The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-12
NURSERIES, OF RIOH TOTS.


lin New York.
Mrs. George Geould has the very best
of nurseries, as she has Of most OF the
good things OF life. In October every
year, as soon as the air grows a least bit
frosty, the children go to Lakewood to
remain until the spring days cone, and
then they go abroad with them parents.
The air of the balmy pine WOOD region
is very good for. children andA makes
them strong of limb and stout and rosy.
Mrs. Cleveland spent two winters there
with little Ruth before she went back to
the White House.
All of the third floor of the Gould cot
tage Chill Top) belongs to the children.
First comes the great roomy day nur-
sery, in which Margory and Helen Wv
ian play all day long with their doll ba-
bies. They have tea parties and tiny doll
spoons, as well as some of the little
dishes, are of solid silver. They have a
little cooking stove which burns real
coal; but Margory is seldom allowed the
luxury of compromising wonderful dishes
because she burns her little fingers along
with her cakes, On rainy days King
don and Jay-who are big boys of six and
seven-share the nursery with their SIS
ters, and then there is great fun all
Ia oc4CA|
front of each bed, and there are white
rose curtains at the three windows. Over
the mantel hangs a painting OF the
Blessing Of Little Children" In the sec
ond nursery, which is Utmost a duplicate
of the first, the TWO little sisters sleep IN
their white and gold cribs. Mrs. Could
has a trained nurse for them, as we'll as
a nursery maid, and her bed is close 10
the little cribs. In case of sickness Mrs.
Gould, who is a devoted mother, always
takes care of the children herself.
Harry LIE Grand Cannon's little two
year old daughter is lucky in having an
artist for a farther. He has designed
and partly executed with his own hands
the most original nursery any baby ever
had. The wallis are covered with raw
ings of the different countries of the
world, and around each is painted the
flora and fauna peculiar to the country
The effect is ndescribab1e. The color
ing is so. beautiful and the arrangement
SO clever that Mrs. Cannon often receives
her own guests in the room which was
built and fitted and decorated solely for
the pleasure of the little baby daughter.
Mrs. Adolph La~denburg,one Of the most
attractive and beautiful Of the marrlea
just four weeks old. She has not had
her candle party yet, so nobody knows
her name. This tiny little maiden has a
day nursery and a night nursery, whlcn
are all models. Sunshine comes to both
all day long, and there are lots OF WIN
dows for it to pour through. The doors
are OF hard wood covered with large
rugs, which can be moved and 3lfea
| every day If need be. The day nursey Is
from old Mother Goose, with me rhyme;
in quaint old blue lettering around and
about the dainty picture, 1ae Gaoo ha Is
j the A B C's both in small letters ana IN
pretty low window, which has window
baby blue and white. a white chiffonier
of white mahogany, with KNOBS OF ,Whlte
and blue Dresden china, holds all the
daily baby clothes of silk and rnull and
Of the appointments Of the baby's. toilet
are Of white china, iecked with forget
me-knots.
In the grand new palace which John
Jacob Astor has built on Fifth avenue
| ana ~S.xty-fifth street, the nurseries have
| received the greatest amount of atten-
ton and are really wonderful IN thelI
| beauty and simplicity. Mrs. Astor does
not like her little lad William N4neent
far from her at any time, SO one IS noI
floor. on one side of Mrs. Aston magnl-
| fcent bed room is her boudoir,and on the
Fgfty-sixth street side, which is quieter,
| her room opens into a night nursery. Be
its uneuualed collection of every kind OF
toy which a boy of three can understand
and enjoy. Besides the attention which
his lovely young mother and his 1atner
ind time to give him every day, Inis
| young member of the Astor lamliy mas
| checked nursery maid to care Tor MS
we'll being-Chicago News.