The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-20
E Ci25ntz 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 glrlhOod in all its freshness and beauty. Unfortunately many girls believe that daintiuess costs money and pass it by on the plea of a small pocketbOok. Daintiness, as a matter of fact, can be achieved for a very small amount of money, provided one is willing to spend some time and not little thought on the decoration of one's bedroom.
 Pink and blue have been the colors long honored as the young girls, but 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 cublst and futurlst colorings and, with the aid of some of the new and artistic chintzes, may achieve 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 Q can of white paint and one of white enamel. Painting Is by no means easy work. but 1t Is work which many a girl has accomplished successfully at home. It will be necessary first to purchase can of paint remover so as to take of 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 1t is made.
 Now, if your bed Is a wooden one you can produce a very quaint effect bv pasting over the head and base boards chlntz In pretty design. This should be cut to it the boards exactly
 and edged with braid to match the chIntz, the whole being glued flat on to the head and base boards, or brass
 headed Jacks placed at one inch inter yals can be used to hold the chintz. Some girls have created a very pretty effect by cutting out flowers or birds from chlut2 aud pasting these designs at conventional intervals on the base and head boards.
 The dressing table can be made very | pretty by the aid of chiutz, and If you want a dressing table don't despair.
 lust make one. How" perhaps you
 ask. It Is really the easiest thing in
 the world. If there is q fair sized ta- l bIe somewhere in the house which is not used for any particular purpose claim it as your own and use this as the foundation for your dressing table. First 1t must be coated with white or cream paint or enamel. Then fit a coY- CT of the chintz over the top and sew q rufie of the same around this flat cover. The rullie should be only three or four inches long and should be quite full, so that 1t 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 it at any glaciers. This will be the most ex- pensiye item In the making of the dressing taDle-it will probably cost A or S5-but this money will be we'll ex- pended, for 1t saves the top of the ta- bIe and the chintz from dirt and wear. Now comes the question of the mir TOT over the table In the basement of any of the big department stores a cheap mirror can be purchased for S1.5O or S2. This will have a brown or imitation mahogany frame and will not be a thing of beauty. But the glass will be fairly good, and the frame can be covered. Remove the nails which hold the back of the glass and the front of 1t together, take off the frame and cover neatly with the Chintz, glulng 1t flat 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 rasten the back ! tO thp front with the nails which were