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The Girls Own Room.

The girls own Room.
A great many papers are written
nowadays with regard to the decora-
ton of the home, and especially of the
girls room. She Is told how to make
curtains, dirans, cushions, tides, pill
low -shams and bed-quilts how to dis
cover her toilet-table with bright tri-
fles that make it seem luxurious Us
possible. But the question of how to
take care of the room after she has
adorned it is left to the individual per-
ception, | am sorry to say, does not al
ways succeed in keeping the room in
an ideal condition.
We once visited Il beautiful home in
Paris, in which the bed chambers were
gorgeous with hangings of damask
and velvet, and all the belongings
were palatiul in their dainliness and
beauty. Opening door from one of
these bedrooms, the mistress ushered
us into room covered with paper of
a simple bright pattern, where stood 4
plain little bedstead covered with a
spotless white quilt, above which lay 4
pillow which had no adornment eN-
cept that given it by the hands of the
laundress. There was not 4 picture
upon the walls. On the bureau lay
brush and comb, a simple pin-cushion
without bows or lace, and other such
articles as were essential, and which
would be needed every day at the hour
of toilet. From this room opened the
bathroom, equally simple and plain,
but spotlessly clean in all its appoint
ments. At the window of this bed
room there was only Il common white
shade; but the window itself was
wide open, and the sunlight swept
across the floor, bare at every point en-
cept before the bed, where it was COW
cred by fur rug. There We're no or
naments OH the mantel-piece. and no
draperies to gather and hold the dust.
In answer to my look of surprise, the
owner said "Such a room us this |
had when / was little country girl in
my fathers home. 1t was clean and
white as a convent cell. can seem
to breathe in it. The other rooms are
made as the modern taste and crcum-
stances require them to be, but this is
the place in which l feel I can sleep
and pray and live"
| Ills UIlIlSS llS W IllttG wv NSI y
first essential for Il girls room is not
decoration, but perfect purity and
cleanliness. There should be absO-
lutely nothing crowded in the corners
of the closet. or tucked away under
the bed. Take some leisure hour and
sift out of the room all the things that
are not necessary to the daily life.
Soiled bed linen is none the cleaner
for being hidden under Il lace counter
pane or embroidered pillow-shams.
Avoid, if possible, 4 carpet upon the
sleeping-room it gathers lint and
dust. If the floor must be covered, let
it be with rugs That can be easily lift
ed, so that the floor can be wiped regu-
larly, and kept thoroughly free from
dirt. Have your sleeping-roOm, if
possible, to yourself. The habit of
putting two sisters in the same bed
and the same room is one which is
now only followed in cases of necessi-
tv on account of lack of room. De-
cline to have hangings over your bed.
Let nothing interfere with the pure
light of heaven.
Do not overload and cram closets
and drawers. If you have three times
the clothing that you can use during
season, select out enough that is
warm and light to meet the ordinary
changes. Keep also in the room an
extra set that might be needed for
more special occasions. This will be
quite enough to occupy the lower
drawer in your bureau or dressing
case. Arrange such underclothing in
little parcels, SO that, the whole season
through, the articles of the same kind
shall occupy the same place. A very
good rule is, when the clothing comes
I from the laundry, to cOntine it to the
work basket and by the work-basket
I do not mean the little basket that
holds the spool and thread and all the
little sewing materials, but 4 basket
large enough to hold whatever needs
to be repaired, or whatever piece OF un-
finished work may he on hand. Nev-
er let an unmended article get back in
to the drawer that holds clothing
which is ready for service: but, when
the repairs have been made. place the
fresh article ut The bottom of its own
pile, using for your next OCCASION the
article on the top. In this way none
of the clothing will be allowed to re-
main in the drawer Until it becomes
yellow from lack of use, and the wear
will he about equal OIL all the suits.
The value of system, even in these lit
tie personal matters cannot be over-es-
timated. .-lNary Lone Dickinson.
There are many simple rules of
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