| Show carpets there thole is no question but the bare painted floors of a german or swiss home make the nir air airola of a house much more healthful lo 10 breit breathe the than the thickly carpeted Engli engil english sli sil or american ones think of the i tion of a years yeara dust under or in iii the substance of ofa w carpet rising in an imperceptible cloud at every evers foot toot fall to be inhaled by the lungs of ail all the dwellers jn the house few housekeepers thin thiu 1 ulof kLOf raising their carpets more than lonce once or at the afao moet most 0 O twice a year and under the prevailing fashion of covering every jog and corner of floor an and dailida the whole down with a firm solid line iino of tacks it is 13 too foo formidable a task to undertake except at those heroic periods of a wymans heator history bouso husa cleaning J of cp arse in this climate W we cannot do without our warm carpets not to speak of the fact that wa we have become accustomed to the furnished look which a carpa carpet t gives and could not easily reno renounce unco it iti clearly ive vve we must hav have ethein them buta but a carpet would bould answer all me the requirements of warmth and color without covering 9 every avery inch of floor and without being nailed down A square of carpet carper which leaves bare a footer cwb fet of space along the sides of the wall for thee the chairs bairs and furniture is quite as effect and has the advantage of oabe be ing easily handled and shaken j such buch anone an one for foran an oi ordinary sized room can be taken out of dourg weekly or fortnightly and hung upon the line or laid poon the snow or graas grass for a good swee bwee sweeping p ing or beating and brings in with iba ita it a sense of when it is again laid down which is highly refreshing the writ writer or of at this sid Tid ado opted aed this tills plan some ten jears years ago and finds sueh such comfort in it that she feels impelled to state bomi somi some bome of its advantages firstly then there is the whole so men ess secondly saving of labor labur a roe roo room 41 covered with a square of ca carpet tp et being much more easily kept hept clean diehn than one entirely covered thirdly economy as the hed bed amount mount of carpet which usually covers one floor will in all cases nearly cover covier two and fourthly the deliverance from annual or semi annual house cleaning which isso is sto dreaded and so necessary in every household where carpets are nailed down and must be taken up of course the space is is left uncovered should be repainted bel bej painted and it is avery overy a very geed plan ja to paint i in stripes tl to amit imitate a te the he floors laid of f a alternate it erna te pine or oak and black walnut when tho the planks areef are of uniform width this effect can be produced by byl painting th the balt half board longitudinally lil in dark brown leaving the tho Q other er half tb tho the natural color if it is then oiled a very poor floor will look well and udd be easily taken care of A for ordinary rooms room fa a binding winding finishes th the e square oi of carpet sufficiently but where something lua lug in the way of ornament is desired a black yarn fringe or a fringe of woolen cloth cut ut in strips or a border of carpet of some other color than the square central piece answers the purpose well and gives the look a of f a large rug which is tibe vibe be thing to tot be desired every ingenious intelligent woman will see how possible it is to make nice central rugs from carpets which are aie very allick much the worse our fot bearby wear by taking the tin unworn Worn edges and putting them tog together ethen ether aei ali and a using the worn parts for fringe au and d I 1 borders A painted floor such sueh I 1 as we have described abote above is in summer pleasant and cool looking without even the square of carpet tet tot I 1 american grocer J |
