The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-03
HOW To FIT OUT
BREAKFAST
ROOM
Should Be Strictly Individual,
With Curtains to Permit
All Light
By MARIAN MOORE.

Breakfast rooms or breakfast al
OOves, IL a whole room cannot be
devoted to that one meal, are the
little rays of light which make a
housewives whole day brighter
Breakfast in most homes is a con-
tinuous Short-order process. Rare
indeed is the home where every
member Of the family brings his or
her shining morning faee to the
breakfast table at the same time.
Father must leave the house first
to go to business; the high school
student who has considerable dis
lance to go is the next to leave;
and then the smaller children must
have their simple morning meal
before going to school.
II the dining table, which is al
ways more or less conspicuous,
must be left standing between
times with crumpled napkins, cups
half filled with cold coffee, and
crusts of toast, what an unappe-
tizing place to be faced by the
next breakfaster. If the table Is
cleared between the hasty break
fasts, what an endless number of
steps to be made by the house
wife! Then when the last break
fast is finished, the dining table
must be cleared Immediately and
the dining room rug swept, for
nothing in the world gives a house
such an untidy appearance as a
disarranged dining room. And the
housewife starts the day, tired and
discouraged!
Great Labor Saver.
With breakfast room or alcove
close to the stove, the housewife
can whisk a plate, cup and saucer,
and the necessary silver to it, al
most with the same motion which
bring the fresh bacon to the table.
The soiled china can be whisked
back to the sink as quickly, the
crumbs brushed to the floor, for
the linoleunl will not be hurt by
bits Of buttered toast, and the table
is ready for the next member of
the family. Then when breakfast
IL over, there iss no city ordinance
and no amendment to the code of
good housekeeping which prohibits
the housewife from letting the
table stand an hour If some task
must be done in another room.
Every breakfast room should be
strictly individual, but there are
certain standard features which
make its decoration less difficult.
The floor covering should be simple
Ia rug which can be run through
the electric washer with no harm
done, or linoleum, which NOSE up
bright and cheerful after each
mopAing. The curtains must be
thin in texture to let in every
ttmid ray of sunshiie; and if the
room is on the east side of the
house, SO much the better, for morn.
Ing sunshine will drive away the
ante-ten-o'clock Crouch more quick.
~ than anything else. The furni-
ture, too, must be simple in line,
preferably with a finish which can
be scrubbed as easily as the limo.
leum floor covering.
As For Color Schemes.
AZ for color schemes-the house.
wife can revel in the brilliant
orange. scarlet, gold and greens
which are denied her in the other
rooms OF the house. Cheerv
Splashes Of color which would drive
ragged nerves to the breaking point
after a days work, will greet the
sluggish mind in the morning like q
friendly good morning" Since the
room is in use only once a day. the
members Of the family do not have
time to grow tired Of the blatant
colors, and they seem fresh and
new every morning.
Painted furniture is the type most
generally used in breakfast rooms,
1t can be secured in such a wide
variety Of color combinations that
1t seems almost impossible to name
one which cannot be found, but the
housewife who likes To stdaaiu.n,, ~