Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1918 — Attic Is Made to Order as a Playroom for the Kiddies. [ARTICLE]

Attic Is Made to Order as a Playroom for the Kiddies.

The attic now provides the home with the most delightful; of playrooms, that show in every detail a thorough understanding of what children love, says an exchange. It is a retreat that is their very own, just as they would have dreamed it. If you told them that the alcoves were formed by chance in the plan of the big house, they would smile incredulously. There is an alcove for each child, where each has her own individual set of furniture, decorated with her own storybook pictures. Deep shelves furnish eages in which the wild animals sleep at night; and the tired hobbyhorse finds a stable and rest Baby has a playground all her own, out of danger from prancing steed and raging elephant There is a quiet corner for nurse, too. • What wonderful things are to be seen from the high-up windows, where the sunbeams peep in to wake up the toys! Perhaps the view may show ships far out on the river or bay, or miles and miles of treetops tossed in the wind, and soft whlte CIOUdS. \