Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-10-25
Our WEEKLY WONiNS LETTER
More About Houses---An
Ideal Library and Living
Room.
CHICAGO. m. Oct %.

prouise OF showing you seolt the
library. Let Us ge in there Dow,
psssing oet~eeu the heavy pcrti,-rs
q. FURNISHED red plush, ON which
taeksroundan antique pstirrn M
Golden nlarigclds is scattered. The
ceiling is not very high. and The
room is longer by Considerable than
il Is wide. The bard eccd f.or
i. partly covs.ed with rugs One
hand=orpe oblong Indian rug laid
through the center on the ficor sdd>
to the long effect Of the rooEn, ieAy-
ing full bAod Of the oak foos teTe
sll shout it.
The who!e effect Of this room i
satisfactory that is 10 say il l. not
fSt for effect, then for comfort
The purpose Of its being roon Al
ALTO house snd shelter human
beings. Is not violated. Thoroughly
comfortable, il Is still srtistic spd
ples1ns. /, IS Russiu Hho bss
said that utility Is the only excu =
for art. meaning that ART fog arz :
sAke Is not the purPee Of its being.
This library meets this Law. II has
eJnforI- for man Graves csnnfo-t.
Ii has oezuty, for $ love for the
beautiful ls one OF mans diviues'
instincts II hss books sn6 picturS-
70 meet mans desire for wisdom
Sc, il the vhnie ruoID there 4 pot
q single usslese. purpn>Sl=Ss> vail
hing. So much fur defvu~e o
,s-etty ruumS 10 general.
This hursry fronts toe south with
: large SQUARE window. Tie oPpo-
lite o. nc-Ih wall / broken by th'
a-ch~ay into the diuingryot1, ans
o.D.aA tbs end walls, leaving th'
song Sjes of the rC.Nn bD tBe east ans
Eet- The east VA is brOsen -
: wide doorway from The Hsll ana I
wipdo~ pesr the front end window
TIewet vail Is extended into ;
ie-p fireplace for about twelve feet
/ eAving room f,r sDOther come
sindOv opposite the east window
I'd s low racs Of book shelves
This fireplace i the same one Thicl
! .loued with such cheerful Sei
: Lie ss we entered tie house tha
rIiuy evening last week. II "
could step outside we could see III
xrest h~ Of the building vhicl
allows for this extra deprh Of tb
fire place. INSIDE the indeDted spa
il iJiued 20 the remaiuder Of Ii
wall proper By q heavy low arcsl
which seems TO frame in he pTett.
picture OF glowing lVgs and the sr
tiqus shs.t decorations The she
exrends from end t"eDd Of The are
and seems TO support II, but doe
90, Of cnurse stand cut as far as ID
heavy curved mOCldiugs. Tie flo
Of the firs place proper Is laid Il
terra Gotta brick aud is level Wit
the hard wood. Two handsome
old-tashioned brass andlrols hO.C
the sticks snd logs, which. Wbel
not blazing, are Laid ready to b
tiighted. the iiae 10 Wide and deep
! giving that agrees Die impre-sion 0
= ho-pitaoie treside where there i
= ch-ery welcome for all. Wher
the deepeued wall 10 cui back, ther
il built into the corRer thur fJrmet
Oh either side,a square corner seat
What easy nooks these are Tn
low arch curves down and the fir
throw. its light and warmth on
about them in sDch way that on
feels IS if encircled by the genial at
msphere Of the oldentine chime,
corner.
But must not keep you iookin.
At the facts OF the walls Of tIIii
happy room, when there is 70 nluct
of tue poetry about il. which yot
are all f-asting your eyes upon. Il
VOC don't mind l will just keep ny
seat in one Of these chimn nes corner.
AID tell you about ths other things
Sit down in one Of thO-e low quaint
chairs, draw the eider-dUwn pillow
up to your tack and make your.
selves comfortable. That SAINT
pillow is wonderfully artistic, by
the way. 1t is such a deep yellow
one would think II striking in the
room, but not at all. Ii blends
perfectly with the narigolds in lbe
curtains and the GLOW Of the fire.
Do you recognize the JAPANESE
embroidery on livery effective il
it not? Thers Is another one in that
arm chair over there t'y the window
it is one Of those gold-lhread em-
broidered on black satin. Don't lie
afraid To sit on IL, for all the Pillows
In this room are intended for Use.
Now loUk at the large rosewood
library table The lady OF the house
tells We il is showed lack TO the wall
IN summer TO make the rOOm look
less stufy,- but in winter it is Out
IN the middle Of the floor for lse
! he heavy orange c''lored scarf
drsped 0, er il, witt its heavy fringes
hanging TO the floor, lie another
treasure from your own Pacific
e''ast, and the exquisite embroidery,
toned 10 It's own eolor, takes VI
across the waters to that strange
land where everything is done to-
day as il was doBe five huDdred
years ago, precisely. lie II not