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BILLIE'S ROOM EDITORIALS
B Y MARGUERITE PILSDURV SCHOPPE, T, ' 0 8 T H E HOME NUMBER
I t is a small room, to grown-up eyes, at least, but to Billie, aged I T IS with a deep sense of gratitude that we send this big pile of
five and a half, and but lately advanced from a crib beside "mother's manuscript, now so importantly reposing on the Editor's couch, to
bed," it represents the place of dreams! At any rate, it is quite big the publisher. Gratitude for many pleasant hours engaged in revis-
enough for the small boy and his modest array of possessions. The ing and compiling, for the assurances of interest from so many sub-
ceiling and drop border are done in rather a deep cream tint, to the scribers, and for the help and willing cooperation of our chapters and
moulding, and below that the walls are tinted pink—personally of our alumn;e contributors. I f the reading of the Home Number
selected from the painter's color-card by the small owner. Around will only give to you half the pride and pleasure it has given the
the border, above the moulding is the room's chief glory—a "p'rade" Editor, she will be glad and grateful, indeed, for the suggestion which
of animal cut-outs. gave birth to this—the Home Number of To DRAGMA.
A child's room with similar decoration was illustrated not long ago A CONVENTION SPECIAL!
in one of the leading woman's magazines, and from their interior
decorator we secured the address of the New York house handling the A NY addition to the splendid articles on the coming C O N V E N -
cut-outs, which are in poster colors that harmonize with any color T I O N which appear in this number would be superfluous, were
scheme. I would be only too glad to pass the address on to any it not that this especial addition has to do with the subject of a
interested mother, sister, or aunt. The cut-outs come in sheets at SPECIAL T R A I N . To talk about a S P E C I A L in February brings
fifty cents each, postpaid, and two sheets are ample to border a small nearer the realization of a dream. That is why the Editor has been
room. The cutting out and arranging was "mother and daddy's" part harassing railroad men all over the country.
of the fun, and though the results might not suit a naturalist—the
flamingo and the polar bear, the camel and the pelican being in close The result of her, in this case, excusable annoyances is as follows:
proximity for instance,—the results seem to satisfy the little lad The Pennsylvania Lines, Chicago to Lynchburg, via Cincinnati,
whose present ambition is to be a "college football man an' then a will be very glad to give us a Special Train, providing we have one
circ us man." hundred persons going from Chicago to Lynchburg. This train
would leave Chicago at any time desired, giving a fast run and pro-
For a spread for the three-quarters bed I got the heaviest and best viding Pullman equipment of the finest type available. This is our
quality of unbleached sheeting in three-quarters width, and made a Anniversary Convention. Certainly from the states west of the
two-inch hem all around. Then, using some of the paper animals as Mississippi, together with the delegations from Illinois and Indiana,
a pattern, I cut others from pink Devonshire cloth (which will stand we shall number one hundred. I f not, the same lines will give us
indefinite tubbings without fading) and stitched them around the special Pullmans on the regular train i f we have a minimum of
border above the hem, and outlined them with black. The elephant twenty-five for each car.
was chosen to reign in solitary state in the middle of the spread.
Now listen to the fares, and you will decide on the spot to go!
A dressing table constructed by "daddy" from a box, is covered The round-trip fare, Chicago to Norfolk (of course you do not
with unbleached muslin, and the little runner has a narrow stitched- have to go to Norfolk unless you wish) is $33.00. This is a six
on hem of the same pink Devonshire cloth, and a pink squirrel is months' ticket, and is salable the year round. For a very little more
appliqued to the pin cushion. Cream scrim curtains, his own a round trip ticket, Chicago to Lynchburg, return via Washington
cherished pictures hung from the moulding, his toy chest and set of may be bought. To give an idea of the length of the trip, it may be
shelves stained to match the woodwork, and a coyote skin rug beside well to state that the best train leaves the Union Station at 9 :30 A. M.,
the bed (to be supplemented later by some pink and cream woven arriving at Lynchburg the next day without change at 1 :45 P. M . A
rag rugs) complete the furnishings of "Billie's Room." He really double lower berth is $4.75 ; upper $3.80.
enjoys keeping it in order almost as much as displaying it to visitors
when opportunity offers, and his pride and delight in "my own little The agent says that there will doubtless be even lower rates in
room" have more than repaid us for the slight effort and expense. June, but even these, you see, are not high. Read the Convention
Try it and see, mother! Bulletin for the approximate cost of a week at Lynchburg, and decide
