Show the household 0 by LYDIA LE BARON WALKER HERE are two definite things THERE which a homemaker home maker has to consider in relation to good housekeeping namely time and space simce each person has an equal amount of time at her disposal each person has at her disposal a certain amount of space in her dwelling which may be a spa dous house bouse or a small apartment tiie the apportionment of space Is unequal sometimes by preference since there are persons who delight in small quarters as well fis fig those who revel in large houses put but sell whether a dwelling Is large or small there still exists the relation of time and space in respect to the care of articles contained in it the issue simmers down to whether the things in the home are worth the tinie time required for their care in tills this consideration the necessities are similar and HIP proper care of them Is imp operative pera e r a tive 11 v e if the woman is a competent home mak er for example there must be chairs and I 1 tables ables din in ins room furniture chamber suites or their equivalents kitchen equipments etc to fill the requirements of the size of the family so let us eliminate nale these furnishings and center attention on the extras which ell by this very cannot be included under present necessities wasted space for example let us peep into the closets and note whether hether the llie articles on the shell es are orah worth the space they occupy and the time required to keep them mothproof moth proof or oth otherwise ernise la in good condition probably the ribbon box Is brimful of odds and ends with occasional handsome ribbons in with them the lace box also Is probably filled with an assortment of cheap and good length of lace some real laces among them dy by weeding out these boxes material for little gifts may be found the quantities so reduced that smaller containers will be sufficient and the overcrowded over crowded shelf afford space tor for more needed things there are few things so wasteful Naste ful of time as going over articles stored away yet this must be dune done repeatedly to see that the things are kept in good condition it cultivates discrimination to do tills this for one learns what Is valuable enough to warrant spending this time and energy on and what things are worth the space they occupy to discard valuable things Is as ranch much an error as to k keep beep worthless ones to be determined to spare ones self the time lost in looking over articles and to clear wanted space such discrimination should be learned it promotes good housekeeping mirrors in decoration mirrors as adjuncts to decoration are enjoying a revival tt ft Is 19 true that mirrors in themselves have always been used their fashion waxes and wanes but the looking glass Is never entirely outdated out dated as a decorative element it Is equally true that periodically tile the reflectors amount to sigfid cance in other lhnn ar af framed mirrors and necessities of tle the boudoir electric belling lights tire are now fitted with mirrors to contribute to their ornamentation incidentally the reflections intensify the power of the bulbs therefore they do more than lend ornament but ns as tills this has always been true it will be found that flint it 11 Is because of the vogue of looking glasses that such lighting fixtures fire anre featured the trench french side lights in sconce style are bringing buck back the old od time beauty of reflections by having electric bulbs substituted for candle light alete vie e again lind find that it Is a renaissance rather than an entirely novel nov elidea idea Z 13 1933 bell syndicate service |