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Though Furniture Dealer: Have
Charming Outfit; for Homes
Which Lack This Essential.

By ALLENE LYLE

When the servant problem be
‘came What it is today. and when
women found so many interests be
aides mercly "keeping house." tho
tendency immediately drifted tn-
ward smaller homes so ihai a
woman could take care of her home
without becoming a drudio to it
and still leave limo. for her \‘lll'if‘tl
activities. Ilscloss rooms were
done away \\‘llil along \lllil useless
articles of furniture and efficiency
in running the home is now as
prevalent as in running business,
But the small home has all the con-
veniences of the larger and it doos

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not give the at'npcarunce of helm:
overcrowded and stuffy because
furniture is made which is suitable
to the lesser space that is provided
for it. The small living room tilted
up with ll largo overstuffed (lavenw
port and the accompanying «hail-s
_waa an incongrulty that not only
offended the aesthetic sense but
was an uncomfortable arrangement
at best.

A davenport that is roomy and
comfortable enough for any purpo=o
can be found that is made on
smaller and lighter lines and is in
keeping with the rest of the room.

This davenport
I may even be had in the riavcnpnrt~
“ bed variety. which. does away with
4 the guest room—-so often that mom
in the house Which is least used.
Still. who likes to feel that there
is not a place for the “friend or
relation" who is paying a \lsit or
happens in? This is a happy solu-
tion of the often dilli"tlii problem
Without marrln: the attractiveness
of the living room. and Without the
necessity 0f the extra bwll'oom.
Center Table Has Gone.

The large center male no longer
has the place of I-z'on .Itonco in the
livinL’ room. either. feeling its im-
portance as the axis orolmd which
the other pieces of furniture are
placed and uhlch must be avoided
in each person's transit across the
room. In its place is found the.
gateleg table or perhaps the long.
narrow davcnport table. now so.
popular. in speahln: of the table
in the living rootn. the Idea of
combining the lbin: and dining
room is lmmodianiv brought to!
mind. While this is not to be ad
vacated in general it is sometimes.
necessary and some very attractivei
and convenient arrangements may;
be made. The catch; tattle may"
always be used as a dining tnhiei
and a. few Windsor chairs. “’lllt‘hi
are the essence in comfort. uili notf
be amiss in a living room. Al’luthr'
idea that is perhaps more novel and ‘2
unique than this is a rlaxcnporti
table that opens in tlzt- CI'l‘llH‘.‘
making roOm for a loaf. and thus
converting it into a table to be used
for dining. With this. long narrow
benches may be used instead of the
.extra chairs in the living room. and
these may be placed at each side
of the fireplace when not in use.
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is easily converted into a dining
room at mealtimes. A console or
a small cabinet may always be the
unsuspected hiding place for tho

Real Dining Room Best.
However. a much happier and
convenient arrangement is
having the dining room as a room

It does not follow

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suite be of many pieces. but there
is a. certain enjoyment and sniisfun.
tlon from dining in a room designed
solely for that purpose with noth-
ing of the makeshift about it.
Architects realize this and are now
planning houses. even the smaller
ones. with dining rooms~some of
them scarcely larger than alcoves
which are yet distinctly dining
Tacoma. Moreover. real furniture is
lands that fits into these rooms.

gimme on the lines of articles for the.

flag the furniture usually made for

2‘ room but in the proportions

"ithe breakfast nook. which lends
.mnity and leisure to the mealtime
that it is impossible to get in the
livinpdinlng room combination.
The breakfast nook off the kitch-
' too, is a great help to the. busy
ife, where the noon meal
be served as well as
4 . ’ nut. and. with the small
“ted table with chairs to
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upward and bring the attention

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AVOID EXTREME PATTERNS
lN SELECTING WALL PAPER

 

Many Attractive Plain Papers Available With De-
' Iightful Texture Effects.

By ESTHER HUSE

Perhaps you don‘t‘ think that the
background of a room is very im-
portant. for the simple reason that
a good background does not in-
trude itself upon your attention.
But if you didn't consider the back-
ground of your rooms in an impor-
tant light. you would probably
either leave them in the white pina-
Ier which always creates a cold
startling contrast for the. furnish-

ings or you would carelessly select
for them most any sort of wall-
paper which. nine times out of ten.
would be the wrong thing. When
you can't redocorate your small
home every year or two it is better
to go slowly in choosing the new
wallpaper. even though it is so in-
expensive. keeping in mind how-
ever that. as you don't want to have
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to increasing the apparent size of
the room. Pictures with a rather
deep perspective give the eye a
feeling of looking “into" the scene.
down a corridor. into a valley.
along a river. or otherwise creating
a sense of distance. To do this re-
moves much of the cramping feel-
ing of the small room.

The color of pictures chosen for
small rooms is also a matter of in-
terest. Cool' colors. such as blue
and green. are preferable as they
are receding. and thus likewise
create a certain distance. This
does not mean that the pictures
may have no warm colors; but only
that it is preferable for the cool
colors to dominate.

The size of the pictures for the
small room should also be seriously
regarded. and the should be in
proper scale with t 9 other fa -
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occupy gives a top-heavy effect that
is unpleasant. While it is not
necessary to have only small pic-
tures. each picture should pleasing-
ly fit into the space allotted for
it, so that. regardless of subject. its
placing makes it seem logical.

The re reduction of a decorative
picture at cost: but a little does
as much for a room as though it
were an original of rare actual
value. Hundreds of admirable
color prints of world famous mas-
terpieces are in existence today. so
that we may have the satisfaction
of original: without the care and
responsibility that they involve.

There are also the small mirrors
that a used to on little vacant
spaces t at do not need anything so
serious or important as a picture.
but that one likes in order to ive

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(Any reader Interested In thIa
plan can obtain an exact estimate
of in cost at the preaent time
from any responsible architect.
contractor .or lumbar dealer. who
can obtain specifications at I rea-
sonable cost by communicating
with this paper.)

Prospective home builders may
secure an up-to-datc book or home.
building deiigns. containing 160
poo/l perspectirc views and blue-
printcd floor piano for only 81 by
addn‘vaing the home-building cat.
for of this paper.

 

those in the homes of your friends.
you must to II certain extent assert
your own independence.

What to avoid seems to me to be
pretty good advice at the start. So
here let me stress that the bizarre.
weird. splashy designs which are
out in such numbers now to tempt
the inexperienced eye that is seek-
” something different. are the

ad to pass over completely un-
less by some chance you are fur-
nishing a place where bizarre and

.funcnnventionni effects are wanted.
‘ Many kinds of decorated wallpaper

are extremely beautiful and are
perfectly appropriate to use in
some rooms. But if you have a
great deal of color and design in
your furniture. rugs. and draperies.
and have some genuinely beautiful
paintings which you must always
use. you should choose a paper with
no design at all other than a cloth
or mottled effect. or one with a
very subdued and small conven-

tional design. And its color should'

be either a neutral or nearly neu-
tral shade. or a soft tone blending
in with everything'elsc in the room.

Attractive Plain Papers.
One of the most attractive plain

. papers that have come out recently

is one which is printed to give the
effect of linen cloth. Other papers
are "creped" and “embossed" so
that their surfaces are rough. thus
allowing the light to reflect upon
them unevenly. which gives them
more depth and therefore more in-
terest. The two-tone. papers though
are still more charming for some
rooms where a subdued design on
the walls is. all right These have
a ground of delicate shade. per-
haps n beige. and their design is
very conventional and of a shade
deeper. You really have to see
these papers to appreciate them. for
there is nothing about their two-
toned designs which stared you out
of countenance as you enter a room.
or which makes you want to count
the roses. or follow a curling. twist-
ing bold line. with your eye as you
lie in bed or sit dreamily in the
big chair.

