Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1913 — LESS HOUSEWORK IN SUMMER [ARTICLE]

LESS HOUSEWORK IN SUMMER

Take Up the Heavy Carpets—-Remove Unnecessary F urn I tare, and Got Rest. Tou are not human if you do not try to get through the warm season with aa little work as possible. To do thia, first have a grand housecleaning; eliminate all of the unnecessariea. Don’t leave a heavy, thick napped rug on your living room or dining room this summer, for they are decidedly out of place and look hot. Everyone recognizes the value of temperament, and much depends on how cool your home looks. Take up the heavy rugs and carpets, an<f either leave the floor bare or put down some sort of inexpensive covering. Rag rugs feat are woven In many pretty designs are practicable and much used. Old fashioned braided rugs are also in vogue, while jute or grass rugs, besides being pretty, are easily kept clean. You probably do not care to go to tha expense of buying expensive curtains, but take down the heavy, ones you used In the winter and then,’after you have packed them away where you can’t get at them, you will have to get new ones. No living room seems homey without curtains, but draperies can be made of muslin, scrim or even cheesecloth. Now take every unnecessary piece of furniture out of the rooms, so they won’t appear hot and stuffy. The portferee between the parlor and dining room should go. Now that everything is arranged and in order, there is something else for you to remember. Where the fly is, there heat will be also. They make you seem hot, so do away with this troublesome creature. Keep the house closed as much as possible during the heat of the day. Then, in the evening, open all the windows and doors. Always remember, too, that a cool house is a clean one —Kansas Industrialist