The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-23
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been as busy closing up their play
homes as their mothers with their
grown-up homes.
These playhouses are much more
than shacks, for they are carefully
planned and have verandas, three or
four rooms and even an upstairs"
One fortunate little woman who has
house at the end of an old fashioned
garden has across the front a covered
veranda, furnished as outdoor living
room. The entrance door, ornament
ed with a brass knocker, opens on
small hallway, from one side Of
which ascdnds winding staircase.
An oldtime hall lantern hangs from
the staircase beam. To the right
opens the living room, twenty feet
long by ten feet wide, with fireplace
In which logs are always piled ready
to be lighted. To the left Of the hall
way is the kitchen. Here is stove
of medium size, and along one side of
the wall Is a dresser fitted with glass
doors, which permit glimpses OF
Dutch china. Directly opposite are
table and roomy closet, with an ar
ray of cooking utensils on hooks. The
floors are covered with rag mats.
On the second floor is single room,
which the little lady of the house re-
tires to when she is tired of the world.
There are pretty writing desk, well
equipped with writing materials, and
roomy couch piled high with soft
pillows. The walls are hung with
posters. The windows are draped
with white muslin curtains, and on
the floor is pretty rug.
Another playhouse is like an Eng
lish cottage, and has pretty latticed
windows which open outward. The
shingled exterior is stained dark red,
with door and window trimmings of
pure white. The quaint entrance
porch opens upon single large room,
furnished with tools and other appli-
ances for manual training.
On the Salem shore is little house
made over from a discarded bath
house. 1t stands near the waters
edge, and across the front is wide
covered veranda. Inside is fireplace
of brick, and between two windows is
a piano, which the small hostess and
her friends may bang on all day II
they please.
At Peach Bluff is a beautiful Col
onial playhouse, designed for the
comfort of both the boys and the girls
of the family. 1t is painted white,
with green blinds, and the entrance
porch is supported by Colonial pillars.
AS 1t is intended to be place where
the children can have a good time,
the furniture is of the plainest, most
substantial oak, and the floors are
without carpets. The walls are OF
plain boarding, not even painted. Be-
yond the living room are two smaller
rooms, one for the girls, where they
may cook to their hearts content, and
the other for the boys, where there
are tools and a carpenters bench.
One of the most elaborate of these
playhouses, a four-room cottage fully
equipped for housekeeping, is at CO.
porch, with built in seats, with flow-
ering shrubs about the sides and
front, and window boxes in the win
dows. The first floor is divided into
living room, dining room and kitch-
en-, all furnished with sheathed walls
and ceilings and hardwood floors. The
living room has low white bookcases,
with cretonne hangings of pink and
white. Muslin curtains drape the
windows, and on the walls are pret-
ty prints. Small rugs of artistic de-
sign partly cover the floor. The din
ing room has plate rail on which
have been placed numerous souvenirs.
Opening from this room is the kitch-
Ell, where the little maiden may cook
and serve what she pleases. On the
second floor is a good sized bedroom,
furnished with two cot beds, a wash
stand and several chairs. Curtains
shade the windows, and Japanese
grass mats cover the floor.
On this same estate in Cohasset Is
playhouse for the boys. This has
an exterior finish of shingles left to
stain with the weather. Across the
front and rear extend broad, uncov-
cred verandas. The interior consists
of single room fitted up as boys
den, and in the loft above is ample
storage room for footballs, boxing
gloves, tennis rackets and the treas
ures dear to boyish hearts. - New
York Tribune.