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iinsi By S. E. DEVENISH
( . 'A few years ago the fact that 85
I“Flier cent of American women did
in their own housework was one of
. lDldramatic possibilities. Novelists
1 «node much of it. Heroines carried
‘ Initvith them the sympathy. sometimes
(Woven the frank approval of readers
“flwben they escaped the drudgery of
inlaid-fashioned housework—by fiecu
tag with the man of their choice.
. ”But not so today. Novelists. it is
l "to be observed, are new. alleging
’ other reasons why women leave
home. And perhaps the greatest
single factor in working this
‘ lchange is the part now played by
‘ electricity in lightening the burden
of housekeeping.
. The kitchen being the workshop
of the home. it is here that else
tricity's services are outstanding.
in the old-fashioned kitchen the
{abor entailed in keeping the family
. content by “feeding good." as ex-
- ressed by an old lady in advice to
Iioung matrons. was prodigious. So
today women set great store by the
part played in the kitchen by this
flow and silent helper. electricity.
and with good reason.
’iElsotrio Range 'Assures Success In
‘" Cooking.
1, Dishes. of course. have still to be
prepared as carefully as before.
the great distinction of the elec-
‘:ric range. which endears it to all
make, is this: It can be depended
upon to supply exactly the same de-
fines of heat each time and every
time. So once the time required
' 3’s cook a certain dish has been
i' ‘iscertained. its success can be re-
'/ heated at will and as often as de-
sired. The cook has merely to set
":he switches'at' "low.” "medium"
or "high." as may be required to
‘torrespond to the way they were
, set the first time. The results
‘ then arelassured.
’ 'Knowing in advance the time re-
iiuired to prepare a given meal. the
arcful hostess can tell invited
{pests that dinner will be served at
I; specified hour—and keep her
' tarot-d to the minute. “But suppose."
)bservcs one whose faith in the
l .Iromptuess of dinner guests has
)e'en abused. “that the guests are
I ate—then. what?”
fiHere. again. the electric range
times its worth. For due to the
(cry thorough insulation of the
liven it can be used quite satisfac-
:drily as a fireless cooker. Thus.
{hen guests are late or for any rea-
I‘on the meal must be delayed. the
making operation can be temporan
ty arrested without detriment to
be food by simply switching off
‘e current and permitting the food
.' the oven to continue cooking
lbwly in the stored heat. Then.
iter. the‘current can be switched
it again for as long as is necessary
9 complete the cooking.
{Best of all. at least in the sum-
- time. the eiectric'range does
lot heat the kitchen: the heavy in-
latlon retains the oven heat
here it belongs. The roast comes
- tilt done to a turn. the kitchen re-
' wining practically as cool as sum-
? .er weather permits. Also. thanks
I 0 this tireless cooker principle. to-
ether with the automatic control
which is a feature. of some ranges
he housewife can place the eve
ling meal in the oven and go off
0' the matinee. secure in the knowl-
»dge that it will be ready to serve
hen she returns.
Finally. electric cooking is clean
. 'ooking. No soot. No fumes. No
5 Info to scour. No matches to find
ad strike. or match-sticks to dis-
f. lose'of.
4 Electricity is Many Handed.
{But electric cookery is only one
, I the wonders of the modern
" tchen. Consider the electric dish-
sher. Many women honestly try
oi‘i’nake the best of a bad job by
eeking to enjoying washing dishes
y hand. but they instinctively
abhor the task and many are frank
0 say so. How different. though.
hen the electric dish-washer does
e work!
One need not even don an apron.
or wet one‘s hands. Simply place
he dishes. silverware and other
kings in the proper compartments:
up the required amount of water
Ir'the machine. and turn the switch.
The washer does the rest. ‘
ltility Motor Does the Hard Work.
Only one who has actually pre-
tared meals understands the amount
. If downright labor involved. Grind-
, _. coffee, chopping meat. whipping
. other or charming the lamps out
f~chocolste icing are fatiguing. to
sy the. least. Then there is silver
oibe polished. and upon occasions
he ice-cream freezer to be turned.
lo" the popularity of the electric
.tiilty motor which does all these
at! many other tasks is easily un-
erstood. One has merely to equip
his "tireless , worker"-—ao one
woman calls it-with the proper at-
achments and then enjoy the lux-
ury of bossing the job.
The Flreless Cooker.
