Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-25

light weight white cotton curtain on the
general character of the snow fake, but
fresh and dainty with neat mesh on the
muslin order, and cross stripes of ribbon
like tints, edged with little tinsel.
Printed tapestries in reproduction of the
famous pieces in the Palais de Madrid, an
tique looking fac SMILES of the XVI GEN.
tury color and work, large enough TO cover a
whole wall in an average dining room, from
ceiling to floor, illustrating scenes from the
Foundation of Rome"
A silk curtain is shown with a peculiar
design representing a rope portiere over
drapery, and lace curtain is shown with a
black net and white embroidery, the appear
ance OF which at the window is spectral, the
embroidery being shown, but the black
net being quite invisible.
A chic, cd effect in chamber, yestibule
and sash curtains, is what you might call
French pufed muslin. 1t looks like China
silk. In muslin curtains, by the way, the
hem stitch for the coming season will be
considerably narr wer; the styles change in
these goods as they d. ar handkerchiefs.
A few years ago the variety to be had in
lace curtains was very limited. Now it is
inexhaustible. You can buy Brussels cur
tain for $50 or pay 81 so and get Noting
ham, which feet away looks every thread
OF Brussels; but the imitation is like the
paste jewel to the diamond-a tne hand
made Brussels always mas its value. Muslin
curtains are shown now with tinseled de-
signs worked into them.
The tendency in all curtain work is tn
quieter style. There is less looping But
if one is to furnish a room In any of the
French periods, the drapery cannot be too
excessive,
Everyone is going decorative mad, and
artists are now decorating satin bed quilts
elaborately.
when I hear Lohengrin' or the Wag-
merriam music in general" says a yery
fastidious young gentleman, 81 want to see
big columns, heavy arches, plenty of red
and blue in the mural colorings and huge
chandeliers. Now, if 'Esmerelda' is the
play, the furnishings of the house that 1 sit
in should be quiet. 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.
"hO "ONAO 4uSlst upou pOulUlOS lam
O'Shanter.' Such surroundings seemed only
fit for Ofenbach or Lecoq music When
furnish room I almost invariably learn its
object, and if possible see its future occu-
pants, for anyone with grain of soul will
know that bedroom for heavy type of
brunette womanhood should be dealt with
in a different way to the sanctum of some
ethereal, pink-tlnted, big-eyed, petite
blonde beauty.
II can shut my eyes," continued this
poetic young gentleman, land can hear
waltz, and it seems as though everything
should be rose pinks, and pale blues and
lichen greens or the soft shades of spring
time; just as the music of st. Patr1ck's Day
in the Morning suggests green, and plenty
OF it, and as the Star Spangled Banner
arouses red, white and blue in your mind,
and church music seems all purple and
white. do not know how to account for il;
some people, you uknow'-musinglv-"t "th1nk
that Tom must be fat and Fred thin, Kate to
be sharp of tongue and Maud purring. fl