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The Boy's Bed Room

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
April
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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It isu't fair just because he is a boy, o put liim in the unfumished room, old, odd pieces of furniture. Xo, give he boy a pleasant room, and he will be much more content upon tlie farm, and we want to keep the boys upon the farm or future prosperity. Have the walls finished in a tinted calcimine. It is wonderful how fond )oys are of dainty colors. They are unlike their sisters, and say little about caring for such things, but the masculine mind is often more appreoiative of fastidiousness than the same average of feminine mind. Calcimine is cheap and dainty. Tack up pretty pictures and engravings in artistic designs, and arrange his photograplis so they will be deeorative. The floor need not be carpeted if this can not be afforded. Paint it and varnsh, and it will ahvays stay glossy. Then be generous with gay rugs, one in 'ront of the bed, and one in front of the jureau, and another beside the wnshstand. Xo matter how plain these articles are, if a few dainty articles are in thein they will be homelike. The main thing is to attract a boy to bis home by lioinpneps of the place. A box conch that lie can stretch out open without fea ring lie will muss the bed, w i tl !e us'eful. It can lie tunde witli a lid, and will hold ai] his traps. T'nen rini.-sh up lus room with a good solid table having a drawpr, at which he can write and keep accounts. He needs a shoe box and blacking outfit handy, and some hand-made shelves to hold books is another addition to tlie usefulness of the room. Keep a boys lamp clean and bright, so that he may do a little "figuring" before he goes to bed. Provide a solid, steady chair, and a big deep easy rocker and let him feel he can invite his boy friends any time to his room. Jlake him feel the room is his own. There is wonderful contentment in ownership.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier