Newport daily independent., 1902-05-30
CozY CORNER ON THE LAWN.
The Latest Is Grass Shack Shelter one, as We'll as Unsightiy and
 Fatiguing.

Fatiguing.
 A cozy corner on the lawn is ne- cessity now In these days of scien- l tific hygiene and health hunting it is not enough to sit on your wide veranda | and breathe pure oxygen; you must l get out on the grass and down upon | the very bosom of Mother Earth and | strive to secure some of her precious electric and magnetic forces. This hunt for earth magnetism has brought about the invention of the portable bamboo and rattan summer house, the striped cotton waterproof tent and cart loads of furniture, especially adapted to use on lawn. Some fam flies have set their faces countrywards with the avowed intention of all but sleeping on the grass, and they have carried with them what they call a grass shack, but what is really one of the green rattan lawn shelters.
 These, says the Washington Star, are light weight and beautifully made; so light, indeed, that couple of strong ten-year old boys can put it in place and carry it about. The shelter, what ever it is made of, is built with three walls and q slanting roof, and on fair days of moderate temperature 1t is delightful to sit under it's fretted shade and take in the air from all points of the compass. If the sun is too hot or if there comes up a shower, curtains of green waterproof awning can be drawn, to shut out the heat and moisture, leaving the front of the shack still wide open. The floor of the shelter must be the fresh green grass, and every day the rattan should be set up in new place in order to preserve the lawn from injury and also in order to gain the benefits accruing from sit ting and lying on fresh, vital springy grass-tufted earth.
 Along with the shelter must be pur- chased complete set of lawn furni- ture. It consists of tables and benches and chairs made of light green wood, and for people who draw or write out of doors, and also prefer to eat under bamboo shelter, a green monks bench is the greatest boon. This is not so heavily built that it can- not be pulled about easily, and its broad back swings at need into an am pie steady table top. Beside this there is folding green reading and sewing table that can be stretched to do duty as ping pong board, and, by the heart shaped openings cut in two of it's uprights it can be lifted and car ried by two delicate women.
 To use these they make, of canvas and of close-woven Japanese mating, folding chairs with broad seats, high backs, steady legs and easy arms; or, in wood that is stained green and pol iehed, triangular or square set of benches lines the walls of the shelter, and teatable to match occupies the center of this outdoor apartment.
 If a bamboo or rattan shelter is not purchased a strong wooden skeleton frame can be had far more reasonably, and a smart green and white striped awning roof, with cunning little dor mer windows mounted on it. Three awning curtains, that button on and roll up like those on the sides of a top buggy, are hung at the sides and rolled down and buttoned as the sun grows too WdTm TOT US ulIeCl Ia yS tO be endured.
 None but sleeping rugs are used with lawn cozy corner. because the idea is that the efficacy of the habit of living outdoors lies in keeping your feet on the earth. If it is too damp to do this, then it is best to set up the cozy corner on the veranda, but when the weather is fine not only should one sit on the lawn, but when the mapping hour comes around, on fine Mexican or Indian blanket one should couch flat upon the earth. a jute pillow stuffed with sweet hay under ones head, and sleep of the most beneficial sort will result. Of course a blanket on the grass is a hard bed at first, but one grows accustomed to it, and one is sup posed to fairly soak in the purest earth energy by following this device.
 Mothers with nervous children, over worked men and neurasthemic women are advised to try the next to the ground" cure this summer, with a view to counteracting the facilitating and exciting influences of our artificial modern city life.
 Bedroom Punishment.
 Bedroom punishments for children are extremely bad, and the shutting