The broad ax., 1915-10-23
81 Cbintz
Room FOR
Daughter

In the average home the only room
which the daughter OF the house can
claim as her own Is her bedroom
This should be as dainty as possible,
signifying girlhood in all its freshness
and beauty. Unfortunately many girls
believe that daintiness costs money
and pass it by on the plea OF a small
pocketbook. Daintiness, as a matter
of fact, can be achieved for very
small amount Of money, provided one
Is willing to spend some time and not
a little thought on the decoration or
ones bedroom.
Pink and blue have been the colors
long honored as the young girls, put
the young person Of decided character
who feels that these pale tints do not
reflect her vivid personality may choose
In these very modern times cubist and
futurist colorings and, with the aid OF
some of the new and artistic chintzes,
may achieve a very stunning effect
The furniture par excellence for the
girls room is finished in white enamel,
and If you are not fortunate enough
to possess this sort you can easily
change what you have at hand by
can Of white paint and one Of white
enamel. Painting is by no means easy
work, but it is work which many a girl
has accomplished successfully at home.
1t will be necessary first to purchase
a can of paint remover so as to take
Off as much as possible of the original
stain. Then give the pieces Of fur
niture two or even three coats OF
white or cream paint and finally one Of
white or cream enamel. This should
be allowed to dry thoroughly before an
attempt to use it Is made.
Now, If your bed is a wooden one
you can produce a very quaint effect
by pasting over the head and base
boards chintz in a pretty design. This
should be cut to fit the boards exactly
and edged with braid to match the
chintz, the whole being glued fat on
to the head and base boards, or brass
headed tacks placed at one inch inter
walls can be used to hold the chintz-
Some girls have created a very pretty
effect by cutting out flowers or birds
from chintz and pasting these designs
at conventional intervals on the base
and head boards.
The dressing table can be made very
pretty by the aid Of chintz, and If you
want a dressing table don't despair.
Just make one. "How?" perhaps you
ask. 1t Is really the easiest thing in
the world If there Is a fair sized ia
BILE somewhere In the house which Is
not used for any particular purpose
claim 1t as your own and use this as
the foundation for your dressing table.
First it must be coated with white or
cream paint or enamel Then fit a COW
er Of the chintz over the top and sew
a ruff1e of the same around this fiat
cover. The ruffle should be only three
or four inches long and should be quite
full, so that it will frill prettily. Over
the top Of the table should be placed
a thick piece of glass, which you can
purchase and have cut to fit at any
GLACIERS. This will be the most ex-
pensive item in the making of the
dressing tablet will probably cost 81
or S5-but this money will be well ex-
pended, for it saves the top of the Ia
BILE and the chintz from dirt and wear. |
Now comes the question Of the mir |
TOR over the table. In the basement |
Of any Of the big department stores a |
cheap mirror can be purchased for |
$1.50 or 81. This will have q brown |
or imitation mahogany frame and will |
not be thing of beauty. But the glass
will be fairly good. aud the frame can
be covered. Remove the nails which |
hold the back of the glass and the front /
OF it together, take off the frame and |
cover neatly with the chintz, gluing |
1t fat to the surface and allowing an |
inch or two to overlap to the back on
either side. When this is quite dry put
back on the glass and fasten the back
to the front with the nails which were
removed previously. Hang over the
mirror and complete the charming ef-
feet by purchasing two white enamel
candlesticks which should be topped by
dainty shades made from the chintz.
To carry out the color scheme drape
the windows with thin silk null In a /
white or cream shade, at % cents a
yard, and sew band Of chintz to the
edge or the curtains, or use the null
curtains plain, edging with q bft of
lace, and introduce the chintz effect in
a short valance at the top of the win
dow. Do not, however, leave over cur
tafns of the chintz. They shut out too
much light and air, and a bedroom
needs as much of these as possible.