You can become a little more am-
bitious and during in your dining
room. if you like. because the fur-
niture of that room must be in an
orderly. more or less formal ar-
rangement. and is of such plain
aspect. So you have a wonderful
opportunity to select papers of vari-
colored hue which are now made
in such an enormous range of pat-
terns that I couldn’t begin to de-
scribe them to you. But don't try
to cover the walls of your dining
room with one 'of these brighter
papers in an effort to produce a riot
of color. The inexperienced home
decorator had beat confine the pan-
els to a plain paper exactly
blending with an unobtrusive shade
in the design-

N0 BEAUTY III nouovour,
ESPECIALLY wmi coma

Through Texture a Depressing Ef-
fect May Be Rel eyed.

A monotonous convex-nationalist
is tiresome to the ear,-a repaat that
is the same day after day in tire
some to the taste. and a color that
is flat and unbroken la wearisome
to the eye. There is never beauty
in monotony—particularly in a mo-
notony of shade. .Ruakin once re-
marked that no matter how small
a touch of color may be. if some
one part of the- color was not
darker than another it was a bad
touch. If this variety was at-
tempted by distributing the essence
of color itself. the result would be
a blotchy surface which as a gen-
eral rule. is u unattractive as the
plain. It in in relieving this mo-
notony that texture comes into im-
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sets. in polychrome effects and in
crystal. and by the magic that we
find minimal-t. a sense of mater
space also coated.

 

 

CAN YOUR DAUGHTER INVITE

HER FRIENDS

TO YOUR HOME

 

Or Is She Ashamed to Let Them See How It I:
Furnished. ‘

 

By H. G. BULLOCK

A young girl mat on the porch

of her home debating the question test

whether or not one “should ask
him in." but the standpoint that
caused her to hesitate was not the
widely advertised problem of eti-
quette but rather the thought of the
threadbare carpet. the golden oak
furniture with its slick leather up-
holstery in the ao-called living room
that held her back. Yet her family
were not poor. They spent their
money on other things than their
home. with the consequence that
their daughter did not feel like in-
vltlng her friends ln—ahe w in
that deplorable condition-ashamed
of her home.

"You never really know a person
until you see her in her own
home" is a saying that is as true as
any generalization can be. It is
true concerning the person's dispo-
sition. her charm. her attitude tr.»
ward her family. and it is true con-
cerning her characteristics. her
tastes and her whole attitude to
ward life. This applies to a man as
well as a woman. at I use the fem-

inine pronoun because the making -

and furnishing of a home Is nine
tenths of a woman‘s problem. and
while a well-furnished home is as
much of interest and importance to
the man. he is impressed. or de-
pressed. by the “hole and is not as
likely to be aware of the. details.
There are too many families who
live up to every cent of their in-
comes and have nothing of value to
show for their money. .

Home Index to Character.

How often does one hour it‘ said.
“She spends everything she has
upon her back." or "Yes. they drive
a good car. but. my dear. have you
ever seen their house? It is u
fright." And remarks like these
are never made with anything but
a critical attitude. They show
where “the home” stands in the
minds of the majority of' people.
But it is not alone what people say
about the person who neglects her
home and thinks other things of
greater importance or merit. The
greatest effort of a well-appointed
home is upon the people living in
the home themselves. although the
base of being ashamed of one'a
ome. or hesitating to bring stran-
gers into the home for fear of the
impression it might create. is one
that should not be overlooked. A
person living in pleasant. comfort
able surroundings will naturally
live a happier. more contented life
than one whose eyes are met con-

 

tinually by bomelineu and bad
9.

Certainly I do not mean that a
house must be furnished in a costly.
luxurious manner to be in the best
of taste. but rather that it is a mat-
ter of thought and consideration.
and that the. home should not
be neglected for “fair weather
friends." an automobile. a member-
ship in a new golf club. or a coveted
fur coat. There is nothing that is
more indicative of inherent refine-

NOVIL KITCHEN DRAPE8

Gully Colored Olicioth In Solid
Linn or Two-Tone.

