Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — Artistic Environment. [ARTICLE]

Artistic Environment.

To prepare a child to discriminate between beauty and ugliness the parents must begin in babyhood to surround him only with harmonious and carefully chosen belongings. Simplicity is not expensive. It costs just as little to decorate a room with a pretty paper as a pretentious and ugly one. A pale pink or simple white room Is very cheerfuL There should be no hangings and tablecloths in ft that cannot be kept freshly washed and ironed. No formal curtains should have a place in a bedroom, but soft casement cloth or bright chintz ones may appear. To leave the Window bare, with the cheerful flowers on their sills and plenty of space for light and air, is an excellent plan.' Flowers may always have a place where children are, but care- must be exercised that strongly-scented blossoms are avoided, and they must be kept fresh.