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Show Banish Worries By Wise Choice Of Furnishings By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON "I declare I'm so tired ef wiping up this floor, I could scream," cries Mrs. Brown. "You chlldsen don't think any more of my back than that cat there. And look at that hall!" "We can't help the mud says Cherli. "You Just try to go outside out-side and keep your feet clean." "Weil, can't you wlp your ft? There I a rug both front and back." "I did wlp lhm. Anyway, I'm goln' right out again." Which philosophy, Charlie seemed to think, should satisfy anybody. Telltale Rugs The linoleum Is blus and whit. Th hall floor is painted black with a pal green runner. Th living room and dining room ar overlaid with pal gray ruga And their particular par-ticular weave shows every imprint of a shoe. Mrs. Brown bought them all last spring without thought of children, or mud, or much of anything except beauty. In truth, they ar lovely to look at But both her back and children are paving the price. There are so many shades of floor paint and coverings, too, that would hav been more practical until th family was past th stage of treating floor line so muca voui-rwiv. Outside, the unpaved street Is being graded. She knew this was to be done when ahe went into the rug department that pretty spring day. But her eye and natural good taste got the better of her judgment. judg-ment. Buying things for the growing grow-ing family to uee is not quite ths same as furnishings for grownups. It just cannot be dons. SpUt Milk Mrs. Brown has an antique sofa. It la not very strong, and the old cover Is tender. If a child goes near It ah is Instantly calling a warning. warn-ing. Th children hav learned to avoid that spot Ilk th plague When guests com In. sh carefully repeats her phrase about it being Under, and trying to keep It just as great-great Grandma left It Mrs. Brown still cries over the Sevres vase that Kitty broke when she was a baby. And over the i broken I inaera of a Dresden beauUr that her husband knocked over. In short she has managed to surround sur-round herself with trouble. A re Id Extreenee Children and husbands should be different people, we admit And certainly they should learn -to cherish nice things and appreciate them. Maybe they are learning to cherish them, but as for liking, they all declare that eome day-One day-One can select tasteful papers and curtains and carpets that will make everybody happy and save worry and work. And put delloate bric-a-brac high, or out of sight pro tern. Just enough can be around to keep everything from going utterly savage, and teach the bull that the china shop must be respected. But extreme are never wise. |