New and interesting are kitchen
curtains of ollcloth in solid colors
in blue. scarlet, orange. lemon and
gray. The curtains are the length
of the window and hang flat and
even against side of sash; they
vary in width according to pro;-
erence. at bottom a hem is turned
and weights inserted. The cur-
tains. painted in bright barmonlk
lug colors or decorated by stencil-
lng. are finished with a valance of
shelf oilcloth. scalloped. pointed or
plaited. Still another effect is se-
cured if the colored olicioth is
given a two-tone effect. by apply-
ing paint of a lighter tint or dark
er shade of the color of the mate-
rial. to the surface with a sponge."i

 

 

 

 

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meat and good taste than a well-
appolnted home. no matter how
small or unpretentious it may be.
Money spent upon making the home
a more pleasant place in which to
live is money upon which one gets
a return every day in the year and
every hour in the day that is spent
there. It is an investment yielding
pleasure. satisfaction. confidence
and comfort-and with what else
can one obtain that? “A man's
house is his castle." impervious to
the rights of all others. and it is
his pride. in. and his love for his
home that keeps the American na-
tion what it is. A child sur
rounded by the love of the home. by
furnishings that are‘wortb while
and in good taste. acquires. at an

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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early age. this pride that will in
turn develop him into a better citi-
zen and home maker.

 

 

Inexpensive Colonial Cottage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Any reader Intended In thla
plan can obtain an exact estimate
of it: cost at the present time
from any responsible architect,
contractor or lumber dealer, who
can obtain specifications at a rea-
sonable cost by communicating
with thla paper.)

Prospective. home builders may
secure an undo-date bnok of home.
building design. containing 160
good perspective views and blue-
prinfed fimr plans for only 81 by
addressing the hone-building edi.
for of this paper.

 

 

velvet so much more lovely than a
piece of gingham of the same
shade? It is the texture—the silky
sheen and the capacity of the vei-
vet to throw shadows on some
parts of the surface and light on
others. While a color in itself may
not be beautiful. when the texture
of the material in which it is found
is interesting and varied. charm
seems to have been added to the
color. The weave and sheen of the
fabric. the grain and finish of the
wood. endow even the plaineat
color with beauty; while the same-
ness of the deader colors. as black
and white. is relieved and the viv-
idnesa of a red. blue or yellow is
tempered by texture.

Flat: paint or caicimlne should
never be used for the background
of a room unless the walls and
ceilings are rough. to that the plain
surface will be broken. This rough
surface may be obtained by first
covering the walls with 'can-
you or muslin and then. atippllng
them, which gives a mottled effect
that is never tiring to the eyes and
has always variety. Bough wall-
papers. grass cloths. jaspea and
flocks. are excellent. while rough;
near my be suggested upon a
smoother paper by the use of dots
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materiala with certain woods in not
a matter of placing the costly with
the costly but rather the combin-
ing of similar textures. As a gen
eral rule, glossy surfaces are placed
with glossy and dull ones with dull.
but there are other things to be
considered. Textures are grouped
accor g to their physical char-
acteris cc and their mental signifi-
cance. For instance. oak seems to
be associated wi strength and
dependabili ; wi this a heavy.
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be used. Satlnwood. on the other
hand. seems to call for graceful
light shapes and would prove the
compliment of dainty damaeks and
colorful brocadea rather than tapes-
try or velour. The association of
like textures seems such an ob-
vious thing that it may seem to lack
importance but this is not so.
When the fitness of some things to
other: is so clear. the unfitneac of
those which do not seem in accord

is doubly obvious.

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SUITED TO OUR CLIMATE

Will Withstand Extremal of To!»
paraturo and the Hard Test
of Steam Heat.

