size of the main building, sixty by two
hundred feet, is unobstructed by a partition. That portion devoted to
the nursery, is only separated from the kindergarten by a low
balustrade. A large skylight, in the central roof, floods this
extraordinary room with an abundance of light. Screens of thin, white,
silky cloth are so arranged, that this light may be regulated and
softened to any desired extent. The lofty ceiling is arched, groined and
decorated, very like a cathedral. The high walls are modestly tinted a
pale green. A broad, beautifully designed, exquisitely colored border,
in perfect harmony with the splendor of the ceiling, runs uniformly
around the upper walls of this delightful room, adding immensely to the
general artistic effect.

One peculiarity in connection with the floor, marks a wide departure
from the ordinary arrangements of a nursery or kindergarten school. Six
feet distant from the washboard, a depressed railway track, equipped
with long platform cars, ten feet in width, having their surfaces just
level with the main floor, describes a circuit of the room. Except at
the places of entrance or exit, this circular train or section of floor
on wheels, is guarded on either side by a low railing. These railings
also extend across the cars, far enough from the ends to allow a four
foot passage between each one. In material and finish, the floor of the
train is uniform with that of the room. The railings are all of polished
oak. Two cute little gates on each car open to the passage way at the
ends.

The machinery which propels this exaggerated perambulator, is run by
electric power. It is so adjusted, as to be perfectly under the control
of the nurses and teachers in charge of the room. The iron frames from
which fifty swinging cribs are hung, occupy considerable space on
several cars. These cribs are for the exclusive use of infants, too
young or too weak to sit up. The remaining space on the cars of this
infantile merry-go-round, which the mothers' club members have named the
Cargosita, is furnished with a remarkable variety of single and double
seats, made low enough to be comfortable for children from eight to
thirty months old. These seats are as artistic as they are unique! They
represent on a small scale, ostriches, swans, geese, dogs, goats,
horses, mules, zebras, camels, elephants, tigers, and lions; wagons,
phaetons, cycles, cars and a great variety of pleasure boats. The
seating capacity of th