The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-13
MILDRED'S BEDROOM
From the Housewife.

81 do not see how l can buy it tn
spring."
81 know; I ought not to have asl
edit; but all the other girls hav
such lovely rooms. After I 60 to sc
them and come back to mine, it look
more horrid than ever"
"That's a strong adjective, dear.
eyes, darling mother; and I'm
bad girl to bring one single wrinkl
more to you face.
"Never mind! Let Katy shake u
the old rag again-and I'll play it,
just what / like. Kiss me good by
now"
So my Sunshine" left me.
A dearer sweeter, Drawer child NJ
mother ever had, save you, dea
neighbor! And 1 felt it-as you woul'
"a trial that ! could not give m,
Mildred the innocent qualification
she craved
We were minister's folk, and ou
salary about the average given b.
country parishes, from which 20,
will understand how much surplu!
money we had to fuse as we liked"
Our little daughter was thirteer
and had been installed in her own
private" bedchamber just one year
1t was furnished with odds and ends
from all the other rooms; and the
carpet-welll think my child ex'
pressed the truth when she called il
a disgrace"
As one conquence of our being the
minister's family" it came that
many houses of rich people were
open to us that probably otherwise
would not have been to people of cur
means; as another, that Mildred at
tended the Misses Ms fine school
(these ladies being parishieners o
my husband, anc generously receiv-
ing his daughter at merely nomi.
nal CHARGE; and as still another,
that visiting among these Weather
school friends, she saw few houses so
plain as ours. So far, this condition
of affairs had not untitled our dear
child for that estate of life to which
it had pleased God to call her. "
She had no extravaganza notions,
but had simply developed the in
stincts of her own nature, and loved
"prettv things"
I did not follow that they were also
expensive, and after my darling had
gone to her school I kept wondering
what I could do to bring things a
little more to her liking.
First, I took a survey of the room;
and, considered as a whole, it was
about as ugly as could have been de-
sired. The wall paper was the dullest
of browns; the ceiling whitewashed;
the carpet a red and green ingram,
woven in the Square pattern" of
long ago. The bedstead was brown,
the chair yellow, the bureau pale
green, the washstand gray, the cur
Iains or shades dark green and the
red. It's outlook was
pleasant, with one window toward
the east and two toward the south;
and in addition there was commo-
lious closet. Altogether it was a
much abused, but very capable
apartment; and by the time my little
girl came in from her school, my
plan was settled.
Mildred have decided to let you
bass your Easter vacation with Aunt
Lizzie in New York"
go, mamma darlingl Thank you
'ver and ever so much; if you can
pare me. When can I start? does
he know" and a dozen other ques-
ions came tripping over the smiling
Ups, ere l had a chance to answer the
irst.
eyes, dear, she knows; or she will,
or papa has already written her;
md he will take you on Monday,
Ehen he must go to the city on bust
less."
So in a few days my "coast was
lear" and, with heap of energy, a
zig calico apron and q pot of white
'aint went to work.
l took up the obnoxious carpet |
nd must confess to giving it q vici-
us little shake-its last. Next, / |
ore off all that would come of the
'all paper, and when everything |
1as out of the room, swept and |
leaned it thoroughly. Then paint
d all the woodwork white and let it |
ry, for it would need two coats to
ide the dark color beneath. In two
avs it was ready for the second ap-
LEGATION; again l used pure white
or all the framework" but for the
anels and ceiling mixed a little YER
lillion powder with it, which gave
le a delicate salmon pink; and to
lrther define and relieve these parts,
painted the narrow strips ofmould-
lg which bordered them with gray,
,r which a little lamp-black mixed
18th white gave a beautiful pearly
mt.
Now came the very heaviest part of
~ expense, the wall paper, which
as absolutely necessary. thought
ome which was inexpensive, but
cry pretty; a creamy white
round, with delicate trailing buds.
he wide border matched in tone,
nd it was all soft and unobtrusive.
Katy, my willing general house
orker," helped to hang the paper,
nd we found it not so difficult as it
ould seem.
This done-and proud and tired we
ere by that time-I mixed more of
le gray paint, and having the floor
thoroughly clean and dry, gave it
NO thick, heavy coats. While the
Ist one was drying I reprinted the
lrniture, which. fortunately, was
IS Objectionable in shape than color,
sing for this white only.
Already l had been so pleased with