The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
By LOUISE E. DEW.


An up-to-date young woman, who
has discovered in herself a talent for
house decorating and furnishing, is
making a speciality of nurseries, and
she finds great demand for her work.
One of her clients said: II want
the nursery to live in the memories of
my children all the days of their lives
as the most beautiful spot on EARTH"
This expresses the feeling of the good
modern mother.
So we'll have the two women CO.
operated that the nursery which re-
suited from their efforts may we'll be
cited as a model for other mothers.
The wall hangings are in tones of
green, which shade from light to dark.
Above the Dashboard, green burlaps
are hung for the depth of four feet, to
protect the walls from the kicks
of small feet and the rude jostling of
chairs. Inasmuch as the burlaps may
be freshly tinted at any time, they
have a double advantage. Above the
burlaps is consecutive series of
Noah's Ark. poster pictures in panels
about one and half by five feet,
which are pasted around the wall like
continuous picture, the yellow 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 speciality of children's
books. In many cases they are will
ing to sell the full-page colored illus
trationS before they are bound in book
form.
Between the poster pictures and the
upper third of the wall space
there is lighter shade of green
burlapS, surmounted by picture
molding, while the upper third itself
and the ceilings are hung with paper
over which chestnut leaves and burrs
are scattered. The latter is particu-
larly charming, as it gives restful,
subdued effect to the room in the
evening when the cuckoo clock says
II 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 woodwork and the furniture are
in weathered oak, the latter being in
miniature. Across the top of the sin
| gle bed Is the following inscription in
| red letters:
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
Bless the bed that I sleep on
A weathered oak crib stands beside
the bed. The spread, bolster, por-
| there's and curtains are of beautiful
cream cretonne, covered with peoples,
| daisies and bachelors buttons. A
clothes-tree, which is not too tall for
| the youngsters to reach, stands beside
the bed, and Mistress Mary or Master
Johnny are supposed to hang their
| clothing on it at night, thus teaching
them the two-fold lesson of neatness
| and hygiene. In addition to the
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 wardrobe. On one panel Is paint
ed the figure of a little boy in sug-
gestive attitude, saying, "A la Goops!"
"a child should always saS 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
Another screen in burnt work be-
fore the crib has three panels on one
| ofstwhich Is a child in bed with doll
beside her. This represents morning,
and above her head are the words:
EARLY to bed and early to rise
Makes children healthy, wealthy
and WISE
The second panel shows the same
little girl sitting at the table and eat
ing her food like a weil-mannered
child. Here are the words she eJacu-
lates between mouthfuls:
"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 are desired,
pretty figured cretonnes may be used to
fill the panels. They can be had in
landscape and figured designs for a sur
prisingly low price.
In the lightest corner of the room is
a small, low, weathered oak study ia