The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-21
STARTING
In Housekeeping And The
Things That Are Needed

Fortunate are the young married
people who must start housekeeping
on mot quite enough" How stupid Il
must be to begin the first year Of set.
Ting down to live in a ready.made
home complete in every convenience
and super-complete in the luxuries? I?
The man and woman who want real
dining room set and cant afford Il
YET have tasted Of the real Joys OF
homemaking. This state Of affairs not
alone furnishes the incentive to make
the purchase possible, but when the
time really comes there 10 the joyous
thrill Of having the new things
brought into the house and set in their
proper places.
Wise young people bide their time
until just the right thing can be
bought. The right thing does not nee.
essarily mean the most expensive
thing-and It never means the most
elaborate one. It means the thing that
one can stand to live with and that
can stand being lived with. One must
be reasonably sure that It will be al
pleasing to look at after the first year
as It was on the first day: a. to wear.
Ing qualifications, It must be blessed
with eternal youth, writes Roger Full
ton In the New York Tribune.
In the meantime there is an endless
variety Of clever makeshifts that may
be used without sacrificing either
looks or comfort. II there is no spare
bedroom, one can always have couch
Of some sort in the living room for
emergencies. Instead of a good ex.
tension table, one can get on for
awhile with drop-leaf kitchen table
stained brown or painted a dull black.
When opened up this will seat four
persons. A duplicate table may be
used as q sideboard and be Joined
to the other one for large company,
while the collapsible cutting table be-
comes the sideboard for the occasion.
One person who tried this found II SO
satisfactory that when more prosper.
GUS days came the two cheap tables
were replaced with two large dropleaf
mahogany tables of the colonial type,
instead of with an extension table and
a buffet. The important thing Is to
avoid an accumulation of inferior pos
essions-inferior not SO much in
quality as in design.
To be commended is one living
room. In which the white woodwork Is
set or with a plain gray wall paper.
The baroness Of the dark stained
floor Is relieved by three rag rugs in
neutral tones. A big kitchen table
serves as the general living room ta-
BILE. This has straight square legs
and the top Is about 2Sx56 inches. The
table is painted black and covered
with Japanese cotton print runner
Of vermillion, figured in green and
black. A cot serves as couch and is
covered with gray denim and adorned
with some pillows in good colors.
There are two black Windsor chairs,
q straight chair or two and an un.
painted willow armchair. The win
dows are curtained with fine dotted
swiss and q few good pictures, in
plain dark frames. hang on the wall.
The bare mantel is furnished with a
simple clock, pair of candlesticks
and bowl that generally contains a
few flowers. It Ia a simple unpreten-
tious room that is at the same time
thoroughly comfortable and satisfying.
The candlesticks and some Of the pic.
lures were gifts. Aside from these,
the room cost. at the most, about $50;
probably less.
Ceilings are generally best tinted or
papered in a fiat tone. II ones house
Is becoming overladen all but the best
should be cast out. Do not be afraid
to simplify things almost to the ex
treme. And be sure that whatever new
things come into home are worthy
of q place there. 1t is. above all
things, important to learn what the
owner of the gray and white room has
learned-the value of just enough. To
acquire this knowledge one must moi
only use discrimination In selection
but also know when to stop.