paste a binding of galloon along the edges, leaving a two-inch loop
free in the centre, afterwards to be pulled through a little slip in the
final binding. These transparencies may be either hung before a
window, or, if preferred, secured against a pane in the sash.
Windows, to be well cleaned, should be washed with clear water
and whiting, and the latter should be allowed to dry thoroughly
before it is rubbed off A beautiful polish is thus secured for the
glass, and windows so washed retain their lustre longer than do those
cleaned with mops and soapsuds. Very little water is required to
polish a window, if it is properly done, but care and time is required.
Window-screens of wire, fastened in the lower sash or frames, is
an excellent protection against flies and dust, and are only objection-
able on the score of appearances in the opinion of some persons.
Too many persons are apt to think, when a set of furniture and a
new carpet are put into the best room, that they have a parlor. In
one sense they have, in another they have not. Parlors, like all other
rooms, to be really what they ought to be, should be individual, and
the presence there of pretty articles indicative of the taste of the
owner is absolutely essential to make them so. The true home-lover
is one who very gradually and cautiously collects treasures for it.
No greater error can be made than to hurry this pleasantest of
all pastimes, and it should be the wisdom of all house-furnishers to
go about it with the utmost care. Pictures and rare ornaments can
only be added slowly, unless there is wealth, and the wealthy have
none of the sweeter pleasures that come from the careful handling
of small amounts which are required to do duty in such a variety of
ways. Not the costly things are always the most desirable ; but the
available and the useful ones are, for the most part, costly, and the
treasure-seeker who knows how to combine all these requisites in
her purchases is fortunate. But so many women err in choosing
hastily, and being biased in their judgment by the suggestions of
those with whom they are dealing, that hints as to what is advisable
for the average purse may aid the new beginner in the perilous
undertaking: of a first furnishi
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ng.
HOME-MAKING AND HOME-MANAGEMENT. 5!
In the matter of window drapery do not mistake in the selection
cf cheap, showy lace. Buy muslin curtains rather than the large-
patterned Nottingham and other poor material. And, if the best
guipure or Flanders lace cannot be bought to trim them, leave them
plain, or finish them with the prettily-fluted ruffles that give such a
pretty effect. Sometimes a puffing is added in connection with the
ruffle, and in this is not unfrequently run a pretty blue or pink cam-
bric ribbon, cut the right width and carefully inserted. The curtains
are looped back with ribbon to match the color used in the puffings,
and then they give a refined as well as a bright and fresh effect to
a parlor or sitting-room. Under these curtains should always be
white or colored shades, and the former should be fastened on light
wood, or gilt bars and rings, as will best suit the furniture of the
room.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
paste a binding of galloon along the edges, leaving a two-inch loop free in the centre, afterwards to be pulled through a little slip in the final binding. These transparencies may be either hung before a window, or, if preferred, secured against a pane in the sash.
Windows, to be well cleaned, should be washed with clear water and whiting, and the latter should be allowed to dry thoroughly before it is rubbed off. A beautiful polish is thus secured for the glass, and windows so washed retain their lustre longer than do those cleaned with mops and soapsuds. Very little water is required to polish a window, if it is properly done, but care and time is required.
Window-screens of wire, fastened in the lower sash or frames, is an excellent protection against flies and dust, and are only objectionable on the score of appearances in the opinion of some persons.
Too many persons are apt to think, when a set of furniture and a new carpet are put into the best room, that they have a parlor. In one sense they have, in another they have not. Parlors, like all other rooms, to be really what they ought to be, should be individual, and the presence there of pretty articles indicative of the taste of the owner is absolutely essential to make them so. The true home-lover is one who very gradually and cautiously collects treasures for it.
No greater error can be made than to hurry this pleasantest of all pastimes, and it should be the wisdom of all house-furnishers to go about it with the utmost care. Pictures and rare ornaments can only be added slowly, unless there is wealth, and the wealthy have none of the sweeter pleasures that come from the careful handling of small amounts which are required to do duty in such a variety of ways. Not the costly things are always the most desirable ; but the available and the useful ones are, for the most part, costly, and the treasure-seeker who knows how to combine all these requisites in her purchases is fortunate. But so many women err in choosing hastily, and being biased in their judgment by the suggestions of those with whom they are dealing, that hints as to what is advisable for the average purse may aid the new beginner in the perilous
undertaking of a first furnishing.
ng.
In the matter of window drapery do not mistake in the selection of cheap, showy lace. Buy muslin curtains rather than the largepatterned Nottingham and other poor material. And, if the best guipure or Flanders lace cannot be bought to trim them, leave them plain, or finish them with the prettily-fluted ruffles that give such a pretty effect. Sometimes a puffing is added in connection with the ruffle, and in this is not unfrequently run a pretty blue or pink cambric ribbon, cut the right width and carefully inserted. The curtains are looped back with ribbon to match the color used in the puffings, and then they give a refined as well as a bright and fresh effect to a parlor or sitting-room. Under these curtains should always be white or colored shades, and the former should be fastened on light wood, or gilt bars and rings, as will best suit the furniture of the room.