Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04
Select Pretty Carpets.

IudIIlS anu Minus OIL carpets IOunu III
schools are not always pleasing to the eye.
pretty rug will sometimes help to make
an. ugly one look a little better; if not, it
must be endured.
A shelf for the reference books which
the college girl brings with her is ne
cessity. 1t should be large enough to hold
all the home volumes plus the class books
which Will accumulate when studies have
been assigned. The upper part of the shelf
is usually reserved for the chatting dish, the
candlestick, the alarm clock and the flower
vase. A convenient bookshelf includes a
small cupboard. In this may be kept the
simple medicines, which young cole
gian should be without The jar of cheese,
the box of crackers, the glass of jelly, the
canister of tea, the chocolate and sugar
for o'clock repasts are also slowed away
here, for it Is wonderful how much the
college girl can get into a small space.
Necessity is the mother of invention for
in all well regulated dormitories there is an
Inspector who keeps a record of the con-
ditiOn of students rooms.
Remember the Chatting Dish.
The chatting dish and the alcohol lamp
should never be forgotten when an outfit is
being provided. Growing girls are as hun
CRY as growing boys, and college meals
are not always all they should be. If the
girl IS tired in the morning and prefers
to miss the regular breakfast, rather than
take the trouble to go down stairs 1t is
better that she should be able to make
something for herself than to do without
food all morning. With the chatting dish
or the alcohol lamp she can boil an egg
make a cup of chocolate coffee, and II
she Is wise enough to keep condensed milk
and crackers on hand manages to make
a very good breakfast In her room.
A study table Is found in every college
room. A handsome blotting pad, inkstand,
mucilage bottle pencil box, mounted memo
randum calendar and the other materials
needed by the student In her work should
furnish it. Sometimes books are ranged
along at the back of the table, though they
are safer on a low shelf. for In spite of all
precautions the ink or mucilage bottle is
sometimes upset, and when cherished vol
umes are in the way of the wreck sad in
deed is the heart of their owner.
Comfortable chairs are by the authorities
evidently not considered necessary items in
the furnishing Of college rooms Students
often bring their own rockers or arm chairs
When girl takes a four years. course at
any school 1t IS worth while to make her
surroundings pleasant. One lounging and
one study chair are all that she needs A
low, wide wicker specimen which has rests
for the arms is very comfortable. One of
the cheaper Norris chairs is also nice for
the back may be lowered UNTIL with the
aid of pillows. 1t makes quite as satisfac-
tory a resting place as the ordinary couch
The Morris chair has another advantage
When she Is tired, the student can prop
herself up with pillows and, placing the
needed text books on the broad shelf-like
arms, go over the next days tasks at her
ease.
A steamer chair, because it costs little to
express, and may be folded up when not
needed. is useful to the fair collegian. Over
the ugly canvas some pretty embroidery or
an art fabric may be neatly stitched The
legs and runSG may be enameled or painted.
There is a style of wicker chair that has
an attachment which can be pulled out to
make the chair almost as long as a couch
1t. too. is provided with shelf-like arms.
This chair is pretty and so light that it
may be carried about without overtaxing
the strength. The college girl is fond Of
trying experiments in furnishing, and
changes the position of everything in her
apartment at frequent intervals Therefore
the light furniture is best, for she can move
it as often as she wishes without calling
in the assistance Of room mates Or serv-
ants.
The Washstand.
The washstand is usually one of the mar
tistic touches in college room. Some girls
try to make the best of 1t by adding a
dainty cover and embroidered splasher. One
girl of my acquaintance screwed to the in
side Of her closet door pair Of iron brack-
cts and secured to the top of these a shelf
wide enough for the granite washbowl and
pitcher with which she replaced the break
able ones provided by the dormitory au-
thorities. When she wished to wash she
had merely to open the closet door, Before
closing 1t she always placed the pitcher on
the closet floor beside the slop bowl. Thus
accidents were avoided.
Usually trunks are unpacked and sent to
the store room. One ingenious girl trans
formed trunk into corner seat and kept
1t with her for the better accommodation
of her wardrobe. A cushion the size of the
top was made Of muslin and layers of cot
ton. This was tackled together and slipped
into an art fabric cover A hounce deep
enough to hide the sides of the trunk de-
pended from this
FANNIE ARTHUR JANELLE,