Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16

bell. which was pulled by a tiny chain
hanging down at the side. Thi~ made it
much more fun receiving callers The front
door was stained dark oak color. and so
was the woodwork of the little arched
glass tranSom above II.
On either side of the front door was a
window. three on the next story and three
smaller ones above, with three on either
side, making in all fourteen windows. They
each had little window ledge painted
gray and cornice above. The window
carpenter. They might, II they found 1t
too hard, dispense with glass and have lit
tie shutters on hinges instead. Ours was
an English house. SO It had no shutters
The outside of the house was painted deep
red and marked off with white lines to look
like red brick. In a homemade one 1t
might be better not to mark Off the bricks,
but have tt look like a wooden house. Red,
too, takes longer to dry than any other
paint, white drying the quickest of all
Mixing little turpentine with paint al
ways makes it dry more quickly.
The roof was painted a light bluish-gray
to look like slate, and this was easier TO do,
for the divisions between the states, through
the Same shape as the markings for the red
brick. were larger and simply ruled off with
a heavy black lead pencil instead OF having
to be painted with fine brush.
There were two chimneys. painted to re-
semble red brick. The round chfmney-pots
were a great idea, and so real looking. They
were made of empty cotton spools glued on
to the stacks and painted gray.
The back of the house was perfectly plain.
the bare wood being simply stained a dark
color. since Ii was Intended to stand against
the wall. We did want back door leading
out of the kitchen, so we could have a back
yard for a clothes line on wash days, but
they said II would take up too much room
In the nursery If we moved 1t out from the
wall, SO we had to have our back yard at
the side.
The windows were, of course each in one
piece, and had at first the shapes of panes
marked OF with white paint; this we after
ward rubbed off, thinking they looked bet
ter without. The little eornices above each
window were painted gray to look like
stone. The glass was put in from inside; a
place was cut in the woodwork for each
piece and putty held il In place
On the ground floor were the kitchen,
twenty inches square. and the dining room,
sixteen by twenty. On the second floor
were the drawing room and the spare bed
room. The height of the first floor rooms
was twenty inches. the second floor eighteen
and the third only ten. But the walls
sloped higher than that with the roof, MAX
ing three attic rooms, so We had seven
rooms in all
think there was no part we entoyed
more than choosing and pasting on the
wallpapers We did this ourselves Each
room was different, except the three attic
e, rooms ON wh,en were s, done al alike with
shaped design. with blue and pink roses.
The drawing room paper was very grand,
pale blue with gold stars and silver moons.
In the kitchen We had a shiny bath room
paper that could be washed with q damp
cloth. The dining room paper was an em-
bossed crimson green and bronze that locked
like leather, We got the wall paper from q
paperhanger's store. The pieces We needed
we're so small that be had plenty of odds
and ends. and charged ~ nothing at all
We used paste, which we made ourselves,
of -four and water.
The floors ware stained with the same
dark oak which had been used for the front
door. Then. there were the carpets to think