Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — Comfort in the Nursery. [ARTICLE]

Comfort in the Nursery.

A bamboo screen with silk curtains, or better still, those of some washable material, is a most useful adjunct, writes Elisabeth Robinson Scovil in a useful article on “Furnishing the Nursery” in the L.vdies’ Home Journal. It can be used to shield the crib from a draught, to screen a corner, or shut off the washstand when it is in use. If the nursery is far from the kitchen a small refrigerator will be found a great convenience. Tin ones can be purchased for about three dollars that answer the purpose admirably. There is room for the supply of milk for the day, beside the ice, and they are easily kept in perfect order. If the baby is fed on artificial food some means should be provided for heatiDg it; an alcohol lamp, a contrivance to fit on the gas burner, or a covered saucepan alone, if there is an open fire. No nursery should be without a thermometer, and when it varies much from 68 degrees the source of heat must be attended to. A clock is always interesting and amusing to children, and as they grow older is useful in teaching them to tell time. Besides a closet for the playthings that are owned and used in common, each child should have a receptacle | for its own peculiar treasures, which I it should be required to keep in order. The top of the chiffonier is a good lodging place for the fragile belongings whose destruction by Qbe heedless younger ones is always so heartbreaking to the careful owner. A low cupboard, divided into compartments, is the best if it can be had. A small bookcase must not be forgotten, with room for the toy books of the babies, as well as for the books of the other members of the nursery.

■ Mfl£.. ' *** Thurstan came to him with a deed on parehdjent sos the entire State of Maine. She wanted him to aecept it in trust for the people, and pay her an annuity in consideration thereof. Subsequently she made a similar application in reference to a like paper which proved her title in fee to the whole United States. In return she demanded an allowance of $300,000 per annum. Since March 4 last she has been seeking an interview with Mr. Cleveland. She owns all Europe now, and is anxious to hypothecate the property.