1938-08-26 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 26, 1938.

A House Full Of Girls

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By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN

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"As far 33 I'm concerned,” writes the mother of four young lady' daughters, "it's the season for stumbling over golf bags and ten- nis rackets. Anyway that's what summer means at dur flat. That and a front verandah that's mono- polized by the town blades. But don't really mind, even though I make a few remarks from time to time."

A DORMITORY IDEA

wide shorror and stool for each

along one wall with.

separate

girl. This could have white gingham skirt

green and

Paint

the chiffoniere in soft green-this monotone colour effect will keep the room from looking too crowded.. Add a note of contrast in the chairs which could be painted yellow. Re- peat this note in window curtains of a sheer yellow material. Use green rag scatter rugs here.

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For the studio, by all means get

the studio couch, preferably one that opens out double. Have the walls painted dead white and have red organdy curtains at the win- dows, red dotted swiss. The

studio

ch

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cover might be made

of Scotch plaid gingham in red, white and blue, and

d the cushions of the chairs could match. These This is a season for stumbling rattan chairs you could paint blue over golf baga and tennis rackets. if you like. Paint the odd tables blue and get a red pottery tea set. then use green and white checked The book shelves you could paint "What I'd like your help on is the gingham spreads. For their dress-white with red inside the shelves. question of the girls' rooms. Being table why not fix it up like the tween the four of them they have kind they have in the chorus girls' two bedrooms, and they think they'd dressing room back-stage—a long have!). like to make one into a dormitory for all of them, then have a studio- sitting room of their own in the other. How does the idea strike you?

It might work out all right, and it would give Daddy and me a chance at our own living room. The question is, how would you arrange, the girls' rooms, and could we arrange for their studio?"

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"We have springs and mattresses from four single beds that 'could be used in their dormitory and they want to buy a studio couch for their sitting room so they'll have a place for guests. We can that but otherwise we can't afford new furniture. We have some old chiffoniers that will have to-do-in their dormitory and chairs that can be painted. They'll need some kind of dressing tables too, I sup- pose. For their studio, we have a desk, some old rattan arm chairs that need new seat cushions, odd tables that we could paint, and good sized bookcase. I can let them have one room size rug in plain blue. We can paint the walls of the studio but the dormitory which is a soft green will have to stay as it is for the time being. The rooms do not adjoin. What would you do about curtains, spreads and so on? I hardly have an idea in my head."

THE ANSWER

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We think you have a lot of ideas there! Why not get the carpenter to build double-deck frames for the springs and mattresses. If you build them, paint them the green as the walls and woodwork,

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