Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-03
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
by Henrietta Graucl.
FIRESIDE FURNITURE.

Our ideas regarding British women
must be wrong. We have always been
taught that they were the most dignliied
creatures under the blue canopy above
and here comes Popular Mechanics
describing ''squatty furniture Tor hrcsides
and attributes the entertaining designs
to our English COUSINS. Squatty chairs,
without legs, unless fat knobs can be called
! legs, writing desks, before which you
.. sprawl on cushion and sewing stools
with inner compartments are pictured.
This squat furniture Is intended tor use
before fireplaces where members of com
, panv like to gather IN informal positions
savsthe ma gazine. Does not your mind s
eve at once picture renewed use for some
Of your discarded furniture that has been
reposing in the stable loft, 10, these many
moons? And do YOU not see that tircplaccs
are about to enter the best homes once
more? For real comfort nothing compares
with the open fire and sprawly, squat
furniture seems to fit in the scheme. Bet
ter get your fireplace ordered early 1t you
do not want to be gasscd again this winter
The wood supply is good
so many of our prcconCclved ideas are
being shattered nowadays that 1t Is
safer to reject old ideas and keep ones
self in a state of open mlndcdness. Here
for instance s a perfectly good plan Tor
bathing in trunk You may feel superior
to this but YOU never can tell, the time may
come YOU would he glad to bathe any
where just reinforce the till of your
trunk and line il with canvas Cover the
scam with white lead and It will hold both
you and the bath water.
And here is another magazine idea In
the shape of a gasoline stove to fasten on
the running board of the auto. 1t cooks
while you and the family tour. No longer
must we hurry home lest the dinner burn.
You have it along with you and 1t IS
ready when your appetite IS.
Another idea that is shattered IN de
lightful way Is that IT takes a lot OF tune
that is pure waste to teach children to
knit When supplies were packed for
Shipment to French hospitals recently
one hundred robes tor convalcsconts We're
put in. These robes or quilts OF knitted
squares made and put together by first
grade children In different parts OF this
country who arc ''just learning to knit
From Chino, California, comes most
refreshing suggestion IN the form OF swap
Day Each Saturday hereafter will offer
The ranchmcn opportunity to swap their
belongings. and no doubt the ladIcs who
foVe tllelT lpTlS VIII AIS" fldt itl'' -" u diio
supcrmtend the affair Swapping days and
tombolas offer excellent mediums for
Kidding ono 5 family Of white elephants and
acquiring needed possessions. More power
to the day.
knock-down furniture, In-a-door beds,
and disguised wardrobcs have become SO
much part Of modern apartment house
furniture as to no longer occasion remark
but dealers are offering some new models
in collapslhlc tables and chairs that make
one gasp a blt \ really handsome IL
brarv table has a hidden leaf beneath that
swings out 70 make a cross shaped dining
table Of good design This sells at sixty
dollars When YOU tire Of IT IN the form Of q
table II folds INTO hall seat
Surely we are living We are dwelling in
a strange and startling age