STAIR FITTINGS

Evening Star, Issue 19660, 13 September 1927, Page 2

STAIR FITTINGS

Too often we class our stairs and thei rcare amongst the commonplaces of dairy life. Up and down we go—family, friends, and acquaintances, and as long as they are duly “ furnished ” to some decree of com tort and efficiency the stairs sometimes get no special attention or care. Hut these very stairs may prove a “ weak link ” iu the chain of homo efficiency. Like so many things in life, the good points’ lose much of their- value and potency if there is even one bad noint to be taken into consideration. The- stairs can bo a “black snot 1 ’ in the day’s work, or equally well an easily managed section; which' they are depends upon whether they have been equipped in a laborsaving manner or not. If they have not there will be the daily performance of rod cleaning, which involves taking out and putting back anything from twenty to fifty rods each morning. And is there anything more irritating than to come downstairs walking “ sideways ” or anyhow with great caution because the rods are out and the carpet is loose and you may trip? The modern handling of the stair carpet problem—that is, with the use of oak and other wood rods—or grips, or clips, is ono of many examples of “ better ways ” which'make one exclaim : “ Why didn’t they think of that before.”