Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-26
Chain and tables.

The best chairs and coIches are those
which you like best, and which best
conform to the natural contour of the
human figure in repose. n couch
should allow of the feet being put up,
IL necessary, and should be of such a
shape that you can lie upon 1t, either
full length or half length, with perfect
comfort. To be really seryiceable it
should not be covered with pale blue
satin or maize-colvred taboret, but with
n good tapestry covering in a neutral
hue, say sage-greeu or dark, rusty red,
10 wear well. The tapestry should not
be too fine to lie down upon. or even
in the privacy of married life, to lay
ones feet upon. And the whole couch
should, If possible, turn toward the
fire, so that its occupant may have his
face toward the cheerful glow At the
same time, a little wickerwork table
black and gold if you will-may hold a
lamp for reading. AS TO chairs, cou-
pie of goUd, well stuffed easy chairs,
also covered in the same tapestry, and
arranged so as to look toward the fire,
ought to be sufficient for luxury, while
six or eight little ebonized and cane
bottomed gossip chairs are the simplest
and prettiest occasional furniture you
can have. The gossip chair has
curved back which exactly fits the nat
ural curve of the body, and the seat
slopes gently downward and backward,
so as TO give one of the best possible
support with the leass angularity or
awkwardness. With these pretty little
clean cane seats, a black wicker-work
chair, two easy chairs and couch, you
should have enough places for family
and guests in a quiet household. .
Tables are of very little real use in
drawing-room; still, we must have one
or two to give the whole furnished
look. A spare table near the bay WIN
dow will allow of jardIniere and a
fern or india-rubber plant TO stand in
the sun. You can have nothing better
than black and gold for this purpose.
Another, round of course, is needed for
afternoon tea. There must be some
places to lay books and other heavy
articles; and the table for this office
should be solid and should stand
against the wall. Nothing remains
brit the piano; and that must naturally
be placed where the exigencies OF space
demand. Few articles of furniture are
more difficult to manage than the coal
scuttle. 1t is always getting in every
body's way, and 1t can hardly be made
presentable. even by the utmost pains
OF the struggling decorative imagina-
ton. 1t is almost lamentable TO think
of all the useless efforts lavished by the
human intelligent upon abortive coal
scutles. Perhaps the best solution OF
the problem is that which combines
scuttle and what-not in OnS compre-
hensive whole, having box for coal
beneath, and one or two shelves for
knick-nacks above. This composite
piece of furniture may then stand
against the wall beside the chimney
piece, where it adds 10 the general
prettiness of the room, instead OF being
an unsightly incumbrance. Moreover
the weight of coal gives stability to tho
what-noT, and prevents it from having
that tOppledown air so common with
its kind. ANY such suggestion Of I'M
minent catastrophies should always be
avoided in a drawing room.