Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-09
HOW TO MAKE A BED
COMFORT AND SANITATION ARE
FIRST CONSIDERATIONS
Passion for Airing Bedding Every Day
Is Passport to Clear Skin-5ed-
making Not Job for
Children.

That beds should be comfortable
and sleeping rooms sanitary is admit
ted by everyone in view of the fact
that we pass eight or nine hours QUE
of every twenty-four in them
A passion for airing bedding thor,
oughly every day is almost pass
port TO q clear skin and good health.
Housewives who are in the habit OF
making up their beds early IN tne
morning run the terrible risks OF III
ness and are not as tidy as they think
they are.
This is because pounds Of waste
matter and insensible perspiraton
leave the body during sleep. rms Is
absorbed by the night clothes, bedding
and drapery in the room. II can oniy
be dispelled by current Of fresh ar
by washing and cleaning.
Maids cannot often be trusted 10
air beds as painstakingly as the house
mistress likes. therefore it is GOOD
plan TO ask each member Of the lam
lily TO remove the covers from their
bed before they leave their rooms IN
the morning. This only takes a mo-
ment's time and is great factor In
the family's good health.
Too often bed-making is relegated
to the children Of the family. L theirs
are two of them this may answer, but
It is not possible for one small person
to make a bed properly, unassisted.
In the first place. as have intimated.
the mattresses should be turned back
to allow a circulation of air beneath
them, and the covers laid over chairs
before open windows. There Is wis
dom in having hair mattresses and
the best quality of bedding, for IL
outlasts poor goods four to one and
is more comfortable. The mattress
should be washed when dusty.
After the mattress is in place lay
on the pad, then the lower sheet
Sheets are usually made with wide
hem at the top and narrow one at
the foot. but some persons prefer
marking the top of the sheet with
initials 1t is important to have some
way of telling which is the top and
which the bottom. This under sheet
cannot be drawn too tightly nor too
snugly tucked under the mattress
Upon It's smoothness and firmness de-
ponds the appearance and comfort or
the completed bed.
Now put on the upper sheet and
coverlets and turn them down neatly
Tuck the sides and ends under the
smooth out every crease before put
ting on the upper spread. Marseilles
spreads are still the handsomest OF
ALL They do not crumple and fire.
quent washings only improve their
snowy whiteness. Now come the pill
lows Punch them with your fists and
shake them until they seem full OF
fresh air and well pulled out. Now
pat them into shape and lay them in
place with the open ends toward the
sides of the bed.
Shams and holsters have gone out
of fashion and we are glad OF this.
for they made much extra work, were
never useful and seldom ornamental
When making sheets. cut them so
they will be long enough to tuck be-
meath the mattress at least four
inches, top and bottom. They should
extend we'll over the covers when the
bed is made and turned down. not
only to protect the comforts and
quilts, but to keep the covers from
touching the sleeper's face.