Here indeed is a boon to the
omen without an electric range.
ho knows just how hot a kitchen.
r‘worse. a kitchenette. becomes in
ummer when there is roasting of
king to do. The electric tireless
obker enables her to serve the sub-
ztsntlal dishes that we need even in
‘ ot weather without herself having
.0 stew in a kitchen hot as a fur-
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How. unfortunate is the housewife
who moves into a ready-made house
to find that the architect or contrac-
tor has made no provision for her
comfort and has left no places for
the most important of the household
necessities. Every modern woman
considers the old style pantry. with
its many shelves harboring the
source of supplies far away from
the places where they are to be
used. a thing of the past and yet
how many houses are found with a
great deal of space devoted to a
pantry. leaving a tiny kitchen that
is crowded when even two are
working in it. and no room for the
greatest labor and step-saver that
has been invented for the house—
wife in this era—-the convenient
kitchen cabinet. Oftentimes one
wall space is taken up by the stove.
one by the sink and the openingfor
the refrigerator. one by a doorway
into the dining room or pantry. the
other with a doorway into the ball.
Then. after the entrance “to the back
porch has been accounted for. and
if these openings are placed in the
centers of the walls. any one can
see that, unless there is a plan made
taking the kitchen cabinet into con-
sideration. the four walls are
broken up and the only space avail-
able for the cabinet seems to be the
backyard or the garage. There
seems to be no reasonable excuse
for this cutting into wall spaces
wherever the contractor's pencil
happens to light with little or no
thought paid to the furniture ”that
in to go into the room.
An Essential Equipment.
There can be no argument over
the fact that the kitchen cabinet is
a source of great pleasure and use
fulness to the person working in the
kitchen and it is almost incompre-
henslble how it can be neglected in
the original arrangement of the
kitchen. It is intrinsically as
necessary to the equipment of that
room as the stove or the refrig-
erator. and a few shelves can never
meals without constant watching.
to spend time out-of-doors. And its
operation is so simple that even a
mere man. left alone during vaca-
tion time. can contrive to set him-
.self a meal fit for the gods.
Of Course, Too. the Electric Iron
and the Fan.
A mere reference to these suf-
fices. for every woman knows and
values'them already. Electric irons
have become as necessary as the
door-bell. In fact. if a choice bad
to be made most women undoubted-
ly would forego the door-bell.
The electric exhaust fan. which
generally is placed in the upper
sash of the window is a relatively
recent addition to kitchen comfort.
but one that is rapidly growing in
popularity. Besides keeping the
keeps the kitchen—the entire house
——free of cooking odors. In fact.
one can indulge one’s taste for cab-
baser fish or what not with good
cause. Inopportune visitors will be
none the wiser. thanks to the ex-
haust fan. -
Electric Plats Warmer.
What housewife has not lamented
the bother of warming plates?
Who has not forgotten to do so oc-
casionally? But now it is as sim-
ple as turning a switch. In go the
pistes. as many or as few as
needed; then a turn of the switch-
plates piping hot when needed.
Plenty of Outlets. .
The joy of electrical services in
a kitchen is enhanced when there
are plenty of convenience outlets
available for plugging in the vari-
ous appliances. It is also important
to comfort that they be located cor-
rectly. When they are placed too low
it then is necessary to stoop in on
der to plug in the appliance. Also.
of course. they should be placed so
that the connecting cords from the
lg sce "seven times heated:
= .Also it enables her to.”
appliances will not trail across the
kitchen comfortably cool it also.
By IRVING L. BROWN
take it's place. The shelves are
merely shelves. with no particular‘
places for the different staples
which must be placed in bags or
boxes and not in separate compart-
ments conveniently arranged. In
the cabinet these compartments arc
zinc or ennmei-lined-somethlng
never to be attained with shelves.
The table at best will be several
paces from the shelves and count—
lcss stops and energy are wasted in
going from one to the other.
Should not those who are build-
ing their own homes insist that
there be space left in the kitchen
for this very important necessity.
and should not a kitchen cabinet be
considered as much a part of the
equipment of this part of the house
as the refrigerator and be furnished
with ii'?
Silverware possesses an attri-
bute as a gift which is more or
i as peculiar to itself. This is its
“ cpeat value." This feature makes
it desirable. since silverware of
the some pattcrn may be given on
successive occasions until the recip-
ient has been bestowed with a
complete service.
