. The practical book of oriental rugs . lah, Ghiordes, Ladik, Anatolian, orDaghestan varieties are to be desired. Thosewith yellow as the predominatiag color blendespecially well with mahogany furniture if thewalls are in buff or yellow tones. The Nomadproducts are especially desirable for bedroomson account of the comfort which they thick and soft the sensation to the tread isluxurious. An occasional Anatolian, Ladik, Ber-gama, Meles, or Bokhara mat placed before adresser or a wash-stand; a Shiraz pillow on thesofa; a Senna Ghileem thrown over a divan; aShiraz, Mosul, or Beluchis
. The practical book of oriental rugs . lah, Ghiordes, Ladik, Anatolian, orDaghestan varieties are to be desired. Thosewith yellow as the predominatiag color blendespecially well with mahogany furniture if thewalls are in buff or yellow tones. The Nomadproducts are especially desirable for bedroomson account of the comfort which they thick and soft the sensation to the tread isluxurious. An occasional Anatolian, Ladik, Ber-gama, Meles, or Bokhara mat placed before adresser or a wash-stand; a Shiraz pillow on thesofa; a Senna Ghileem thrown over a divan; aShiraz, Mosul, or Beluchistan saddle-bag on aMission standard as a receptacle for magazines;a silk rug as a table spread, etc., will all addgreatly to the Oriental effect. SHIRAZ RUG BY COUKTEST OF NAHIOIAN BBOS., CHICAGO, ILL. This piece is typical of its class with th^ small tassels of wool onthe side edging; with the ornamental web and the braided warpthreads at each end, also the pole medallion and the numerousbird forms throughout the field. (See page 204). THE HYGIENE OF THE RUG THE HYGIENE OF THE RUG In all the literature on Oriental Rugs no men-tion has been made of their sanitary conditionwhen laid on the floors of our homes. In responseto a letter of inquiry, one of our American mis-sionaries, a young lady stationed at Sivas, Turkeyin Asia, who very modestly objects to the use ofher name, so well explained the condition ofaffairs that portions of her letter given verbatimwill prove most interesting. She says: In Sivas there are a number of rug factoriesin which are employed many thousand little girls,ages ranging from four years upward. Theywork from twelve to fourteen hours a day and Ibelieve the largest amount received by them isfive piasters (less than twenty cents) and the smallgirls receive ten to twenty paras (a cent or two).These factories are hotbeds of tuberculosis andwe have many of these cases in our Mission Hos-pital. Of course this amount of money scarcelykeeps them in bread and i
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