Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-29

people slept with open air IN
heir bedrooms Those were the
LAYS when window glass was un-
Inown In the winter, heavy fabric
curtains. the heavier the better, were
iung in front of the narrow Sits that
,erved TO give air and light Feather
reds and warm coverings and cur
aims drawn about the sleepers were
urther depended on TO keep out the
reeEing cold.
Then came time when window
uass was used. Perhaps the first |
nan who had glazed bedroom win
lows didn't miss the winter air. so
dad WAS he TO escape blizzard breezes
md chilling draughts. AT all events.
before the days OF good heating sys-
ems. II was rather the custom 10
deap with closed bedroom windows
n the cold part OF the winter. In
Iced. In many novels written nifty or
ixty wears ago one reads that the 1
cantle and usually delicate heroine
Is how could she be otherwise-got +
m on summer morning and threw 1
,pen the winAow 10 inhale the re
re.hiuC. dew laden air. And we read /
much In those days OF the poisonous /
lirs OF the night. fever infected. /
Malaria infected. or course II was
he mosquitoes that carried fever and /
malaria. but how, without the aid or
modern science. was one TO know |
hat How could one know that fine /
wire screening was quite as eff1ca-
.ious in keeping out the peSdlenual
ught air as thick glass,
Anyway. II is only recently that we
have had our s,eeping rooms at night |
practically al the temperature OF the
outer air. winter and summer. NOW
hat we can keep our house at sum
ner temperature in winter simply by
turning on steam valve. we choose
70 sleep in zero air
This change IN our sleeping habits
sas made change IN our bedrooms.
Sven when we do not have sleeping
,orches. we do have rather service
.ple bedrooms. Especially for the /
Toung people IN the family do we
ave bedroom furnishings that VIII !
aot be harmed by light coating OF
NOV or a spatter OF rain. For nova I
says we wake up every now and
again TO find the snow drifting in our
spen windows, and perhaps there is /
1 little cover OF snow over the bed, !
md we are none the worse for II.
80 instead of the elaborately fur
sished bedroom there is usually a
Lnple bedroom. and q connecting
sreesing room. This may be as daln
lily furnished as you please, and as
sarm and as luxurious. Many
young girl steps from a bedroom OF
almost conventual simplicity into q
title dressing room that would have
delighted the luxury-lovtng La Val
here OF course there are many
romen who still cling 10 the elabo-
ate and luxurious bedroom and
boudoir But the young girls of the
Ige sleep. II not on sleeping porches.
hen. most OF them. IN simple bed
ooms.
As AY Curtains.
II is not an unusual thing TO find
Incurtained windows in young
yirls bedroom. II there are curtains
hey are OF washable material, and
hey are designed 10 let in as much
Iir as possible The modern baby.
nat sleeps out-of-doors from the day
is born, almost. learns 70 fall
,andly to sleep IN the sunlight So
he young girl who was born q mod
rn baby can sleep in the morning
:ght. too without the protection OF
eavy curtains drawn over the win
low
Therefore the ughtest, sh eerest
mrtains are quite satisfactory. They
nav be made of swiss or null or
rgandie and still afford enough pro-
ectlon 10 the eyes The chief value
u these very thin curtains, of course,
70 decorate windows. They have
likewise q value in softening the
tight a little. When there are shades
seneath them. over the glass, either
y dark green or Of chntZ 10 match
he furnishings OF the room. these
hades keep out the light sufficiently
make sleeping in the daytime easy
ven for one who was not q modern
'aby with It's training IN ignoring
Wight when il is time 10 sleep.
Nery often bedroom curtains are
ash curtains, only across the lower
alf OF the glass These curtains.
un loosely on rods. or else fitted on
frtle rings that slide back and forth
n rods. serve the necessary purpose
!, shielding those in the room from
ne gaze OF neighbors. But in the
Duntry curtains OF this sort are not
~cessary. Then the more effective
urtain is hung only over the upper
art OF the sash. as II is the top light
light coming from high up in the
Dom that Is glaring and unattractive
curtain over the upper sash of the
Hindows softens this light In the
ketch such a curtain is shown In
oft cream scrim finished in cotton
An fringe
Covers TO Match.
In the room in which these scrim
Urtains hang there IS bedspread to
natch. laid fatty over the bed, with
6ges hanging free, and edged with
he same fringe. The bedspread Is
40 over a white apoque cover that
. first tucked neatly in all around
hen there are bureau and dressing
able spreads made in the same way,
- iAid over plainNfoundation covers