ABSTRACT
The good sense that pervades it throughout will commend itself to every reader. Her attention has been drawn to the subject mainly by the prevailing want of good servants. Some bed-rooms are draughty, occasioning cold and neuralgia, but the more common fault is that they are not airy enough; for with extreme attention to what is called “English comfort,” too frequently make bed-rooms almost air-tight. Many persons, too, who like myself have immense faith in fresh air, throw open their windows on leaving their rooms in the morning, regardless of whether the air be dry and warm, or whether a fog or bitter east wind will penetrate the whole house to damp or chill it. Brass and iron bedsteads have almost entirely superseded wooden ones, and they are generally made without fittings for curtains. The rose-lined white muslin petticoat which was once such a popular way of concealing a deal dressing-table is highly dangerous.