By ELBIE WEST

Every woman knows the lure in
being able to obtain something—I
hat, a gown. or maybe a purse.—
with the little tag sewed in it.
"Made in Paris." If her friend!
aren‘t apt to see that little tag. they
are more apt to say “Where did you
get that darling bat?" And aha
with that little careless note of in-
difference iu her voice answers
"Oh. this is one I picked up in
Paris when I was across." 0r per-
haps it is this. “Isn't it smart? I
found it at my milliner‘s Just yea-
terday. She received it from Paris
the day before.“ And the men—
tlIey don't seem to be averse to
owning hats and ties brought over
from London where the best
dressed men in the world reside.
including the. one whose clothes are
copied everywhere. the Prince of
Wales. You can't get around the
fact that there's a glamour of en-
chantmcnt around a foreign-made
article. even though its quality may
be questionable and its use with
other things may imply poor taste.

If you can afford these charming
Paris hats and handbags. these
English hats and ties, all well and
good. because you don't want them
nor expect them to last you for a
generation. But right here 1!
where you want to watch out.
that you are not hypnotized by the
allurement of foreign-made furni-
ture. Using the vernacular. that is
when you are most apt to “get
stung." And when buying furni-
ture nobody wants to be “stung."
The small furniture shops that
carry foreign-made furniture surely
do have captivating window dis-
plays and it's wonderful to picture
one of their Louis XV cabinets and
a Frenchy-looking table in your
Own living room. so that when your
friends drop in someone would be
sure to say “How charming!
Where did you ever find those?“
Only- to receive the answer. “Down
in that new shop on the avenue
where they sell French furniture."
It’s always that same pride. you
see, in owning things imported. '

The Glamour Fades.

It seems to be a common falling
of us poor mortals. however. that
we are not able to see into the fu-
ture; the things that we plan now.
are always certain to work out (11!-
ferently in only a short space of
time. Applying this aboriginal
idea to these foreign furnishings
you would naturally believe them
to be fully as attractive two and
even five years from now as they.
are while still in the shop window.‘
But you would be doomed to disap-
pointment because they are not
made to stand up under the appren-
imately nine months of artificial
heat that a house in America
yearly receives. They dry out and
their joints separate. as it were.
and eventually the charming Louis
XV cabinet actually falls apart. or
so far apart that its shrunken
members can never be fitted to-
gether again. resulting in a shabby
wobbly cabinet that has gone to its
glory at a tender age. All the less
would you care to have a beautiful
living room chair suddenly give
away from beneath the guest of
honor as he is discoursing on his
trip through the wonders of Eu-
rope. For everybody is running
over to Europe nowadays. and lia-
tenlng to tales of foreign travel oc-
curs quite often in most any
household. Aside from the embar-
rassment to all parties concerned.
think of the expense incurred upon
poor old Dad.

So in buying furniture it is no
use to try to be exclusive to the ex-
tent of owning foreign pieces. Far
better to patronize the town's best
dealers. the ones whom you have
known for years and who carry
only lines made by American man-
ufacturers. for they are the men
who build furniture for steam-
heated homes whose rooms may be
eighty degrees warm during the
day and forty during the night and
whose humidity varies at an aston-
ishing rate. although you may not
be aware of the sudden variations.
This is the sort of furniture that
gives lasting satisfaction and in
which you can take pride years
hence.

 

Chine-e Ingenuity.

The Chinese have a clever way
of repairing cracked mirrors and so
preserving their usefulness Over
the crack they paint the stem of a
flower (if the crack runs upward)
or a vine (if it runs horizontally).
finishing with a bloom in natural
color and conventionalized form or
a few leaves. Before applying the
paint the glass is wiped with alco-
hol. Mirrors are very decently-m:
but a cracked mirror is a blemish. '
Do not discard a mirror until thili
idea has been tested.

 

Paint Huang Ptm‘

Now that the beatinglpluii ll
about to go on vacation. l gin“.
doors and other portions wblc are
liable to rust should be protected
with a paint coating. Such sedan
may forestall inconvenience and I
repair bill next fall. Tilers If.
spacial paint not: “and. for
on surfaces: can prop:
mtarhll m and. ‘

 

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