48 FARM HOMES, INXDOORS AND OUT-DOORS. 



"Happy Dreams and a Glad To-morrow" something 

 calming and hopeful. 



Blue, sea-green, and lilac, combined with white or 

 gray, are all beautiful colors for bedrooms, and with 

 taste and ingenuity an inviting apartment can be made 

 out of inexpensive materials. 



The Boys' Eoom is often much neglected in the way 

 of a little painstaking adornment, particularly in coun- 

 try homes. I could never see clearly why all the pretty 

 things should gravitate to the rooms occupied by the 

 girls, while the boys' room goes almost as bare as the an- 

 cient cupboard of Mother Hubbard. 



If the girls are to have a blue room, or a lilac room, let 

 the boys also have a room distinguished by color. A 

 housewife, without great outlay, can "individualize" all 

 bedrooms in this way. If everything cannot be done at 

 once, what is done can be in accordance with a special 

 design. 



Let the boys have a room where the sunlight comes in, 

 and let the walls be attractively tinted, and the floor 

 nicely painted, with large, comfortable rugs before beds, 

 toilet-stands, and bureaus ; and, out of regard for the 

 masculine mind's hatred of things that need constant re- 

 placing, have these rugs securely tacked down ! 



Then there should be a good bed or beds, if there are 

 more than two boys with plump pillows and counter- 

 panes to match the color of the room. Common glazed 

 cambric, thinly wadded and neatly quilted, looks very 

 nicely, and if properly cared for will remain bright and 

 unsoiled for years. 



A model house-keeper of my acquaintance has a large, 

 airy room for her three boys which is very pleasant to 

 look upon, and yet its appointments cost very little. 

 The walls are covered with a bluish-gray paper, with a 



