Health in home and town . t it is of the same style, color, and finish asthat already in the room. Buying bargains in furnituredoes not always produce harmonious results in a room. New Draperies. — Curtains, draperies, and coversbecome shabby and worn, and must be renovated orthrown away. New ones are selected to take theirplace. But let us remember to buy those that har-monize in color with the other furnishings, and areappropriate. Covers and draperies for constant wearare better made of cotton that will stand and airing out-of-doors will remove much dust. New Pictures. — Go
Health in home and town . t it is of the same style, color, and finish asthat already in the room. Buying bargains in furnituredoes not always produce harmonious results in a room. New Draperies. — Curtains, draperies, and coversbecome shabby and worn, and must be renovated orthrown away. New ones are selected to take theirplace. But let us remember to buy those that har-monize in color with the other furnishings, and areappropriate. Covers and draperies for constant wearare better made of cotton that will stand and airing out-of-doors will remove much dust. New Pictures. — Good pictures are always we grow in our love and appreciation of the beautiful, HOW TO CARE FOR THE HOUSE ii5 it is fitting that our rooms or homes should express someof our thoughts. Perhaps it is fortunate that furnish-ings do wear out, so that we may have the opportunityto secure more beautiful ones. A Clean House. — A healthful house must be can never be beautiful unless it is kept clean. There. A Harmoniously Furnished Room seems to be no end of dusting, sweeping, washing, andpolishing. By studying modern methods, we may learnhow to keep dirt out of the house as well as how toput it out. Dust. — One man has written a whole book on thesubject of dust. The dust-pan will teach us much ifwe examine it after taking up the dust of a room. Theremay be pins, lint, thread, pieces of cloth, sand, splinters n6 HEALTH. IN HOME AXD TOWN of wood, hair, and many other things. Besides these,there is the invisible dust, cast-off skin from our bodies,and germs of some contagious diseases. The last maybe living dirt, and may be ready to develop into diseasewhen inhaled by any one. If Ave clean up the coarse,visible dirt we are likely to take up some of the invisi-ble dirt, which often goes with it. That is the reasonwhy keeping clean often means keeping well. Places for Special Cleanliness. — While all parts ofthe house should be free from dust, there are someplac
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