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Note the Cheerful Decoration of the Breakfast Nook. '
NOTHING CAN REPLACE
REAL KITCHEN CABINET
No Woman Should Be Slave of Unsanitary Built-In
Substitute.
The bedroom should be appeal-
ing and comfortable. to meet the
needs of the guest if it be a guest
room. as nearly as she would meet
them in her own house. Other
wise... it should cover the individual
needs of. the member of the house-
hold ‘who will occupy it.
Copyright. notorious Room Barons. "
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HAS ACHIEVED BEAUTY
IAttrnctivo'CoIors'Are Added to the Great Eficion
of Latest Ranges.
gBy Esrusa nusr.
We seem to have a lot of fun in
chatting about how things were
done in the old 'days. but we usually
‘ . wind up the'conversatlons by do.
claring that we're glad we live now
and not “way back when." House-
wives. especially. are the ones to
praise the change in modes and
manners. for with them over the
course of a few generations the
“way of doing things" has turned
. from a state) of slavedom to a mere
‘routine of daily duties. easily ac-
. vcompllshod and giving timeto en-
‘ by life as human beings should.
icture the kitchen in the house of
e pioneer days. It was a huge room
with an enormous fireplace and pos-
giIibly a. built-in brick oven. Largo
,~ families were in style and all had
;. tobo fed with edibles cooked labori-
I ously in the fire lace or baked for
’- hours in the brlc oven. the mother
of the family tending to all me
preparations. If. perchance. you
think that you spend'we y hours
over the. kitchen stove ow. you
should have lived with the pioneers
and cooked their way and your up
preclation for yoar modern gas
range would become unlimited. The
best part of this cooking progress
is that: ever since stoves were in-
vented they have been continually
improved and are still being bet-
tered. Like methods in education
and farming. those for cooking have
kept up with the pace .and a wom-
an can be an individual as well as
a cook.
When you are off on a two-weeks‘
camping trip and must fry the hot
cakes and warm the canned beans
on a little two-lid stove that smokes
and shows generally a bad dis-
temper. you are willing to put up
with its poor behaviour for the sake
of the otherwise fine vacation that
Indispensable; Kitchen Cabinet
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INTERESTING Imms
ABOUT
YOUR KITCHEN
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Little Inexpensive Articles That Contribute Greatly
to Your Comfort. '
By ESTELLE H. RIES
The interesting thing about a
kitchen is the fact that it is pos-
sible from time to time to buy in
expensive articles of convenience
that are little tax on the pocket-
book aud contribute immensely to
the comfort of the worker and the
appearance of the room.
For instance. there is perhaps
nothing more irksome to the house-
wife than the disposal of refuse;
the scraping away of consumed
food. the uncovering of a stubborn
iron garbage can with one hand and
the odorous process of handling it.
Instead of all this. there is a white
enamel sunken which one opens by
a slight foot pressure on a pedal.
The lid rises back on a hinge. drop-
ping when the foot is removed. A
deodorizing substance may be put
in under the surface of the lid. neu-
tralizing the unpleasant smell if de-
sired. Both hands are free to ma-
nipulate the plate and hasten the
performance. This is distinctly an
attraction to any kitchen and its
merits are noteworthy.
Dish drying is out of fashion
these days. One gets a wirebasket.
standing into it each dish as it is
washed. When the basket is filled.
scald the contents with clean hot
water and set it aside to evaporate.
The dishes will be cleaner than if
rubbed with damp. linty towel. and
all the care of dish towels is elim-
lnated. as well as the labor of dry-
ing the dishes. or course. steel cut-
lery and glassware may be wiped
in the usual manner.
Pomisln Top stlss.
A decided economy in labor. and
dependable cleanliness may be had
by the use of porcelain tops for the
working surfaces. If your wash-
tubs happen to be in the kitchen.
these porcelain tops may be bought
in standardsizes and fitted to them
instead of the wooden ones which
are always damp or greasy and
hard to clean. Kitchen fables may
be bought with porcelain tops. or
the tops may be purchased extra
also in standard sizes and applied
at home.
Glass baking dishes serve new
era! good purposes. The food
may be served from the same dish
that it is prepared in. thus saving
dish-noun. and handling of extra
willsddtotll
dishes. They are sanitary since
they I ll not Chip or crack or ab-
sorb ors. '
In buying a washboller. one may
be had with a spigot outlet near the
bottom so that the whole heavy
thing need not be tipped over to be
emptied. in windy or rainy weather
it is often necessary to dry the
clothes indoors. There is available
a wooden rack to suspend from the
ceiling. the warmest, cleanest part
of the room. It is easily lowered
when wanted. and raised out of the
way at other times.
