The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-17

floor is covered with a blue and brown mat
ting and the walls are papered with more
grass linen IA narrow stripes of pale blue,
silver and gray. The deep frieze is pale
blue steDciled with silver, and the furniture
Is holly carved and inlaid with silver.
1anie spreads. rugs and scarfs introduce
japanese cretOnnes and chintzes over which
are scattered sprays of tiny flowers in pale
blue, red and olive green leaves.
have pleasant recollections of a country
house at Shelter Island, whose immense
nall occupies half the ground floor and is
iivlng room and reception hall in one. The
hall, which has Just been redecorated for
the seasons occupancy, is finished in oak
neavy oak staircase, oak Inantel and huge
OAK settees drawn up on chilly evening
about the log fire. The floor is polished oak
and the walls are tinted kind of wood
brown with stray golden tones. The pict-
ure rail is oak again and the frieze brown
lsh ecru figured with blue The cornice is
blue and bronzy brown and the ceiling
pale blue, with enough yellow introduced
to keep its temper with other tones. The
rugs repeat the wood brown, the gold and
blue; the window hangings are in two shades
or pale and darK old blue Persian stuff and
the portieFes and hanging add little dull
red to the other eolors The walls are
nearly covered with etchings in oak frames,
the ugly space alongside the stairs having
scarce monotonous foot to weary the eye
With the rain dashing against the windows
outside this hall does not meet you with a
pursed up lip and hands behind its back, as
If to say, Whats your business here" but
opens Its doors to the entire household with
generous hospitality.
1t is hardly possible to say too much for
the pretty and artistic cretonnes which go
so well with the rattan furniture so de-
servedly popular for moderate priced sum-
mer rooms In this branch of manufact-
ure the New England mills ar giving us
something more characteristic than eau be
offered by foreign makers, introducing in
their designs the American wild flowers.
In blue and white cretonnes there are blue
bell designs; in pink and white, arbutus
and mountain laurel and wild roses;
in yellows, sunfower and golden rod
patterns The Louis Seize designs
are liked in all the light,
cheerful. delicate tintings, and are shown
in narrow stripes mostly. Like these in
coloring are the Pompadour cretonnes with
small bouquets on pale cream grounds.
japanese cretonnes go well with the sum-
mer hangings of bamboo and beads. not
those you see in the shops. but newer ones
made from bamboo cut in short lengths and
strung on cords with large green beads be-
tween, each strand ending in q tiny musical
bell. Italian renaissance cretonnes are APP
propriate in bedrooms furnished with the
pretty and graceful sets in maple and bam-
boo A chamber in an out of town house
Is being fitted up with this material The
walls are papered in low soft colors, the de-
sign showing baskets of fruits, birds and
small beasts, patterns seldom introduced
nowadays, but occasionally appropriate.
Across q corner between two windows
stands Duchesse table draped with ere.
tonne of the same pattern as the wall paper.
The bed is bamboo and maple with a Gre
tonne spread, anu the floor is covered with a
white mating. There is a portiere of cream
linen monte cloth embroidered in the Gre
tonne colors and white dimity window cur
tains. Dimity, by the way, is being fash
ionably revived.
There is nothing more attractive among
the new summer curtain fabrics than the
Liberty cottons, which show oId-fashioned
India designs in soft blues and Vandyke
reds and ecrus on creamy grounds, A
country parlor has walls in gold leaf on an
ecru ground. The carpet is soft blue
green with invisible figures. The hangings
| are of Liberty cotton blending into the
same cool greenish blue. Under the win
dow is a divan where one might dream
away the entire July afternoon, an ideal
nook when the sun has made the robin red
breasts drowsy outside.
No summer hengings show violently con.
trasted deSsSns, b0tu wall paper and chintZes
paying more heed to color than to patterns.
No summer furniture displays much carv.
ing. Simple patterns and well-made pieces
from fine wood are the rule.
ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToN,