Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-21
MAKING Rooms COMFORTABLE There are

eAceeulng e1gnt nnes nifty cents.
MAKING Rooms COMFORTABLE There are
a great many houses magnifcently furnished,
but comparatively few which succe ed In COM
bining comfort with spleudor. Many Of the
most expensively furnished rooms here are to-
tally destitute Of the latter essential, are sur
rendered to a cold, gaunt fnery, exquisitelly
reom IS has DRUss AZ SpTy drawng vU,o'' room et
there be bon Fire Company; stesaiehth Of five
feet around5rses- by members in unaf the
Look caseseok and Ladder Company in uni
plenty of GIFT. their truck.
Let the walls be hung with Eno..,,
Put vases of,howers here and there. Leta snla
table with iudciously straddling legs, and a
happy turn for recovering its balance when it
gets knocks which will send an ordinary small
table over, be forever in reach OF an easy
chair Let the small table always carry
after dusk an antique silver candestick, OF
Queen Anue's or George the First's time, if
possible modern plate is generally inferior to
that from 1000 to lI50--holdmg huge wax
candle Let every chair be low, the seat very
long-this, for men at least, gives rest-and,
whatever else you Neglect, do not omit to have
the hind legs Of your chair shorter than those
IL front Have foot stools lurking in corners not
where they will be stumbled over. ~ Winter let
a glorious wood fire blaze on the hearth. Don
let your room be too tidy or too untldy "A writ
ing table near a window. Good pens, sharp
pen-kuives. nice paper Keep an eye on the
thermometer Allow no loud ticking clock in
the room Let delightful, ingratiasing- man
nered dog-who, as William ILL., said of Godol-
phine, is never in the way and never out OF the
way, never commits breach of canine decorum
aud is ever ready to reel iprocate caresses-lie
on the soft. thick hearth rug. Fill this room
with pleasant people as often as possible.
Here are few hints for the reform of those
chambers of ghastly splendor to which we have
alluded, and which at present are as cheerful as
the long gallery at the Chesney Wood T.
Post
NEWSPAPERS IN JApAN-The Mikado of
Japan has promulgate an edict in reference
TO the newspaper press of his country 1t ap-
pears that there are number of journals pub
Iished in the larger cities. There are two re-
cognized classes-story papers, read chiefly BY
children and girls; and newspapers proper,
managed with skill and talent, and welding
much influence Recently some journals on
the style of our low police papers made their
appearance This was the cause OF the Mlka-
do s edict, which ordered the prompt suppress
sion of these obscene periodicals, and laid down
certain rules for the control Of the others.
There is to be one Government organ, devoted
entirely to the PRONUNCIATION OF official orders
and news, and without any editorials. The
story papers are to be responsible for the pub
Iication of any immoralities, but otherwise are
entirely independent. The regular journalists
are free to print what they will, with one curl
Gus exception: The semi sacred nature OF the
Nhkado's position is to shield him from any Sc
we're criticism, and the nearness of the Prime
Minister to the Throne is to protect him Also
Any one else, however, may be criticised at
will aud the journalists of Japan are said not
to be sparing Of their censure. The circulation
of the press is almost entirely in the cities, as
the agricultural population take little or no in
tcrest in politics, and are, many of them, eX-
ceediugly ignorant. The embassy now in this
country is said to be much pleased with the
different agricultural papers here, and to have
decided to establish one or more of them ON It's
return, in order to encourage the spread of in
telligence among the farming classes, and to
make it to their interest to learn to read and
write, so that they can obtain the valuable in
formation that such papers, ably edited, can
give Chicago T9bne
CHILDREN. children an abundance of
out door exercise fun and frolic; make them
regular 10 their habits, and feed them only on
plain, nourishing food and they will seldom
complain of lack Of a appetite But keep
them over tasked in school, confined closely to
the house the rest Of the time, frowning down
any attempt at play feed them upon rich or
high seasoned food, candies, nuts, etc. allow
them to eat between meals and late in the even
ing, and you need not expect them to have
good appetites On the contrary, you may ex
p.ct they will be pale, weak and sickly. !.
Don't cram them with food when they don t
need.it, or have no appetite-this course is
slow murder. IF they have no appetite en-
courage, and if need be, command them: to
take exercise in the open air. Don't allow
them to study too much, and especially keep
them from reading the exciting literature
which so much abounds in our bookstores and
circulating libraries. In addition to securing
exercise for children as above, change their diet
somewhat especially If they have been, eating
tne -four, change to coarse or Graham tour.-,
Sickness is the most expensive thing on the
Lace of the globe. There may be Instances
where it makes people or children better, but
generally it makes them selfish, sad, misanthro-
lic, nervous, mean and miserable. An important
means of keeping children happy and good is
to keep them well.-.Jounnlof Chemistry.