Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-21
Apartments for fhG Infant Royalties
Of Russia-The could Children and
Their Handsonig SURROUNDINGS.
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From the Upholsterer.


as soon as they could point, their tiny fore
fingers were directed toward Madonnas and
shapely angels and the softest OF cloud
heavens. f.-
This Is a very curious phase In the life OF
a woman SO surrounded by politics, wealth.
and worldly matters. but her children VIII
certainly grow with the religious lnstinct
dominant, and moreover, with the m'no SO
trained to the things that are truly artistlc
and beautiful that they will feel little IN
terest in their mature years Tor the taWdry,
the crude and the commonplace.
The nursery in the White House ls neces-
sarily circumscribed one. It's OLD IresGoes
cannot he altered without doing vandalism
to tradition, and it's woodwork must be left
in straight lines and stately curves. Never
theless a small row OF Bible texts. with
cherubic pictures, has been lacked around
the walls of the White House nursery. and
long. twisted Bible verses, like the scrolls
at country meeting house, are Topped along
for them to decipher as they learn their
letters
But at the Gray Gables home the nursery
has been planred full Of all things beautiful
for children to learn. One side OF the room
has a broad fireplace, in which, however.
fire never burns. but which Is niieu with
marble image Of two children and shapely
lamb. This symbolizes the text, w hose
giveth so much as a cup of cold water In my
name" And to the lamb hangs child's
tale of the Lamb Of the Bible
The Bedtime Stories.
At this fireplace Mrs. Cleveland seats her
self at night for the bedtime stories. Upon
one end of the mantel there stands vase OF
exquisite Dresden, filled always with flowers.
which the children must gather for them
selves, and upon the other end is a clock by
which they learn to tell the time. They are
allowed to trace the hands with their fingers,
and SO they pick up the art Of time-telling
quickly. In the middle Is set OF building
blocks. each one church. Noah's ark or
steeple.
Above this mantel is a Madonna with a
child. This always interests the little ones.
who demand constantly new stories about
the beautiful lady. This work OF art Is IN
relief and is of exquisite workmanship. 1t
is set in pale buff brick. which forms the
entire fireplace.
This nursery is artistic. Its five windows
are planned so that one overlooks the bay,
another the flower garden, third a lawn,
a fourth picturesque winding road, and a
fifth is flower clad.e 1t Is sixteen by eighteen
feet, and is altogetherideal for three small
girls. This Madohna-Hke interior, with the
spiritual names of the children, makes the
hour spent there by the visitor elevating.
means baby means about SIS the first
year, including its admission fee, and with
out counting in the frescoes of the nursery
or the silver spoon that Is placed In its
mouth-just nice garments and snug turn
out, without bays to drive.
Nursery of Royalty.
by the young Czarina Of Russia would re-
quire many sets sofo figures. This royal
apartment is not al small dainty white. dark
ened one, to which little beruffled additions
are made day by day, and into whose calm
recesses the most interested of all in the
coming event fees for prayer and silent
thought when matters Of the world trouble.
The walls of this room have been set with
ruby stones, large, bright and beautiful and
almost as valuable the gems Of that
name. They have been placed in pattern
around in field of mother of pearl. and
this bordering extends far downward from
the ceiling. 1t is met by a dull gilt metal.
which continues to the floor, being set with
colored pictures in glass and semi-precious
stones.
The cradle is of most delicately tinted
mother-of-pearl seemingly without break or
piece. Its outside glistens like the sun on
a cool day. and its shades in the deep places
are like moss in brook There must be a
row of precious stones around the cradles
edge, upon which the favored baby fingers
will take their first worldly grasp. They
are in all colors, with the ruddy touch Of the
ruby predominating. This cradle is a gift
from the Dowager Czarina Dagmar, the
| widow Of Alexander, who will be a grand
mother. A jeweled crown is held aloft by
angel fingers.
The Infant Goulds.
nursery nearer home. but not less in
teresting, is that Of the Gould children, who
| nave SO MUCH money tHdt uOlulnS Is QenleQ
them. Their nursery is a remarkable affair.
The one at Furlough Lodge in the Catskill
mountains is thirty feet square, with a fire
| place which. though not very tall. could
easily accommodate as large an oak log as
| an OK team could draw along a winding road
Logs in this fireplace are placed in Abe Lin
| coin log cabin style, familiar to every wo-
man who has "pieced' a quilt, and they are
piled up until you beg the caretaker to put
on no more, or the cracking will terrify the
youngsters.
But it does not. Young Kingdom Gould
| dances merrily after he, as the eldest of the
| family, has touched a match to the kim
dlings, and Jay, the next in age, stands
| ready to touch another should not the roar
| ing begin soon. The other two stand back
| and admire. This fireplace has great iron
| chains in front, to keep the children from
| falling in and the logs from falling out, and
| its fire dogs have names given by the chill
| dren, while the great cushioned settle in
front Of which they sit is named for the
different quarters of the globe at which they
| corner, with "Vigilant" next it. The far
western corner is Frisco" to which they
pay visit every year by train in the grand
| annual tour to Texas" which Is one large,
| comfortable end of the settle. and idle
wild" the private car, is the long seat along
| which they slide.
| city house there are legendary subjects
| everywhere. Around the fireplace yachts
sail. The floor is in wood, placed in chrysan-
| themum pattern, the flower Of the autumn.
| when they are in town, and the walls are
covered with INTERESTING objects. like cars
shrieking their way through valleys and
children driving elks harnessed to country
carts. All of these call for thought and in
structive story. If these young financiers
are true to their training they will go to
their work welt equipped with plenty Of
e In preparing ess nursery like this million
aire mother may, casually issue an order for
81 900 worth Of frescoes and next year oil
redone in new subjects. But 1t is due to the
| comfort Of the average Small-pursed mother
to state that instructive results can be OBJ
| tained from inexpensive material and the
small Inhabitants of the nursery will be
| equally content. f. 10
Fashion n Hair.