Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14
SANITARY FIxINGS
First Requisites for Baby's
Room and All He Uses.
REALLY LUXURIOUS
IF ALL THAT rs OFFERED COULD
BE BOUGHT.
Every Detail Of the Nursery Carefully
Ordained-Clothes and
Articles.

Written for The Evening Star.
Sanitation of the most up-to date order
has been the fetch of modern nursery
furnishings. Recently another fad which
goes hand in hand with this scientific
cleanliness has come along and bids fair
to sweep all Of the older methods to the
wind.
The physical makeup of the twentieth
century baby, or, at least, the nervous
part of Its anatomy, Is responsible for
this change. The king of the nursery is
now supposed to be born nervous, or, at
least, he has this prevalentIy fashion
able failing thrust upon him by his de-
voted mother and doting relatives, who
one and all join forces in declaring,
THE darling is nothing but a small
bundle of nerves..
To soothe and strengthen the infantile
nervous system the specialists now re-
quire his surroundings to be of the most
quieting nature. This not only applies
to physical treatment, but to the actual
furnishing of the nursery or room given
over to this autocrat. Besides being all
that sanitation can make it, the nurs-
cry, according to the latest canons of art
and hygiene, must be all white; no color
must be visible in any part of the apart
ment to distract the tiny occupant.
His mind must lay dormant until suf-
flcient physical strength will admit Of
the little brain being put to work A
truce is sounded to Greenaway fittings,
Mother Goose dadoes and friezes and the
pictorial education which took it's start
in erstwhile nurseries from prints of Ma
donnas and like subjects hung in con-
spicuous places. These educators" will
have their place and season later on, but
for the first year at least of his majesty's
life all color is banished. This white is
not of cold. chalky tone, but Is of a
| creamy, ivory tint. The walls of the
nursery; which should be rough finished,
are painted an ivory white. A most at
tractiye frleze runs above the painted
wall for depth of about three feet, done
In an indefinite, shadowy, wavy design,
carried out in the varying tones of creams
and whites.
A White Floor.
The floor is laid with a white tiled
linoleum. and this is wiped with a damp
cloth every morning, and not swashed
with bucketful of water periodically
To Danish the 1avatory appearance of the
floor soft white fur rugs are spread under
the bassenet and larger pieces Of fur
niture.
The modern baby does not know the
luxury Of being rocked to sleep, but
takes his siestas in crib. In this up-to-
date white nursery the crib is of white
enamel, without the least suspicion of
gold knobs or trimmings. If luxury is a
rule in the appointments of the room these
crib stands on raised platform rallied
off from the rest of the room, and about
1t. hung from white rods. are curtains of
white ve1ours, which shut off drafts or
too persistent stream of sunlight. This
latter heaven-born blessing should shed
Its health-giying rays all over the nurs-
cry, and the windows should be fitted
simply with white linen shades and sash
curtains Of dainty net.
The Cambria Sheets.
To come back to the baby's crib, the
sheets used upon 1T are of the sheerest
cambric-linen is too cold and slippery
beautifully monogrammed in a small de-
sign, with the tiny occupants initial let
tiers surrounded by a wreath of some
flower suggestive of his name The
blankets are of the finest Angora wool,
bound with wide white ribbon. The spread
is beauty, made Of heavy linen ex-
qufsitely embroidered. OF course this
covering is not in commission when the
baby is occupying his sleeping quarters.
as it would be too cumbersome and stiff.