Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-18

I ACE CURTAINS ARE NOW BEING MADE
- of simple muslin, with rufies or lace
borders and edges. They are the latest novel
ties, and may be made very prim and neat OF
elaborate in the extreme, according to the
character Of the rufiing. We don't suppose
that the style will last long; 1t is fad like the
rhinestone decoration fad, which everybody
tried to adopt about two years ago, when the
Vanderbilts had 5000 rhine stones introduced
into the decorations of their drawing room.
The effect was simply bewilderine, but it cost
too much, and the fad stopped where it started.
With these ruffied curtains IL will be the same
way, they will run so rapidly into money that
before long they will be entirely ont.
In papering a room it is well to remember:
1. That q room having a cold north light
should be furnished in warm colors and that q
dark room should be clothed in glaring OF
sharp light shades.
| O. That borders Of any kind lessen, by sharply
defining the corners Of q room, the apparent
s. In q small room small patterns should be
used.
4. Lines running from ceiling to floor give
the effect Of height, while lines running around
q room lessen the effect Of height.
pADo AND FR1EzE.
For several years it has been regarded al
proper to furnish room with o pattern run
ming up to the cove, sometimes with a dadc
and frieze, and sometimes not, but invaribly
with the ceiling either Of a plain tint or
daintier pattern but now all precedents are
thrown aside, and some of the most effective
chambers are furnished by running dado to q
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ing plain paper up to within twelve inches of
the cove. The ceiling is covered with design
paper. The cove Is plain like the wall, and
below the cove, running down twelve inches. is
q continuation of the ceiling design. This gives
4 canopy effect, which is now much in vogue
"We have" said well-known decorator re-
Gently, more calls than ever for dados; people
find as rule that their paper wears poorly
around the lower part of the walls and to
economic they frequently put up new dado,
only the rest Of the wall serving for while
longer"
Furnished, however, with good substantial
dado it is an easy matter to keep the walls in
good condition, for should the upper portion
become soiled 1t can be easily redressed at a
very trivial cost.
One takes care of the walls nowadays much
as a man replenishes his wardrobe; his coat and
vest are all right and he gets new trousers or
vice versa.
People put ascent paper on the wall
proper and IS roll dados and the effect is all
right, and where the dado is of a washable kind
1t will last for years, while new effects can be
produced spring or fall by merely repapering
the six or eight feet of space between frieze
and dado.
THE LADY's DESK.
If there's any one piece Of furniture that has
taken a boom during the past three years it's
the lady's desk. Madame DeGenlis, q clever
woman Of the last century, was under the i'm
preston that she was the first woman to pos
sess a writing desk, and she says in her
memoirs that as soon as she had one all the
other women followed suit. She was mis-
taken. however, for at the Cluny Museum in
Paris there is O curious old desk that once be-
longed to Marie de Medici.
However, the possession of a writing desk
can be in nowise regarded as indicating the
possession OF literary genius. James Gordon
Bennett for long time got along with barrel
head; DeQuincy wrote everything on a lap
pad; Millions daughters used library table;
Goldsmith a broad shelf on a rocking chair
in short, while the daintiest of escritOrial out
fits are frequently used by the most illiterate
folk, the orthodox man or woman Of letters is
quite Indifferent to the good or bad tasteful
ness of his furniture
The most expensive desk that we know of is
one that was sold at the Hamilton palace about
ten years ago for f9,450 (S46 .08s.75). 1t was
used and owned by Marie Antoinette, and is a
mass Of ormolu and lacquered work. 1t is only
feet high and 8 feet inches wide.
PRETTY BED ROOM.
An exquisite bed room lately done in blue
and silver was furnished in maple, which is Just
now 30 exceedingly popular. The carpet Of
pearl gray and blue was not fitted to the walls
a space of fourteen inches being left around
the room. The walls were hung with cretonne
of robin 's-eQg blue which a paftarp of sill var
daisies showed a charming effect. The frieze
was Of silver with broad band Of daisies and
genesta above. The pictures in the room were
carefully selected water colors framed in white
and silver. The window hangings and bed fur
nishings matched the wall covering. The fire.
place was Of maple, the andirons and a hanging
lamp being of brass. All the bric-a-brac was Of
blue and white wedgewood. A. charming effect
was given by the arrangement upon the dress
ing case and writing table, which is nowadays
an essential furnishing of almost every room, Of
large bouquets Of superb Gabrielle Luzette roses
Upon the other side of the hall, and in charm
ing contrast to this dainty room with its light
effects, was a grander apartment done in pink
and ebony, relieved by gold. The carpet was
Wilton of deep rose shades.
The walls were covered with silk of sun
shiny pink. The frieze above the golden pic
ture rod was of many-shaded roses. The fire.
place was Of ebony, largely relieved with heavy
beveled mirrors. and reached from floor to cell
ing, the center being carved motto-the orna-
ments Of house are the friends who frequent
ia most appropriate sentiment for a guest
chamber. The furniture was all Of ebony, with
brass trimmings. The draperies were Of Irish
lace and the bed furnishings of the same ma
which tied the bolster and held back the
draperies being Of pink and apple green.
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