Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

| VII daughter room by
| herself. 1t is fast be-
ing recognized that no two people should
| sleep together. and II is far from healthy
| for two people to occupy the same room
unless it is very large and well ventilated.
1t is an excellent plan, If one Is able to do
| so, to give each girl room of her own
and after having furnished 1t as nearly to
suit the taste of the occupant as comes
within ones means, to make the child re-
| sponsible for its cleanliness, and teach her
| to care for it herself. 1 have known some
very careless girls who got to be neat
as wax when they arrived at the dignity
of having a room of their own. which they
| were expected to care for.
| Marie does not give the size of her room,
nor does she say what colors she likes best,
but as most little girls like pink am go
| ing to suggest that the prevailing color be
pink, and then arrange the room as 1
| would like to have it IL were little girl
| Just the age of Rose in bloom as Marie
| says she is
| The Pink Wall Paper.
The "hall room is probably about eight
| by twelve feet and has but one window,
and that in the middle of the end with the
| door in one corner of the other end At
least 1 viii suppose so. The first thing
after cleaning the room thoroughly, will
| be to study the walls. Wall paper is very
| cheap now, and 1t need not cost over IS
| cents for the paper, which should be of a
| light cream ground, either plain, or with a
| tiny flower in pink. Or Ii may be of a
| creamy yellow ground with a shadowy
! brown figure, but / would like the pink
| best. pale pink. perfectly plain paper
| would be exquisite, and 1T might have a
| border of pink roses. In any event
would select the pink and cream in some
| rlv fNfvaot Ian NJ A. ~
| the floor is a good pine one. Oil it and have
| rug. The rug can be made of two widths
| of carpet two yards in length. Very pretty
| ingram, in cream and brown or in a
light gray with brown figures shading into
pink can be bought as low as 30 cents n
yard, and with fringed ends will make a
rug that can be taken up every day and
busted without effort. Rugs of the same
size would cost great deal more and not
| be as durable either, besides being so
| heavy. Or there may be two rugs of one
width each, or straw mating all over the
| floor II new must be purchased, the cost
would be about the same.
The Bedstead.
For a bedstead get a single one of I'M
painted hard wood. One that is low and
rounding alike at head and foot Get good
wire springs and a good mattress; that will
| cost more than anything else and will last
a lifetime. Have the legs cut off so that
| eight yards Of cretonne: a cream ground
| with brown leaves and pink roses is pretty
| and Of part of 1t make a cover for the
| bed that will fit over it when it is made
| up nicely. Put gathered valance to fall
| to the floor in front. and leave the top
| long enough to tuck in well at the head
| and foot. Then take enough of the Gre
tonne to make rutiied slips for the pillows.
| These slips Will go on over the night slips
| of muslin. If you have not enough pillows
| fill an old slip tightly with excelsior and
put slip over that. These pillows piled
on your bed In the day time will make a
| lovely couch to lounge on. and the cover
Will keep you from soling the bed clothing.
The bedstead should be painted white and
have a little gliding. Marie can do this
| herself. II she is as bright i think she
| Is. For the window get a cream shade
| which can be bought as low as so cents
| null sash curtains would make the window
| look very pretty from the outside. Over
these hang long curtains of cream scrim
| or cheese cloth, either of which can be
| bought for 10 cents and less a yard Tie
| them back with bands and rosettes of pink
| Saline.
| The Furniturc.
The furniture for this pretty room will
| have to be makeshift things, because We
| have decided to spend so much for the bed
| stead and carpet. If there are no chairs
| about the house that can be made over, get
two-a rocking chair and plain one-from
|
| off the plain one to make 1T more COM
| Portable; then sandpaper it till every bit of
| the varnish has disappeared. If the chairs
are nice wood. you might varnish them and
| let them go at that, but think II would he
prettier to give them two or three coats Of
] the white paint and touch of the gliding
| Then tack double thickness of heavy
| canvas over the bottom If the seats are
broken and make cushion of the Gre
| tonne, and tie 1t on the chair with some
| OF the cretonne hemmed to make ties. For
| a foot stool, which will also answer for n
| shoe box, get q small box at the grocery
| store, one that is about fourteen inches
| deep and a foot and a half wide by two feet
| long. Have the cover fastened on with
| hinges. Line the inside neatly with dark
| cambria, lacking ii firmly, and cover
| smoothly on the outside the same way
| Make cover and valance of some OF the
| cretonne and fix inside of it several thick
| nesses of old quilt, or layers of cotton ha t.
| ting. Put this over the top of the box and
| tack with half a dozen brass-headed tacks
For a waShStand have a shelf made of a
| three-cornered bit of wide board, that will
just fit in the corner at the foot of the bed.
| This should be fastened firmly to the wall
| and, below, about foot from the floor
| another shelf can be placed, or even two If
| you want that many, for the top one
| should be at least two feet and half from
| the floor. The shelves may be slightly
| rounding in front, and should be at lea st
| fifteen inches deep at the widest part
| Make a curtain of cretonne, divided in the
| center, to hang to the floor from this shelf
and fasten it to the shelf with brass head
ed tacks. Over the shelf put a piece of
| white oilcloth. On this can be placed the
| toilet articles for the bath.
| A Home-Made Dressing Case.
For a dressing case get a box about the
size of the body of small dressing case
1t can be got for a quarter. Inside of it
have two or three shelves placed; then pa
| per II with white, or, II you care to take
| the trouble, you can tack cambria over it..
| Make a curtain of the cretonne to hang
| before 1t, letting it go around the end that
| will be exposed. Tack cover of white OIL
| cloth fast to the top. A good mirror al
| ways costs in proportion to its size and
| quality, and poor one Is an eyesore. You
| may be able to get one that is very good,
/ though, in battered frame at a second
| hand store. 1t is worth the trial, anyhow
| Paint the frame white, and gild little to
| go with the rest of the furniture, and hang
| II on the wall SO that it will just escape
| the dressing case, and exactly in the mid
die. Then have fastened to the wall on
| each side of 1t. about two feet above the
| dressing case, two small brackets on iron