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January 9, 1899
The Jersey City News
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
What is this article about?
Article excerpt from January Ladies' Home Journal by Mrs. John B. Sims advising on creating a personal, stable sleeping room for farm boys to foster orderliness and family pride, illustrated by a described boy's room with heirlooms evoking duty.
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"Be sure to allow the big boy of the family to say just how he wants his room," writes Mrs. John B. Sims in an article on "The Sleeping Room on the Farm," in the January "Ladies' Home Journal."
"Do not make the mistake of putting the boy off with just any old thing; many a boy's life has been made miserable by a constant migration from one sleeping place to another, winding up with a bed on the floor just to make room for some more important member of the household. Give him a room of his own, and do not ask him to leave it. The furniture in one boy's room whom I know is old oak; the old-fashioned lounge is covered with figured cretonne in brown and gold; the big easy-chair matches it. The windows have draped curtains of Japanese art cloth in dull red and gold; even the floor-covering corresponds. One may be sure that this boy has bonnie brown hair and eyes, with cheeks like the sunny side of a fall peach. That he is orderly we can tell from the arrangement of his collars and neckties in the top drawer of his dresser; that he loves pictures, from the small reproductions of the good ones which adorn the walls. His grandfather's sword, and his great-grandfather's picture, taken with the drum which beat time for marching feet in 1812, serve as constant reminders to him of his duty to his home and country, and unconsciously he tries to live up to his heroes."
"Do not make the mistake of putting the boy off with just any old thing; many a boy's life has been made miserable by a constant migration from one sleeping place to another, winding up with a bed on the floor just to make room for some more important member of the household. Give him a room of his own, and do not ask him to leave it. The furniture in one boy's room whom I know is old oak; the old-fashioned lounge is covered with figured cretonne in brown and gold; the big easy-chair matches it. The windows have draped curtains of Japanese art cloth in dull red and gold; even the floor-covering corresponds. One may be sure that this boy has bonnie brown hair and eyes, with cheeks like the sunny side of a fall peach. That he is orderly we can tell from the arrangement of his collars and neckties in the top drawer of his dresser; that he loves pictures, from the small reproductions of the good ones which adorn the walls. His grandfather's sword, and his great-grandfather's picture, taken with the drum which beat time for marching feet in 1812, serve as constant reminders to him of his duty to his home and country, and unconsciously he tries to live up to his heroes."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Family
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Boy Room Design
Farm Sleeping Room
Domestic Advice
Family Heirlooms
Child Orderly Habits
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. John B. Sims
The Boy
Where did it happen?
The Sleeping Room On The Farm
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. John B. Sims
The Boy
Location
The Sleeping Room On The Farm
Story Details
Mrs. John B. Sims advises giving boys their own stable room to avoid misery from constant relocation. Describes a boy's orderly room with old oak furniture, cretonne-covered lounge, Japanese art cloth curtains, and family heirlooms like grandfather's sword and great-grandfather's picture from 1812, inspiring duty to home and country.