Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-12
HINTS FOR THE HOME STCKROOM.
PACKAGE GOODS FOR HOUSEKEEpER

FTlHERB should be no pictures or deco
j. rations upon tho walls of tho impro-
vised hospital in your home, and the floor
should be bare, without even rug.
Only the necessary furniture should be
permitted in the room. A white enam-
eled bed should stand we'll in the mid
die OF the room, so that the nurse may
pass easily from the head to foot and
from one side to the other. The mat
tress and spring should be high so that
the nurse will not strain her back in
her constant bending over the patient.
table and chairs of inexpensive wood,
so that In case OF contagious disease
they can be burned, and a cot for the
nurse, screened OF In one corner OF the
room, should complete the furnishing.
Danish upholstered chairs or cot cover
ings that cannot be washed. Curtains,
II used at all, should be Of simple ma
tsrial readily laundered
With a room OF this sort kept always
In readiness a prolonged spell of sick
ness, where one after another OF the
family catches the disease may be pre-
vented. and is worth fitting up as a
matter Of precaution, even with the
prayer that It will never be used.
IN one home such a place has been
installed. with every appliance for
hurry CALL even to the operating ROOM
Here, through one of those floor, wall
and ceiling coverings put on in the plas-
TIC state, the entire room is seamless
ana without a crevice, so that a hose
could be turned on and the room washed
without danger of water getting in the
plastering or under the floor A room of
this Kind would be easy to install when
pullulngs or could be made over in an
Old house. but is somewhat expensive.
However there is no reason why an
ordinary a room In an ordinary house could
not be set aside at little expense 1t |
should be as near the bath as possibIe
ana on the sunny side of the house. !
The chief thought must be given TO |
sanitation and the room SO arranged |
that 1t can be readily dislnfected. Tho |
walls should be painted instead OF pa |
pered or calcimined. A soft gray or |
neutral blue is best, as the glare of n |
white wall is trying to the eyes. and |
harsh or bright colors have a bad effect
upon the nerves The painted walls can
De washed with antiseptic wash.
The prejudice against buying goods IN
the individual package is fast diving opt
me only objection TO this form OF buv-
ing and selling was the slight advance
an the COST OF the package goods over
those sold in bulk. But few seemed IN
think OF the advantages gained.
AS women investigated the food uues-
uoh iurther' however, they decided they
ought to have more knowledge OF the
KIND and quality of foods they were buy
ing When goods were bought in bulk
there was no way TO tell who was the
man nufacturer. whether the goods were
put up under sanitary conditions; or. IN
faet, whether such goods were pure or
50 the package or original container
became the way in which goods bought
could be Identified. The label Is the
guarantee OF quality. purity. sanitation
ana standardization. The trade mark
nowadays has a new naming for women
because It decides the important ques-
-ion OK grades. One brand OF goods may
be just as pure as another, but the anal.
~ will not always be the same, and