Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14

The best chairs and couches are those
which you like best, and which best con-
form to the natural contour of the human
figure in repose. A couch should allow of
the feet being put up, if necessary, and
should be of such shape that you can lie
upon it, either full length or half length,
with perfect comfort. To be really ser
viceable it should not be covered with pale
blue satin or maize-colored taboiet, but
with good tapestry covering in neutral
hue. say sage green or dark, rusty red, to
wear well. The tapestry should not be too
fine to lie down upon, or even, in the pri-
vacy of family life, to lay ones feet upon.
And the whole couch should, if possible,
turn toward the fire, so that its occupant
NAV have his face toward the cheerful
glow. AT the same time, little wicker
work table-black and gold if you will
may mold lamp for reading. As to
chairs, Il couple;;of good, well-stuffed, easy
chairs, also covered in the same tapestry,
and arranged so as 10 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 natural curve of the body,
and the seat slopes gently downward and
backward, so as to give one the best pos
slble support with the least angularity or
awkwardness. With these pretty little
clean cane seats, black wickerwork
chair, two easy chairs, and couch, you
should have enough places for family and
guests in 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
Dear the bay window will allow of jardi-
Mere and 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 coursr, is needed for
afternoon tea. There must be some place
to lay books and other heavy articles; and
the table for this Office should be solid and
should stand against the wall. Nothing
remains but the piano; and that must nat
urally 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 everybody's
way, and it can hardly be made present
dDic even DN tiic utlnosl pdlls vi tiic stiul-
Cling decorative imagination. 1t is almost
lamentable to think of sll the useless efforts
lavished by the human intellect upon abor
tive coal-scuttles. Perhaps the best solu-
ton of the problem is that which combines
scuttle and what-knot in one comprehensive
whole, having a box for the coal beneath,
and one or two shelves Tor knickknacks
above. This composite piece of furniture
may then stand against the wall beside the
chimney piece, where it adds to the gen
eral prettiness of the room, instead Of being
an unsightly incumbrance. Moreover, the
weight Of the coal gives stability to the
what-knot, and prevents it from having
that topple-down air so common with its
kind. Any such suggestion of imminent
catastrophes should always be avoided in a
drawing room.