Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26

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| The illustrated arrangement of window
drapery is particularly pretty for win dow
set close in against a partition or door or
pillar as windows occasionally require to
be. One breadth of the drapery falls loose
as shown, the other is caught on the pole in
soft festoons over the top. The same ar
rangement gracefully drapes door that is
| irregularly placed.
The paIer in a recent magazine BY Q
woman who was able to gain access to the
Paris mandatory of imitation bric-a-brac
has aroused considerable sense of uneasi-
ness among professors of supposed genuine
| antiquities and curios. The woman VISA
sworn to secrecy and her articles mentioned
no names and gave no recognizable descrip-
tion of the building somewhere in the heart
of Paris where this extraordinary industry
is carried on. 1t is a question that admits
| of discussion whether this writer has not
done mankind positive in Jury in revealing
the imposition. The limitations are beautiful
ard accurate reproductions of the genuine
and with the halo of authenticity about
them have been SO thoroughly enjoyed by
their owners. Now, lurking doubt will
assail everything.
Said a wealthy woman the other day,
sfWhat pity, cutglass is so cleverly i'm
itated." From her point of view it is
pity, doubtless. but isn't her point OF view
a selfish one? Other women, whose purses
are not so long, NAV enjoy seeing their
tables set o1t with flashing crystal now that
the Limitation cut" is so exquisitely done
and at so low price, who must otherwise
be deprived of the privilege. 1t is deli
cate question where imitation ceases and
sham begins-up to the moment of the
latter, reproduction is legitimate.
As has been said, carafes are disappear.
ing entirely from private tables. They
SAVIOR too much now of the hotel and res
taurant services for elegant use. The small
glass pitchers which have replaced them
are in sets of four or two, and on well-laid
tables stand in shallow silver holders at
the corners of the table. From these the
guests seated near are permitted to replen-
ish their glasses without waiting for the
attendant.
A New York woman has an enthusiasm
for lamps which has produced in her home
lamp room. 1t is lined on two sides with
shallow shelves of irregular length and
placing. On these stands fairy lamps of
every style and size from the large ones
that burn cathedral candles to the tiny ones
which need only a taper. Interspersed
with these are boudoir lamps of every con-
ceivable design and material. Swinging
lamps in bronze, iron and more precious
metals hang from the rafters which finish
the ceiling, and curious standing lamps
from all countries in various sizes and
mountings are placed irregularly on the
other two sides OF the room.
In recess all by itself stands marvel Of
ugliness in the way of Japanese lamp
which is hideous animal of the griffin
order from whose yawning mouth by curl
Gus arrangement the light proceeds. On
state occasions all the lamps are lighted,
and the effect is peculiar and brilliant, every
lamp being shaded in glass, silk or carved
metal through which the fame takes on
widely diversified tint and hue.
MARGARET H. WEIGH