Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-11-05
for the Ideal
Nursery

In no part of the home has there
been a greater change In the furnish
ings than In the nursery. Formerly
any old piece of furniture was thought
good enough for the children's room.
Only an extravaganza or careless house
keeper would put good furniture In a
nursery to be crawled v and per-
haps soiled by muddy boots or grimy
fingers.
The first change in this condition
came when the cry for sanitation l
the home swept through the land. Aft
err practically every other room in the
house had been swept and garnished
to the satisfaction of the sanitation *
perts the reform struck b nursery.
The little people lost not only the
worn sofas, ragged rugs and common
place pictures, but practically every
thing In the shape of furniture except
ing enameled iron cots and straight
backed enameled chairs. Rugs were
an abomination and pictures accumu-
lated dust, parents were told.
And now again after every other
room in the house has received the at
tention of architects and decorators
the little people have come into their
own. Parents as well as educators
have come to realize the Importance
of environment upon the young as well
as upon older persons. New nurseries
and playrooms are just as beautiful
and as individual as the rest of the
house. This does not mean that in the
new nursery the question of sanitation
is overlooked, only that parents have
come to realize that the aesthetic n
of the young child may be influenced
by its surroundings without in any
way lessening the hygienic quality OF
the rooms.
In the new nurseries the floors are
always made so that they can be easily
washed. Though hardwood floors are
considered durable as well as sanitary
and beautiful, many persons, parents,
educators and decorators. prefer nurs-
cry linoleuIa. which is said to be sani-
tary and easily kept free from dust
and which has the added advantage
of being made with figures of Mother
Goose and animals and birds scattered
over its surface.
When a hardwood floor is preferred
for a nursery rugs with all sorts OF
quaint and beautiful figures are to be
had. When the child first begins to
walk all rugs should be carefully held
in place by thumb tacks to prevent the
baby from Slipping on them.
When ~coloring the walls 1t Is well to
remember that a delicate shade of vel
low has a Frightening effect and Is not
Injurious to the child's eyes. Where
the room is bright and cheerful nat
urally a delicate shade of green Is the
color favored.
There are many charming designs In
wall paper made especially for nurse
ries. Among the all over patterns
shown by one firm which makes a
speciality of furnishing and decorating
nurseries there is one with scenes from
Mother Goose" In delicate shades
with touches of red on a pale buff
background. There is another with
Little Bo Peep and her lambkins on
a delicate shade of green. Then there
are others with fairies, with elves and
all manner of interesting make believe
people. One just suited for a boys
room has famingoes and other Won
derful birds in a tropical forest.
The point to remember about actual
furniture is simplicity and durability,
articles that can be easily scrubbed In
case of contagious. Put nothing in a
child's room that he cannot manage
and master-chairs scaled to his size
and shelves that he can reach-and al
low plenty of boxes and cubbyholes,
where his precious, fayorite junk a
be treasured and respected.