The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-10

border and one or two roses relieved the
eyes and prevented garish appearance.
The doors and window frames were for
tunately Of ash, and so in thorough &C
cord with the predominant tint of the
room, which was blue. The window cur
tains were models of dainty simplicity.
They were made of cottage drapery, fig.
ured Swiss muslin, rather thicker than
the dress material of that name, and
woven with border on one selvedge,
which repeated the center pattern in
this case the figure was daisy the size
OF dime, with line of the same flowers
twice the size between two stripes, for a
border. The novelty about the curtains
was an addition made by cutting two hor-
izontal Sits, two inches long, across the
border, between the stripes, at intervals
of six inches apart, and buttonholing the
edges loosely, making succession of
bias, in and out Of which was slipped
blue ribbon two inches broad. Bands
and bows of the same ribbons were used
for looping the curtains back. The fur
niture was of bamboo, and all of the
pieces were of smaller size than the same
articles in ordinary rooms, yet not suffi.
GENTLY dwarfed to be useless. A NINA.
ture lounge and two easy chairs were GOV.
cred with buff and blue cretonne, and
blue ribbon bows were tied upon the up.
per corners of the graceful little cane
seat chairs. The small bed was low,
with an airy extension of bamboo rods at
the head springing up to hold large
ring, through which curtain of Swiss
muslin, like those at the windows, was
drawn. A folding bamboo screen in
front of the mantel had two panels OF
cream and two of blue sateen The
former were decorated with snow.balls
and bluets in arrasene embroidery, the
latter with daisies in ribbon work The
armoire and chiffonier were third
smaller than good-sized furniture, and the
dressing bureau was of similar dimen-
sions. And the dainty toilet appoint
ments of the latter we're decorated with
blue and the frame of the long dressing
glass was covered with a full ruche of
blue silk. Some choice epgravings and
colored photographs representing phases
of childhood and girlhood were hung
upon the walls by blue cords aud tasses,
and the small bookshelves were filed
with such books as young people Ell ".
In Difference to the newly awakened fears
of even the best plumbing in sleeping.
rooms, there was no stationary basin, but
wash-stand, en- rapport with the other
furniture, held quantity modelled an
tique toilet set with dado design of
water plants upon cream color, with
swallows above on sky-blue ground
Replacing the door of large closet was
a portiere of Swiss muslin, which being
drawn revealed playhouse on scale so
expansive and complete that it might be
questioned whether dolls or their owners
were most charmingly lodged. The
happy little proprietor OF room aud annex,
on returning from the country, where she
had been sent while the surprise was pre-
pared for her, says that half of the first
night she spent in her pretty new bed
was passed in copgratulating herself on
her new possessions and the rest in gaz.
ing entranced into the fairy like precincts
of the playhouse, which was illuminated
by tiny chandelier fed by real gas
Decorator and Furnisher.