There are now for sale at mod-
erate prices a number of devices by g
which cleaning is greatly simplified.
Mops and dustpans. scrubbing
brushes and dust-cloths may now be
had on long handles. thus largely
doing away with "housemaid's
knee" and also with climbing on
chairs to reach the high places.
There are also self-wringing mops. '
with a little crank that twists the
wet cloth without your putting
youtr hands into soapy. soiled
wa er.
aicx PORCH mounts
assumes or FAMILY
Tells the Neighbors Just How
Orderly You Arc.
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Much‘ fan has been poked at .
buildings with a "Queen Anne"
front and a “Mary Ann" back. It is
bad enough to have inequalities like
this. to be sure. but-it is worse to
emphasize them by the indifference
that marks many kitchen porches.
The back porch proclaims it! lit-
tle story to the neighborhood if it
is littered with all sorts of .dlI-.
carded rubbish. if it has that down:
in-the—heel. out~st~theelbow, look.
So also does it proclaim a story if
it is kept in repair, freshly painted.
and without the cape nous. un-
wanted things thst too untly
adorn it.
A box lest built into the kitchen
porch into, which unsiginl but
necessry articles be‘plsosd.
s , . H _of fin,
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you are having. But when you are
antiome for the other fifty weeks
of the year and are settled down
to living like other folks and to
eating something different from the
hot cakes and beans of the camp
diet. . you fully realize how im-
portant it is for your kitchen to be
equipped with a range of 1025 oili-
cienCy. The three meals a day must
come off on time and well cooked
and when yo _ have guests for din-
ner or your c ub for lunch you can‘t
risk a ruined steak or a burnt: pie
through the idiosyncrasies of your
cookstove. Moreover. in justifica-
tion to yourself and to your posi-
tion as custodian of the family's
health. you deserve to cook on a
stove which never fails you in any
way whatsoever.
Perhaps about the most import-
ant‘ feature of many of the modern
gas ranges is the oven heat regula-
tor which. as the advertisements
read. takes the guesswork out of
baking. a statement which is well-
nigh true. With your stove fitted
with the heat: regulator you need
no more to hold your hand in the
oven to discover its approximate
degree of heat. thereby scorching
your hand. and you needn't place a
piece of paper in the oven to
watch how fast the paper browns-—
you can be very certain that when
the recipe says. “Bake in a quick
oven" and you turn the wheel to
the notch which is printed "400 de-
grees. quick." what you are baking
will be done just right in the re—
quired amount of time. while you‘
can be busy on something else and
won't have to take those frequent
peeks at what is transplrlng in the
oven. Practically all domestic
sclenceexperts and cooking schools
have already endorsed the oven
heat regulator. a fact which is
worthy any housewife's considera-
tion. The new method of canning
in the oven has been made possible
through the use of this regulator
and is a method with many advan-
tages ‘over former ways.
It is possible to obtain a modern
gas range now to fit into any space.
large or small, that you may have
in the kitchen. and whenisaymod~
ern range. I mean the kind with
one of the enamel finishes that is
so easy to keep sanitary and with
the oven placed high enough for
you to see without bending. sumo
are enameled entirely in white.
some in white and black. others in
blue-gray and white. and still
others in blue-gray, white and
black. A swish of a damp cloth
makes them spotless. a means of
cleaning in wide contrast to the
old laborious “blocking and polish-
ing" of the former kitchen range.
Of course you expect to find the
broiiing oven accompanying every
baking oven in your new range. but
you might be rather surprised to
find a simmering oven also present.
At least one kind of stove has this
simmering oven and also is equipped
with one or two thermodomes
which enable you to cook with re
tained heat in sort of “fireless
cooker” fashion.
There are some excellent com-
bination gas and coal ranges on
the market now with warming ovens
above. while one coal range has an
oven with a glass front. Another
brand advertises its rust-proof oven
and others have automatic lighters.
Tapestries of wool or silk that
have been dyed with aniline dyes
are not worth houseroom. Any
tapestry maker who admits the use
of anllines in his work should be
avoided.
CAUSES OF (MASKS WHAT IS I "5| "E I
Indiana
IN PLASTEB WALLS
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Use of Interior Lsth ls Nearly
Always to llsms.
