things that look best for the price.
Wise buying for the average land
lady means buying the things that are
tasteful and durable rather than lux
urious and dainty 1t means buying
with due regard to the general tastes OF
the people to whom you cater, instead
of humoring erratic fancies of your
own. It means buying at a price where
you need not overstep your given al
lovance for each room. and 1t means
buying such articles as provide ease
and comfort and a home atmosphere.
For instance. if you cater to that
sane and practical rooming element
known as the business workers you
might put your ban on brass beds, the
pink and yellow and light green wall
papers. Irish point or Battenberg lace
curtains, gayly colored rugs, yellow
dressers and nondescript chairs. The
business roomer wants simplicity and
solid comfort; he hates fussiness and
frilliness.
"why not brass beds?" you may ask.
"Thev certainly 1ook handsome and are
durable" That may be true but the
objection includes all beds from the
white enameled iron kind to the impos-
ing mahogany four-poster. In the first
place a bed takes up too much room.
and where your quart are small and
crowded YOU have feeling of being
incarcerated. When you have callers
it Is sometimes discomforting to be
OBLIGED to ask them to sit on the edge
of the bed for lack of better accom-
modations. A broad, bulky bed de-
feats every effort at coziness.
Substitute a good steel spring sani-
tarv cot that can be let up or down on
both sides and provide a tapestry
spread or cot cover. in dark red or
mixed brown. according to the color
that prevails. and you have a combin-
alton bed and couch that at least forty
nine ont of fifty roomers would vote
for without hesita ton. And then note
the difference in cost to yourself.
The printed scrims and figured cur
tain swisses. of which so manv chic
varieties abound. are amDlv suited to
drane the windows of COW den, a
bedroom or private sitting room. AS
these can he had for 10 cents a yard
and I'D. and since thew lannder heauti-
fully and look less conventional than
the readv-made net or torchon cur
tains, the landladv will find these a
most profitable Investment.
If the rugs and wall paper of your
rent rooms are screeching contrast
YOU NAV count on more than one
roomer-especiallv the woman roomer,
who NAV not look Al fastidious as she
feels-turning llD her nose and fading
through the door Red and green
with sprinklines of pink or yellow
nroba bly, are the most narrowing COM
hinations and easily can be avoided.
The rugs and wall paper need not be
absolutely of the same uniform shade;
q few degrees lighter or darker on
either side will not affect the harmony.
Brussels rugs always have been said
to ''wear like IRON" and as they come
in countless plain and figured varie-
ties. one can scarcely have much DIFF
icultv in finding a correct fit or match
for the wall coverings. The new dou-
BILE weave burlap rugs in dark green,
tawney and garnet with Greek bor-
1er in drah which are now sold in all