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Title: American cookery
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Publisher: New York (etc.) : Whitney Publications (etc.)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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e of sickness. A tiny bureau, or chiffonnier, for thebabys clothes, is an important adjunctto the nurserys furnishings. As thechild grows older, he can be taught toput his clothes away himself, in their proper places, and the arranging of themin the chiffonnier will be a constantdelight. If possible, have a window seat,cushioned in some soft, dainty fabrics,where the youngster may sit and watchthe goings on in the busy world out-side, when his playthings lose theirattractiveness. The windows should be shaded withsimple muslin curtains, tied back withribbons. These curtains are very easilykept fresh, and no amount of launderingwill make them look shabby, until theyare entirely worn out. The floor should never be carpeted.Let it be of soft wood, painted, or ofhard wood, stained, oiled or varnished.The fewer rugs you have, the better, asthey are a perfect storehouse for dirt,and require disinfecting at least once aweek. If a rug is desired, however, Ishould recommend one made of flannel,
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CHILDS PLAYROOM IN THE ATTIC MAKE THE NURSERY CHEERFUL 573 which can be easily washed. One andone-half yards of eiderdown flannel, willmake a rug sufficiently large. Line itwith burlap, and be sure it is weigheddown at each corner with a piece of lead,else baby rolling and kicking around, willsoon turn up the corners. Before liningit, the ornamentation must be put on.A cat, cut out of gray canton flannel,running after a white bulldog, is sure toplease babys fancy, as is a horse, donkey,or cow. The animals may be sewed tothe rug with a button-hole stitch, andthe eyes and mouth worked in with afew deft stitches. The rug completedmay not be highly artistic, but restassured it will give baby much pleasure.The treatment of the walls of thenursery is important. Tinted some deli-cate shade, with a few interesting pictureshung upon them, the effect is mostpleasing. Let your choice of the picturesbe trulv artistic, as babvs taste fromearliest infancy should be cultivatedalong correct lines. If

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