The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-21
A YOUNG GIRLS ROOM.
It Is Usually Her Particular Pride and
Hobby.

There is nothing that young girl
considers to be so much her own indi-
vidual property as the one room in the
house that has been given over to her,
In which to do as she pleases, and which
she can fix up according to her OWL
taste and inclination. This apartment
Is sort of holy of holies. into which
she retires to dream pleasant dreams
or to have a good cry over something
that has gone wrong during the day.
1t need not be an elaborate room,
though of course the more luxurious
its furnishings the prettier it can be
made, but whether the fittings are
from the hands of noted upholsterers
or the result of home manufacture,
there is to its owner charm about this
room that no other spot in the house
can possibly have.
To begin with there is an individual
ity about it that appears to be part Of
the girl herself. Into this particular
space of her own she has collected
souvenirs of every event of Importance
to herself, and has arranged all around
its walls and on stands and ia bles pho
tographs of those nearest and dearest
to her, and In every nook and corner
where her eyes may turn she is greeted
by something that tells her history,
though to outsiders it may appear
meaningless and trivial.
There are certain bits of furniture
room-of these the little tea table,
couch, desk and mirror are the
most prominent The couch is heaped
with cushions. If she is wise she
never attempts TO buy any Of her
couch cushions until she has passed
through her economical mood. She
can't economist on cushions. and
she knows it. Because what she gains
in money she will loose in temper
when she picks bits of down out of her
bang for week after she'has filed her
pillows. 1t really does not seem to be
a difficult thing sto transfer 4 few
pounds of feathers from a paper-bag to
a cloth bag. but it is. If you don't be-
lieve this just experiment some day
when You have plenty of time. You
will be surprised when the little float
ing particles fill your eyes and choke
you until you weep, and cover your
dark gown till you look for all the
world like the lost waif on a stage
snow scene.
So the wise girl buys her cushions,
and in their cozy depths she nestles for
solid comfort of an afternoon, either to
read or study. or in sickness when no
other place seems quite SO comforting
to the aching head and tired body
n she is blessed with large room the
couch will perhaps run around one
corner of it. Such a couch running
under window on one side of the
room and around to the fireplace on
the other, with shelf of favorite
books over it and cosy tea table
drawn close alongside, is an invitation
to lounge such as the most energetic
find it hard to resist.
The desk in q corner near another
window, with a tall lamp standing .by
for use when daylight fails, is general
ly filled with an endless supply of
notes and invitations, which she heards
until for lack of space she is obliged to
have regular overhar1ing and de-
strey all but the most precious of their
contents, which clutter up every pigeon
hole. She has her own particular pen
on this desk. and her special style of
note paper, and it is her delight to add
to the silver fxings that convert the
plainest bits of furniture into some
thing bright and attractive.
The mirror, whether round or square,
is made to do duty as photograph
holder, and is usually draped with
some pretty bit of silk. There are
few books. old favorites: but there are
not apt to be many unless the girl is
particular studious, but German favors,
euchre tallies, grasses from the woods,
and dozens of other mementoes of
pleasant happening in the past find
place in the room of every girl. No
matter what her tastes may be it is
just the comfort that she gets out of
these inanimate objects that makes
girl turn to her own room when she |!
wants to have thoroughly enjoyable |
Times.