Show take the burden from tired feet ways of being comfortable when housework Is in progress those who 9 get et weary standing on their feet doing tasks about the house can remedy this trouble in large measure if they really want to enough they can so manage that they do not stand as much as they have been accustomed to they can soften the tread on floors and they can supply themselves with comfort making mats on which to stand an important thing to learn is to work without standing at first it will seem very strange but it Is amazing how much can be done equally as well sitting as standing an adjustable stool with or without a back should be used there are kitchen hagli chairs in the market they are aig lightweight with rather shallow seats and low backs and can call be lifted and carried about easily however an old piano stool or typists chair Is equally good an and d has the advantage of a revolving seat adjustable ju stable to many varying heights some modern kitchens hitchens have composition floors these have hae the merit of having one sm smooth surface easy to keep clean but they are hard to stand on there Is 13 no gle give to the cement as there Is to wood although tile the latter is harder haider to keep clean in olden times kitchens were cov coveted e r ed with rag carpet either in strips where the tread was most continual continua lt or seamed seitu ed to make an uninterrupted covering these carpets were comfortable for table to the feet and for foi tills reason their return to fashion would be welcome but there are extra heavy oil cloths claths in variety which tire aie ensler easier to clean than carpets and which soft en the tread quite a bit also there are scatter rugs and small washable was liable mats ex excellent cellen t for kitchen use the relief of standing on these textile rugs and mats will be appreciated by any homemaker who has been accustomed to standing on a bare floor fatigue will be reduced A thick quilted mat can be made to use when it Is necessary tj stand long in one place the homemaker can fashion one of the these I 1 e mats from wash goods interlined interlinked Inter lined with cotton batting the quil quilting king will prevent the batting from getting bunch bunchy Y this mat can be put down anywhere and moved any time another way to ease case the tired feet Is to have hae a chair the right height to rest the knees on place the chair first on one side and then on the other so that alternately each foot can be rested bend the leg at the knee and kneel in the chair with tills this leg while the other Is straight the bent leg gets some of the weight of the body and the foot none tills this Is if an old method which will be found a great help in resting tired feet Q bell syndicate |