pretensions to anything else, for it has the best of springs and the
most comfortable of mattresses, and a dozen soft pillows. The bed is of
wood and is painted a soft green, with a dark-green line running all
around, and little painted festoons of flowers in decoration. The
mattress and springs are covered with a most delightful mauve chintz, on
which birds and flowers are patterned. There are several easy chairs
cushioned with this chintz, and the window hangings are also of it. The
chest of drawers is painted in the same manner. There are glass knobs on
the drawers, and a sheet of plate glass covers the top of it. An old
painting hangs above it.

The open bookshelves are perfectly plain in construction. They are
painted the same bluish-green, and the only decoration is the line of
dark green about half an inch from the edge. Any woman who is skilful
with her brush could decorate furniture of this kind, and I daresay many
women could build it.

There is another bedroom in this house, a room in red and blue. "Red and
blue"--you shudder. I know it! But _such_ red and _such_ blue!

Will you believe me when I assure you that this room is called cool and
restful-looking by everyone who sees it? The walls are painted plain
cream. The woodwork is white. The perfectly plain carpet rug is of a
dull red that is the color of an old-fashioned rose--you know the roses
that become lavender when they fade? The mantel is of Siena marble, and
over it there is an old mirror with an upper panel painted in colors
after the manner of some of those delightful old rooms found in France
about the time of Louis XVI. If you have one very good picture and will
use it in this way, inset over the mantel with a mirror below it, you
will need no other pictures in your room.