Evening star., 1905-09-24

arduous duties of base ball and other neces-
sary athletics and study. The lady of whom
mention has been made has had a large and
very comfortable chair made. 1t is covered
with the strong dark DENIM and this and
a footstool make study pleasure.
The beds for boys at college, TO be in ac-
cordance with the hardening principle now
adopted by nearly every student, are mar
row and plain and with hard mattresses.
The steel and brass beds are best liked. as
on occasion they can serve sofas when
there is a little surreptitlous supper. The
mother mentioned has had two large cover
let's made Of denim, each having her sons
monogram embroidered in the middle. a
pillow sham is out of the question. there
is a big pillow which Is set over the very
fat one, on which her splendidly healthy
boy sleeps.
Two three strong chairs are set around
and there is a regular boys bureau with a
place for hats and shoes, though to be sure
these would be more apt to be found on the
floor But the bureau is just high enough
for the youth to see to shave himself and
there are no fancy frills on the top to get
out of place. Just pincushion and one or
two Indispensable little things like whisk
and brushes are there.
This lady tried the experiment of tying
the brushes fast to the knobs of the bureau
for the boy had such habit of never know
ing where anything was that he made the
whole house miserable looking for his be-
longinSs; but, strange to say, he never
loses them now, that he knows there Is no
one to walt on him.
A carpet for a boys room is n necessity
for the sake of those near him. and so ii
should be rug as thick as is compatible
with the resources of the family Nearly
every woman has rug that she could dis
pense with, but II not dark one is best for
obvious reasons
1t may be argued that room furnished
ana draped in such dark colors would be de-
pressing, but such persons do not know that
IL taxes more than dark furniture TO depress
the average college boy. and II one Is thus
aHected he has no business in college but
sTouid go TO young lady's seminary
Green denim. or even red. may be substf-
tuted II preferred or any one of the printed
puriaps. The one object Is to get something
tnat VIII stand the wear and tear of crowd
or high-spirited youngsters.
A rev hints may be added regarding linen
and garments for the young student In
most colleges, and probably in ALL they must
bring their own napkins towels sheets and
bedding, though this last is not always In
sisted upon. All linen should be marked
either by embroidered monogram or in In
delible ink. Shoe bag and laundry bag
should be marked so that II would be next
to impossible for any one else TO claim
them. All underclothes too and hosiery
question as to ownership
Large Turkish towels are needed also
WASH CLOTHS In abundance. The very best
OF these are crochesed or knitted. and ar,
ten TO twelve inches square. One lady puts
a little pocketSin these to hold small .niereI
OF soap. and there is a fiap with n hutton
ana loop. This Is an excellent plan and an
economical one. for most men hate small
paas OF soap. A box of good toilet soap IN
one OF the necessities. A package of fine
sAs sas paper IS also Well appreciated. and
a. a snaving mug. The shaving outfit Is the
thinE OF all that brings the average bows
heart right UP in his throat with genuine
pleasure. ee1'