Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1913 — BEST FOR THE BATHROOM [ARTICLE]

BEST FOR THE BATHROOM

Nothing Will Take the Placa of the Inexpensive and Easily Made Rug. Somehow a bathroom rug is a more or less unsatisfactory proposition. It is very likely because water will splash upon it and clamp towels and unslippered feet Insist upon seeking its soft surface. And so, from sheer sanitary necessity, the bathroom rug must be washable; and from sheer contrariness a washable rug will slip and wriggle—at least nine out of ten do. But there is one kind that Is more quietly Inclined than most because it is heavier —the old rag rug of our grandmother’s days. Cut an oval from some heavy washable material the size you desire the rug when finished. Denim would answer the purpose. Then from the strips of some heavy, soft, washable goods make an even braid, being careful to fold in the rough edges neatly, while plaiting the strips. The braid may be as wide or as narrow as you wish, and the strips cut accordingly. If the rug is to be blue and white, have one strip ofj white and two of blue, so that the rug will not show the soil too easily. Do not have the strips too longC>**^"”"