Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1919 — HANGINGS KEEP HOUSE WARM [ARTICLE]

HANGINGS KEEP HOUSE WARM

Heavy Curtains an Effective Assistance in Cold Weather—Moist Air Easier Than Dry to Heat. Several things besides coal will help to keep the house comfortable. Win* dows not needed for ventilation purposes should be stuffed all around with cotton or old newspapers. Storm doors and windows will aid materially in keeping out cold; so will heavy hangings that may be drawn across bay window spaces and other drafty places. In all English country houses these heavy curtains are a feature of winter furnishings; they are pushed back during the day and drawn cosily at night when the family gathers about the sitting loom fire. One gas jet, burning steadily, will raise the temperature of a room five degrees—and five degrees count when your thermometer registers below 60! Spraying the ropms often with water in an atomizer helps* too, for moist air is easier to heat than dry air.