Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

gestion only of the red was there's grayish
red. He arranged shelf below his frieEe
line, and crossed and recrossed about 160
long-stemmed brown clay pipes, with plenty
of sharp red tobacco jars resting also on the
shelf. The pipes and jars formed the de-
sign. They were not permanently affixed to
the shelf and wall, but could be removed
when needed. These articles stood out in
sharp contrast and made an odd decoration.
Skill In Arrangements
We saw the other day room furnished
most pleasingly and permitting rearrange-
ment or redressing at trivial cast. The walls
were in neutral tint grayish sort Of tone.
with which any color would have looked
all right. The gray wall had no design but
carried light frieze only. 1t was relieved
Of its monotony, however, by q profusion Of
etchings, framed in white enamel with broad
gray mats. The occupant had purchased
about 40 or 80 artificial blush roses at sea-
son OF the year when those things can fire.
quently be bought cheap. On the wall, and
everywhere that it was practicable, one OF
these roses or buds was caught up. A
cluster was caught AT the corner of the man
tel lambrequin, two or three were loosely
grouped In q piano vase, bunch was
caught up the side of the lace curtains
where the loops had been drawn up to the
side hook. The effect was as much due to
the cleverness of the arrangement as to the
idea. And the beauty of the scheme was in
the opportunity 1t gave one to change the
prevailing colors at any time BY merely sub
stituting some other kind Of flowers.
Story of an Oriental Rug.
"I was very much amused" said gen.
tleman recently, who for many years had
lived in Constantinople, ''at some of the
efforts made in this country to reproduce
Turkish designs in rugs and fabrics. Any
thing that was odd-shaped was called Turk
ish. An oriental rug to the native tells a
story as clearly and as expressively as liter
atura The details of the design are not
meaningless marks or fguresj they are SYM
bols and suggest historical events and ro-
nance. could probably explain the mat
ter more lucidIy by this analogy: You have
been to Europe and collected bric-a-brac
and eurios-a few vases from the Sevres
works, an old sword from Damascus, some
pottery from Rome and strange relies from
Pompeii. You have come back and con-
yentionalized these shapes and introduced
them in a fiat way into some fabric. To
you these various forms bring up q wealth
of "reminiscences. They tell of tour OF
Europe and the incidents of the trip are re-
vived at every glance. So, to the oriental
mind, every detail of the rug of his district
arousss q fund OF "reminiscences"
An Old Fashion Revived.
Bed drapery is running to-day into ex-
trems styles. Two hundred years ago, beds
snd chifonieres were profusely hung with
fabrics, and to-day the fashion is returning
with startling force and bed valsnces, test
ers, canopies and paneled sides are now
much in vogue. They are made to match"
the window curtains and importers have for
some time past supplied q demand for sets
of shams, spreads, ehifoniere covers and
window draperies.
Masks in the Psrlor.
The mask is playing 9 prominent part
nowadays in drapery decoration. There
are japanese masks sold, made of carved
wood, inexpensive, nicely enameled, with the
features painted grotssauely. They are hung
mn ON the corner of an easel and the easel