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If one is to enjoy in full measure
the beauty of the stunning finishes.
not to mention their healthful and
durable advantages. the base to
which the decoration is applied
must be right. Especially is this
true in new houses.
Although many substitute wall
covering materials designed to
lower first coat of construction have
appeared in recent years. nothing
has yet been devised which is as
satisfactory as. plaster.
In times past it has been thought
that new plaster should not be
painted because it would show
cracks caused by shrinkage of lath
or shrinkage and warning of struc-
tural lumber behind it. That this
conception is bound to be super-
seded by a newer one. because of
the adoption of more substantial.
plastering bases. is the.opinlon of
many experienced architects and
builders. The construction of many
beautiful homes. both modest
dwellings and palatial residences.
in which metal lath has been used
as a plastering base. is a positive
proof that a new era in decorating
has arrived.
Cause of. Cracks.
Briefly. plaster cracks are caused
in great part by the use of inferior
wood lathing. the better typegnof
wood lath being well-nigh ext ct.
The varieties of wood lath which
are now 'procurable are usually not
well seasoned. and being applied in
a green and unseasoned condition.
are subject to subsequent drying
out. This drying out causes shrink-
age and is very apt to crack the
relatively brittle plaster which cov-
ers the lath. Wood lath. when used
in kitchens and bathrooms where
wide variations in tent erature pro-
duce moisture. abso s moisture.
swells. and produces‘cracks. The
streaked appearance on ceilings
where wood lath has been used. is
another indication of the generally
unsatisfactory nature of a plaster
base which is absorptive.
Both of these defects. shrinkage
and swelling. are entirely absent
when metal lath is used. More-
over, metal lath has a distinctive
reinforcing property which no other
lathing base possesses. It rein-
forces the plaster in a manner simi-
lar to the wire in wire glass. and
gives a positive mechanical key to
the plaster which neither the wood
lath nor any of its substitutes pos-
seas.
The plaster keys being so widely
and uniformly distributed. there is
never any danger of the plaster
falling off of metal lath ceilings.
Furthermore. the metal reinforce-
ment gives that slightly elastic
quality to plaster which is very
necessary to enable it to withstand
sudden shocks such as caused by
moving furniture or romping ch -
dren on the floor above. It also
adds a considerable measure of re-
inforcing in partitions where slight
shrinkage of the wood studs is a t
to cause cracks. especiall in t
so‘rners where walls an ceiling
on.
Challenge of Furniture.
"Where can you place me to best
advantage?” is the challenge for
ownership offered by every piece
of good. modern furniture.
And this is a challenge most
peOple accept. replacing their old
pieces with new ones and relegat-
ing the old ones to the attic.
A Sanitary. Convenient Apartment Kitchen
back-door outlook. It may be as
long as desired and my-» built
to simulate pleasing rustic or other
effect: to add decorative interest.
An ordinary closet might also be
built into one corner of the porch.
offering seclusion to is sub
that are always getting the way.
.Thore is usually no good reason
why a suburban house cannot have
an attractive kitchen porch. There
should be a comfortable chair (not
a brokendown one inherited from
the living room) where the cook
mint peel potatoes or prepare
other vegetables. A small work
table; is entirely feasible. The
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eloctricsl outlets so that if desired.
the electric iron or the sewing ma-
chine. the fan and other devices
may be plied here in mild weather.
If the kitchen porch has northern
exposure. it is well to move your
is. refrigerator out upon it so that the
ice-man does not have to enter the
clean kitchen and trail the dripping
ice across the floor.
Why not some structural flower
boxes on the back porch, and lat-
tice inthe bsckysrd‘to shut out
some of the romlscuous activities
like clothes as and the like?
These things make all the differ-
ence between s contented house-
wifersnd a . one.
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drudgery of houssWork can be
mensely lightened by a consid
tion for. the attractiveness of
surroundings. .
An attractive kitchen porch may
be one of the chief morals-produc-
ing factors of a successful modern
home. The cost is low. and there
are delightful returns in content-
ment in the culinary depamnut.
If “character is what you are in
the dark." on we not say that the
kitchen porch. which is soon also.
rhea we are‘ not tryinguto imdih sn
mpreseioa, pretty I: cats.
the chsrscder «the house?
._Itsuomss‘ make ,3“ nation.
. of two kinds.‘ those filled with a
Unseen Elements Most Import-u
ant in Overstufl'ed Chair.
