Evening star., 1903-08-22

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| ark poster pictures in panels about one and
| a half by five feet, which are pasted around
| the wall like continuous picture, the yell
| low and brown tones in the background
| and the green figures neutraliZing the wall
| tints
Mother Goose pictures may be used If
| preferred. A good way to obtain these is
| to go to the publishing houses which make
| a specially of children's books. In many
| cases they are willing to sell the full-page
| colored Illustrations before they are bound
| in book form.
Between the poster pictures and the upper
| third of the wall space there is a lighter
| shade of green burlaps, surmounted by pic
| ture mofdtng, while the upper third itself
and the ceilings are hung with paper over
which chestnut leaves and burrs are scat
| tered. The latter is particularly charming,
| as 1t gives restful subdued effect to the
| room in the evening when the cuckoo clock
says 1t is bedtime, and when the little eyes
| open in the morning the first thing they see
| is a bower of leafy foliage. which is most
| refreshing.
The Old Couplet.
| The woodwork and the furniture are in
weathered oak, the latter being in minia-
| ture Across the top of the single bed is
| the following inscription in red letters:
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Bless the bed that I sleep on
| weathered oak crib stands beside the
| bed. The spread. bolster, portieres and
| curtains are of a beautiful cream cretonne,
| covered with poppies daisies and bachelors
| buttons. clothes-tree, which is not too
| tall for the youngsters to reach stands be-
| side of the bed. and Mistress Mary and Mas
| ter Johnny are supposed to hang their
clothing on 1t at night, thus teaching them
| the two-fold lesson of neatness and hy-
| giene. In addition to the clothes-tree and
a closet. there is a small wardrobe of
weathered oak, which has burnt figures of
Mother Goose and her followers on the
| doors
An attractive tiled screen in a frame of
weathered oak stands in front of the ward
robe. On one panel is painted the figure of
a little boy In suggestive attitude, saying
| "A la Goopsi'
"A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to-
The second panel shows the top of a
table with a group of children around it,
eating. On the third panel are the words:
And behave mannerly at the table,
At least as far as he is able
A Pretty Picture.
Another screen In burnt work before the
crib has three panels. on one of which is
child in bed, with a doll beside her This
represents morning
''Of bread and milk I'll eat my FILL"
In the third panel the doll is already In
bed, waiting for her little mother, who is
kneeling by the bed saying her prayers.
If less expensive screens desired,
pretty figured cretonnes may be used to
scape and figured designs for a surpris-
ingly low price.
In the lightest corner of the room is a
| small low, weathered oak study table, and
on 1t are a drawing slate and pencil, a
kaleidoscope, an abacus and globe The
seats of the study chairs, as well as those
of the armed ones and the rockers, are all
made of woven prairie grass. Beside the
table is a bookcase, which is filed with
choice collection of books of adventure
fairy tales, nature studies, stories and
rhyme.
Good Selections.
With the belief that children may be edu-
Gated to appreciate good pictures, those
selected for the walls are all of the best.
accurate In their drawing and pure and
| healthful in treatment. There is Hoff-
mans Head of Christ" Baby Stuart"
knaus' Holy Family Raphaers Ma
DONNA" lie Bruins Mother and Daughter"
Rosa Bonheurs THE Horse Fair and
Coming From the Fair" Jacques "rrhe
Sheep Fold Dupres I'm the Pasture"
Troyon's The Shepherd Dog" Landseer's
My Dog" Vastagh Gezah's Lion in Cap
tivity' and Sir Galahad."
The plaster casts on the wide picture
molding above the poster panels are OF
Laughing Boy" Flamingo's Cupid Sing
ing" Luca Della Robia's Choir Boys
Singing Boys" and "Drummers," Thor
waldsen's Morning" and Might" and sew
wooden cupboard runs across one side
of the room, and is divided into compart-
ments one for each child. The cupboard
can be closed by green denim curtains,
hung on rings on a gilt pole and the deep
shelves make a good place for toys of all
descriptions The small girl has turned
hers into veritable dolls house with the
dining room and kitchen on the lowest
shelf the parlor on the next and the bed
rooms on the highest, arranged like every
well-ordered household.
Mechanical Toys.
In the other cupboard compartments
there are miniature stables, engine houses,
freight yards and machine shops Most OF
their contents may be found by day scat
tered over the nursery floor. though 1t is a
good plan to train each child to put away
toys the last thing at night.
One glance into this nursery Is enough to
make even a hardened grown-up long to
spend half day there. Before he knows it
| he Will be down on his knees reviving his
architectural knowledge by building houses,
castles, forts and churches out of building
blocks. He will be consumed by a mad de-
sire to manipulate the screw which makes
the COW turn her head and say MOOT" The
society belle feels a throb OF envy as she
| fingers the dolls laundry conyenfences
| cook stove and real iron pots and pans She
envies even more the energy with which
| little Martha runs her dolls house and un-
derstands why childhood is the manifest
| time. especially when set in the BACKGROUND
| of model nursery.