Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-28
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actw study, aud the other day, wien
uahefed into 4 fcofu Unlike any other N
Che universe, N needed no oracle 10 an
nouhce 10 The writer that II vas the nest
~ n iadytifd With ideas hnd originality,
The happy faculty Of making the best oi
things, and m artist by instinct, N not
by profession. The FIRST thing 10 attract
attention was wonderfully sunny win
dow, with a snsh curtain of Thin yellow
silk covered with The soft gray shsdows
of dancing vine leaves.
The window had an unpleasant out.
look, and the silk for its decoration had
been carried TO n verauda, where y vine
made The shadow Of its graceful leoves
upon the floor She had laid the silk
down where the shadows we're most per.
feet. and then had fixed them forever
with soft gray water colors and gathered
10 In her window sash. Beneath the
window she had arranged little seat
with yellow cushion, and draped
across the window pole and down one
side the window curtain Of striped
grenadine-- white, with yellow and dull
blue and olive--in the curtain. Beside
IL was revolving bookstand filled with
magazines and new books. A white fur
rug stretched out in front, and on this
we're more cushions, the heavy ones Of
which form seat.
Another thing to attract attention was
one Of the gayly colored Guayaquil ham
mocks draped across one circle of the
room, making, with its fringes and tas.
sells, n brilliant decoration. Some one
had given the hammock to the woman
who didn't see n veranda from one sum
mer to the next. But she had ideas II
ehe didn't have the veranda, so she put
mp hooks in diagonal corners of the room
and suspended the luxurious web there
on when she wanted to forget how busy
she was. When not in use more hooks
simply draped the bright netting against
the wall. And last of all was noticeable
the dressing table, which was made after
the old duchess fashion, ample and low
enough for its possessor to utilize rest
fully sitting in the low white chair
which stood before it. The table was
made of wooden frame, which sh-
herself designed, the top padded, GOV.
cred with pale green silesia, and then
with dotted muslin. All about was
frilled a curtain of the silesia, with the
muslin over it, futed frill at the bot
tom, another at the top.
The mirror was one Of the old fash
ioned kind, with the upper half a pic
ture, the lower half glass. There
were painted cupids in the picture and
the muslin draped down each side of it.
On the table were most delicate china
trays with ivory brushes inlaid with a
tiny cipher of silver on the back. and
china powder boxes and hairpin boxes
and all the paraphernalia of the toilet
in china receptacles, with one or two
bits of silver polished to the last degree
of brightness. One couldn't help loving
the woman after one glance at the toi-
let table, which was the daintiest ever
arranged, except the one from which it
was copied, and which they will show
you still in the apartment of Nine. de
Remusat. The bed was of brass, with
white hangings over the faint green
Innings, and with an old fashioned val
ance of muslin beneath its counterpane
of white, with green ribbons threaded
in and out of its open work border
New York Sun.