W
FOB COMFORT AND SERVICE
in Good Ohslr Finest' Springs uni
Fillers Are Psinstsklngly
Assembled.
By as”: wear.
Any store salesman or sales-
woman can vouch for the fact that
we humans are obsessed with the
temptation to peer inside the
objects displayed in showcases
whether we are really shopping or
can't pass up a lovely bonbon box
for the occasional table in the liv-
ing room without first taking off
the «war even though she knows
full well that there is nothing in
there. She may be hustling through
the furniture department of a large
store, but if she passes a. dining
room suite which takes her eye, it’s
ten to one that she’ll open the com4
partment doors and drawers of the'
sideboard before passing on. And
why? Nobody knows why. except
that people are simply over-
burdened with useless curiosity and
must reassure themselves as to the
air that is concealed in any en-
closed thing.
There is very little air in over-
stuffed chairs and davenports, how-
ever. and it surely is a pity that
when shopping for these important-
items of our household equipment
we can't take some pretty thorough
“peeks" at the material so care
fully and tightly hidden that we
would need an X-ray machine at
hand to be able to ascertain the
contents. Just a quick rest on any
chair would soon tell you the ap-
proximate amount of comfort that
you would gain from that chair.
but in the long run there is a hor-
ribly large dinerence between the
ease to tired nerves and bodies that ‘
a chair with a full set of fins coil
springs and plenty of curled hair
filling-gives and the chair having
ten or twelve largo coils which are
"springy" only under the weight of
a 250-pound man. and padding of
some less desirable material. pos-
sibly excelslor.
You. yourself. can 'decide whether
the resilient powers of the prospeo
tive overstuffed pieces suit you or
not. but you can't peek inside to
see what the filling is composed
of. and the only way for you to
know is to rely upon the salesman‘s
word. Therefore. trading with the
firm upon whose word everybody
in town is accustomed to rely is
the only safe. sure and economi-
cal wsy to buy this kind of fur-
niturea ,
. Like many other trips of educa-
tional nature. one through a fac-f‘
ltory where good overstuffed fur-
niture is made would surely open
your eyes. Probably the thing to-3
impress you most would be the.
enormous amount of various mate‘
rials that form the stuffing for a.
chair or davenport. Row upon row,
of finely tempered springs are Ill-I
fached into the seats. backs and-|
arms and tied in with specially.
stron twine by means of an un-
usual y durable method of knottlng.
In many of the finer chairs each.
spring is enclosed in an individual!
muslin pocket. holding it ever up;
right in the correct position. And
the springs are then covered with:
layers and layers of fiuffy cotton;
and the best moss or curled balm.
as the case may be. which is owed
in with a vengeance which means',
that it won't come popping out st}
an unexpected moment or when the-
chalr receives a little rough treat-1
ment of an evening. Below the.
springs, down where you can't see}
unless you are sumclently ambbi
tions to turn the chair over. th
skilled workman tacks on a basket9
weave arrangement of tough web-
hing to hold the springs in place.
and the tacks that are used are not‘
few in number either. To prevent'
dust from seeping through to the
“innards" of the chair a piece of
muslin is then attached to thoI
frame below the webbing. and when
the canvas covering and the out-
side cover of a lovely upholstery
fabidc are on the chair—attached-
‘wlth custom tailoring—there is
nary a loophole left through which
mucus possibly see what may IN“.
9.
The remov e cushions may be
mass of soft down feathers and
those filled with a set of coil
springs surrounded with many lay-l
ers of cotton or hair or moss. much
more than you would dream that
one pillow could hold. And the.
queer part of it is that no one}
realises how much labor and fine;
material goes into one overstuifod‘
chair or davsuport of better grade.‘
and u I said before. when buying..
the only assurance of interior
quality is the word of the salesman
in the reputable store.
Meniscus" mm.
The hall for too often fails to
receive its share of attention when
schemes of house are
planned or put into operation. If
fhs‘svsiisblo sum for
the house is limited. so such sums
have an uncomfo habit of be-
ing.nsarlysllo itlssnttobs
spent on the .‘sppointmsut of the
varlo rooms. which offer inviting
possib never make insistent de-
mands. Nothing gives a worse im-
pression of inconsistency and slips.
shod methods thus“ a house v‘vith
WI“! finished. room an 5.
Will". 0
"merely looking." Awoman simply .
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