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kitchen chair, paint it jet black, and varnish; make a 

 cushion for the seat and a square zephyr-tidy for the back, 

 both of appropriate color, and a neat little sewing-chair 

 is the result. 



Trusting to the fates and girlish energy, for a table 

 with a shelf of books above it, and some pretty pictures 

 and a motto for the walls, we will leave this room, feeling 

 sure that even with these humble and inexpensive appli- 

 ances, there is the chance for peaceful and pleasant hours 

 within that are sometimes unknown in more magnificent 

 apartments. 



In homes where daughters have larger means to draw 

 from, of course there will be no need of the make-shifts 

 here mentioned. Delicately-toned paper can be chosen 

 lor the walls, pretty chintzes or cretonnes for the furni- 

 ture, and a neat, white matting or lovely ingrain for the 

 floor. But whatever the fittings of a girl's room may be, 

 it is the girl herself that gives it character. If she is re- 

 fined and orderly, and tasteful, her room will certainly be 

 an attractive little bower, whether she has five dollars or 

 fifty times five to devote to its adornment. 



Two elements should never be forgotten, books and 

 flowers ! They are the best and the sweetest companions. 



THE KITCHEN. 



One of the finest house-keepers in the United States 

 says: "If scrimping must be done, scrimp parlor and 

 sitting-room, but have the kitchen and bedrooms as com- 

 fortable as possible." Another writer observes: "The 

 kitchen is to the house what the stomach is to the body, 

 and should be the most spacious, best lighted, and best 

 ventilated apartment in the house." This remark, how- 

 ever, is aimed mainly at city homes, where the kitchen is 

 too often a mere little basement cellar, badly lighted and 

 illy supplied with pure air, from which it is no wonder 



