| Show a a 0 a 0 0 a a a a 0 a A HOUSEHOLD ir p ar 0 a a 4 vr MATTERS 5 I 1 a no arrangement of drapery the keynote of the he interior of house beautiful forms its character P a the artistic arrangement of the th draper tes ie ays says the los angeles times fhe I 1 1 jh r 41 ARTISTIC DRAPERIES arrangement should give gile thi form tor ciol biot an art idea this is is as important ab u it is tar produce a harmonious color scheme which makes the colors blend in tone like chords in music one curved line ought to be in harmony with another the illustration pr presents ants aI scheme teme to make male a high door look 1001 lower and y yet e t mallit maintain aln its stately appearance T the 1 e material used is fifty inches wide and any practical draper can cut and drape it it A quaint piece riece of furniture washington irving in ing plays the part of namesake to this quaint and cozy set tie tle hence we cannot but fancy it is intended forthe tori the library it must be admitted however that it will be equally admirable adini rabe in hall ball or living m room As pictured it Is of wicker stained forest green and cushioned in nankeen twill of a harmonious shade the stain may be of ebony willow weathered sealing warred wax red Indi Ind myel linyel low or delft blue though the sou soft 1 M 15 A 11 COL and presses old tallboy chests grand fathers clocks etc with these not only to lighten dark spaces but as con sistena with the treatment and to be ornamental as viell are used a number of mirrors always ot of strictly colonial design one of the most effective of these mirrors is shown herewith often these mirrors are severely plain and nave have an all gilt molding but this one Is a quaint fanciful conceit in mahogany ma logany and gilt and Is decidedly away arout from the usual commonplace common effects the ideal kincl en the la Is indeed the labo atory of the bouse house it Is the source of bial tb health comfort and one mia bt eay happiness of the household no part of the household calls for such perfect such byg hygienic lente conditions as does the kitchen extreme cleanliness and n freh fresh air are generally conceded to t be the me first considerations the ideal kitchen should have a it tiled floor or one covered with linoleum tha walls should if possible be tiled pr of hard fird finished shed plaster fhe plural plumb ing ns should be exposed and there should be an ample sink to prevent the slop ping of greasy water on the floor there should be a large sled slued hood bood the range to allow all smoke and nd odors to escape through the chimney the furnishings of the chimney should be complete and should consist ot 0 numerous shelves holding boxes for the kitchen supplies there should be bags for soiled towels and and clean drawers to put then them away in ti these rudimentary suggestions will probably sound rather superfluous 0 the expert housekeeper bouse leeper but bu they may PrYe of value to the nume iless one ones who do not observe these first P pies les when a kitchen Is so attractive thid a member of the family will III take tike th sewing into a cozy coiner of it such li a litchen kitche ll 11 must be an one alep lean que queen ell A U to exterminate mice wee stop up the trouse holes with coraci dipped nto lito car carbolic bolle acid and scrub in floor floar and shelves with diluted ctr bolle acid in the proportion of a I 1 tablespoonful to a bucket c f water Ns ater wh wit ch should b bd hot hoti I 1 the add acid should be stirred W well ill into the water so tint it may mix thoroughly carbolic catholic acad is a power ful corrosive and great care should bt be taken in handling it Arne american rican queen A wise when we think of mice it Is usually of if the trouble they cause us we art are not ot apt to credit the rodents with much admirable for the hall Z V V A 12 lot 01 it ON 1 11 7 1 af re M green Is 1 much more attractive in most eyes for the general run of summer furnishing of course the delft blue will be a very happy touch in a dutch room though antwerp oak color or ebony would suit most of us better as there will be plenty of blue in such a room As for the bright red that fur bishes well where there theres s lots of rich green philadelphia record A colonial mirror in securing the proper atmosphere with the reproductions of charming colonial interiors so often seen nowa days in the modern house are feces sary quaint old cabinets queer shaped couches and tables old linen closets intelligence said a lady at the circle but I 1 recently had an exper lence which shows that the little creatures possess a good bit of wisdom af ter all I 1 tod been annoyed for time by a family of mice mlee ailred in the walls of the bedrooms they nibbled my clothes disturbed my sli and when they grew so bold aa as to go into the canary a cage and eat up its it seed my patience ga gan e out and I 1 deter mined to fix them I 1 bought a trap anu and set it by the hole in the wall fly five nights I 1 caught a mouse then several days passed without catching one a al though they still there for they kept up their noise although sot not con corll ing into toy my room any more I 1 round found that the trap was all but the hole la in the wall had been closed from inside I 1 pulled the filling out it was not easy work for it had been evidently put there to stay and W was as made of bits of plaster and rub bish I 1 kept the hole open with the trap close to ft it but next day it wae was filled again I 1 repeated this clearing out process five times and five tin cs ex the filling was replaced it was evi dently the work of the mother mouse to prevent her little ones from passing through what had a fatal gate to so many and I 1 left the hole clo closed ted tor for the mice did not come into my boore again tew new york times biebl bebel ei as a a prophet Prop liet during the franco german war br uv I 1 bel the lender leader of the victorious geni man socialists opposed the treatment of the french as foes he h was denounced as a traitor and he be and bleb knecht were finally arrested on a charge of treason which collapsed igno but Bl bismarck amareL succeeded in having him locked up for two year years on the charge of preaching dangerous dan geroue doctrines and of plotting against the state but bebel rebel was right in hie his forecast fate cast of bethe the results of annexing alsace lorraine and in tainy iny germans says miss sellers have come round to this point of view in the last thirty years for our own sakes if not for here hers we must restore to france the provinces tre we have conquered he told hi his fellow fellon countrymen proudly if we hold bick but a single village we ve shall drive the french into the arms of kus rus sia and transform all fill curole into a huge camp new aorl world A cook in the kitchen Is worth two in n an emol office |
