St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01

| rlbbon-llke tlntS, edged Win Httle
| tinSel.
Printed tapestries in reproduction of
| the famous pieces in the Palals ue
Madrid. antique-looking fac-slmlles OF
| the XVI, century colorsand work, large
enough to cover whole wall in ali aver
| age dining room, from ceiling to floor,
| illustrating scenes from the "Founda-
| ton of Rome"
A silk curtain is shown with pecul-
| lar design representing a rope .portlere
| over drapery, and a lace curtain is shown
with black net and white embroidery,
| the appearance of which at the window
| is spectral, the embroidery being shown,
| but the black net being quite invisible.
A chic. odd effect in chamber, vesti-
| bule and sash curtains is what you
might call a French pulled muslin. 1t
looks like China silk. In muslin cur
tains, by the way, the hem stitch for the
coming season will be considerably mar
rover. The styles change in these
| goods as they do in handkerchlefs.
A few years ago the variety to be mad
in lace curtains was very limited. Now
it is inexhaustible. You can buy
Brussels curtain for $3.50 or pay $3.50
and get a Nottingham. which. six feet
| away, looks every thread of Brussels.
But the imitation is like the paste jewel
to the diamond-a fine, handmade BruS-
sells always has its value. Muslin cur
tainS are shown now with tlnSeled de-
signs worked into them.
The tendency in all curtain work is
to quieter style. There is less looping.
But if one is to furnish a room in any
of the French periods, the drapery can
not be too excessive.
Every one is going decorative mad,
and artists are now decorating satin bed
quilts deliberately.
"Nhen 1 hear 'Lohengrin' or the
Wagnerian music in general" says
very fastidious young gentleman. II
want to see big columns, heavy arches,
cOlorings and huge chandeliers. NoW,if
'Esmerelda' is the play, the furnishings
of the house that l sit in should be
quiet. l have been actually on nettles
at some receptions, where the room
furnishings are so quiet and simple,
and delicate in colOrS, so dream-like,
and entirely out of sympathy with the
long-haired, specialized individual at
the piano, who would insist upon
pounding Tam O'Shanter." Such
surroundings seemed only fit for Often
bach or Lecoq music. When | furnish
a room | almost invariably learn its
object, and if possible, see its future
occupants, for any one with grain OF
soul will know that bedroom for
heavy type of brunette womanhood
should be dealt with in different way
to the sanctum of some ethereal, pink
tinted, big-eyed. petite blonde beauty.
Il can shut my eyes," continued this
poetic young gentleman, land can hear
a waltz, and it seems as though every
thing should be rose pinks and pale
blues, and lichen greens, or the soft
shades of spring time; Just as the music
OF st. Patrick's Day in the Morning
suggests green, and plenty of it, and as
the Star Spangled Banner ar0uSeS red.
white and blue in your mind, and
church music seems all purple and
white. | do not know how to account
for it; some people, you knOw"-muS-
ingly-"think that Tom must be fat and
Fred thin. Kate to be sharp of tongue
and Maud purring. If were girl and
wanted to sing Annie Laurie L would
dress in blue and gray, and l would feel
in harmony with the song. It's the same
in home decoration; the surroundings
have much TO do in shaping ones char
acter and disposition. Bring up child
in the streets and it will have street
ways. Bring it up with the surround
ings of quiet home, and It's manners
will be shaped accordingly. Physicians
will tell you that red eXcites the mind,
and that patient in a madhouSe is al
most invariably surrounded with blue
tones. blue carpets, blue wall paper,
everything blue. They mollify and
quiet him through his optic nerves. Of
course, | would not suggest that house
decoration should form part of ones
health diet It's like oatmeal break
fastS. The principles all right, but it
is little monotonOus. and the average
person would not be content with fol-
lowing blue-room treatment through
life; but let me understand the decora-
tive tastes of a person and | can tell you
to certain extent his character"
The jeweler to her majesty Fashion
puts row of precious stones about
gold thimble and sends the purchaser
bill for $50.
! need not tell you that there can be
nothing more awkward, more lacking in
grace and ease, more utterly devoid of
what we call comfort. than a fashiona-
BILE dinner party. says Clara Belle. One
straightforward, armless chairs. The
diner ROMAN is a genuine novelty. 1t
cannot fail to become intensely popular,
for it does away with several of the dis
agreeable features of the ordinary Occa-
sion. The first reformation is the BAN
iShment of the chairs referred to and
the substitution of a cross between
BARRIERS chair and chaiSe Tongue. You
may either sit bolt upright or lean
gracefully back until your body comes
to comfortable slope.
The arms of the chair are furnished
with stands large enough to hold a plate
and a wine glass. The second abolition
is that of knives. The use of a knife at
table is fiat barbarism anyway, and it
should have been stopped long ago. AT
the diner ROMAN nothing is served
which may not be eaten with fork, or
drunk from cup or glass.
The spoon. another intensely vulgar
implement, also goes the way of all say
age tools of the table. Originally it was
a bit of skull bone. l It has lasted al
together too long. The third disappear
ance is that of the man waiter, whose
bulk made him nuisance to everybody,
and the introduction of trained boys of
ten to SiXteen-Slender. agile mesSen-
gers who slip in and out. bring and
carry away, kneel, rise. bend forward
and backward with grace that is
charming. Such are the main changes
effected by the introduction of the din
er ROMAN.
Anglomania has started the rage for
monograms. arms and heraldic devices
On window curtains.
A woman of means will send lace
curtain to competent establishment
where 1t can be ''done up properly,
says the Philadelphia Upholsterer.
This is the way it is done there: The
washers of nice lace form class of
labor quite by themselves. and few peo-
pie have an idea of the amount of labor
involved in the cleansing operation,
and of the skill and knowledge required.
The labor, of course, comes in chiefly
pie thing in comparison. A table lei, is
cushioned and covered closely with a