Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-11
ROUNDABOUT WnMANS WORLD
A Study in Character as Reflected by the
Decorations Of Girls Room.
HAPPY SEASON FOR THE CHILDREN
Sketches Of Noted Women of the Day
Physical Training in Colleges-Fads
and Freaks Fashion Notes
and Personalities.

an old saw in the woman's book OF char
acter study, and the other day, when
ushered into room unlike any other In
the universe, it needed no oracle to an
nounce to writer in the New York
Sun that it was the nest Of n laeybird
with ideas and originality, happy lac
ulty OF making the best of things, and
an artist by instinct if not by profession.
The first thing to attract attention was
a wonderfully sunny window, with a
sash curtain Of thin yellow silk
covered with the soft gray
shadows OF dancing vine leaves.
The window had an unpleasant outlook,
and the silk for its decoration had been
carried to veranda, where n vine made
the shadow of its graceful leaves upon
the floor. She had laid the silk down
where the shadows were most perfect
and then had fixed them forever with
soft gray water colors and gathered 1T
in her window sash. Beneath the win
dow she arranged little seat with u
yellow cushion, and draped across the
window pole and down one side the
window curtain of striped grenadine
white, with yellow and dull blue and
olive--ip the curtain. Beside 1T was
revolving bookstand filed with maga-
zines and new books. A white fur rug
stretched out in front, and on this were
more cushions, the heavy ones OF which
form seat.
Another thing to attract attention
was one of the gayly colored Guayaquil
hammocks draped across one circle OF
the room, making with its fringe and
tassels brilliant decoration. Some
one had given the hammock to the
woman who didn't see n veranda from
one summer to the next. But she had
ideas il she didn't have the veranda, so
she put up hooks in diagonal corners OF
the room and suspended the luxurious
web thereon when she wanted to forget
how busy she was. When not
in use more hooks simply draped
the bright netting against the wall.
And last of all was noticeable the dres-
sing table, which was made after the
old duchess fashion, ample and low
enough for its possessor to utilize, rest
fully sitting in the low white chair
which stood before it. The table was
made of wooden frame, which she her.
self designed, the top padded, covered
with pale green silesia, and then with
dotted muslin. All about was frilled a
curtain of the silesia. with the muslin
over it. u huted frill at the bottom,
another at the top.
The mirror was one OF the old-fash-
ioned kind, with the upper half a
picture, the lower haf a glass. There
were painted cupids in the picture and
the muslin draped down each side of it..
On the table were the most delicate china
trays with ivory brushes inlaid with a
tiny cypher of silver on the back, and
china powder boxes and hairpin boxes,
and all the paraphernalia of the toilet
,1x, Al. .
bits of silver polished to the last degree
of brightness. One couldn't help loving
the woman after one glance at the toilet
table, which was the daintiest ever ar
ranged, except the one from which il
was copied, and which they will show
you still in the apartment of Nine. de
Remusat The bed was of brass with
white hangings over the faint green
Innings, and with All old-fashiOned val
ance of muslin beneath It's counterpane
of white, with green ribbons threaded
in and out OF its openwork border.
No month of the year is so distinct
lively children's month as is December
From its beginning to its ending
says the Philadelphia Times, juveniles
own the streets, the shops, the homes
Bless their little hearts, Christina!
comes but once a year and If they can
not at least revel for thirty days il
anticipation of it's coming and regret at
its going, why, then, life has become
much too prosaic and needs mora
revolution TO set it in tune again.
The bachelor must be very crusty, The
spinster very grabbed, and the man o.
woman Of affairs very m Ich engrosset
in worldly transactions that cannot stol
for moment to enjoy with the children
the happiness this season affords. Jus
TO look at the group of eager little folk
with faces pressed close against som,
window, where toy soldiers form il
royal battalious, or model farm yar(
exhibits such adorable wooden cows ant
horses, is enough 10 make one forget al
the years that have rolled between th
time when they, too, were wholly en-
crossed in the prospective visit OF th
children's saint and the present, whei
Santa Claus, along with other youthful
illusions, has been relegated to the bacl
shelf in the cupboard OF memory.
To hearthe childish voices Choosing
which doll, or sled, or tricycle. the.
would like is music that has no mino
undertone OF rsorrow or jangling Choir
OF discomfort Even the very poor
whose tiny stockings may be left hang
ing empty on Christmas morning, Can
not be deprived of the wonderful sight
the shop windows afford, and which ar
to them source OF continual delight
making them forget cold and hunge
even in the contemplation of some won
derful mechanical toy or funny dol
clown whose antics make them laugl
and clap their benumbed fingers wit
Joy.
Therefore, if eager little arms pus
you To one side, or armies of little folk
obstruct the ais,es or obscure the cour
ters, be patient, remembering that t
some these sights freely offered are tn
only Christmas gifts they are likely t
receive.
Mrs. George NJ. Pullman, althoug
fond OF society, is much given to domes
tic life, and spends most of her tim
with her husband and children, eithe
In their Chicago home or their palaJia
''home on wheels" says the Ladie!
Home Journal. The latter is magnif
cent railroad car built for their specis
use, furnished in the most elaborat
manner, every detail which could poss
bly, conform to comfort being supple,
and the whole outfit so admirably cor
structed that a transfer from one lin
to another can be had without TIL
slightest inconvenience to the occ'
pants.