The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-01-03
Euenlruae 40 ealc-A-eRAc.

Blsrss1arorts sd InreaEralttes ef Over
LoaeInE the Lss1z= ReoEs
Too E.tie fnrniture = had. bat too
zarch- = seems % ne- Is good deal
sso-se,7 sid jeded hozse<eeper- NY
lie Is literally E0rn OFT wltA nOTzng
ard pEttinz Il order azd czrl1g for the
tSoasand snd Ons z-tiales Of d01etful
ornzme1.zS50n aad absolute useless
ress with which the kCuss s e1zbsred
fhink that N ornament mist have
sone excuse for beinz II order 70 be
r-auT zo-fh the tire and trouole re-
ouf-ess % take care ot IL Instead q
-his Te have rrp-essrtatio1s q al
so--z q Quzznt sri cneer thi1gs that
aQpsar . me 70 hare n0 rigHt WHIST
ever II fhP d-awiag--Oon. % say the
least
-S0ne q these dsys hope % Sc
me-e Of what might be c. led adaPta-
ton n the bestoWing OF our household
dec0ratio1S The library = = good
place Tor e1iosisies unless one has
spseisl non 6eFoted 70 SzrA Pu-poses
and they oaght TO Be kept there instead
ot II the drzEing-roon O. pz-iO-S 4.
czGnet With shelves might he placed
z either OF these ro0lzs and 1llel with
articles appropriate 90 the apartment
But how often DO sre ind eFery sort q
curic from ths horrible aud gro-esg1e
70 tie realistic and aluos. indecent,
arranged iurecsplioa and family ro0ns-
o. couusa. where spsce : ltuite1. one
INST DO the hes: one ca: but AZ the
sane. there are many bis Of bric-a-
trac that ETo1id Be uuch 2c7e a-rse-
abe Z less prominently exhi5itsi
IN the item OF furniture. one often
feels that the ro0ns 0f the houses q
the well % Go people are much more
Ike The private aloT o5ces C . gen
e-al curiosity shop thaa TIE living
apartments u pe-s5zs q redued and
eiucafei TASTE TIE hric-s-hrac anc
collection craze has is usss but sh01-d
zlezzr Be ps-aittei % override Al the
ruIes % good sense and % verge OF the
rl5icsllous
Il hare often tbozShL IN looking
ahout some o. the houses where Vis-
tied that the partiezlzr object IN vissE
II the furnishing Was % see how many
odd and uriols articles could be
b-oa-lt together IN oae place A ned
ley Of cgriosities and trinkets from AL
lands gatherei into one or two snail
raoas Is auythiaE bit artistic c. de-
sf-able-
"All the sane. this sort O n rnish-
f1E r e11t-zualiv going On To scare
the best esects GA o1Eht % have
sithe- non or s1-ae porticu q Il e.
p.e-iallT So apart fo- q certaia kzld of
ar.c-a-brac- 20 jrmbls Indian. Chilsss.
Japzlese and al ulz 2 of articles in
% one p ce ia sacA close proximity
that they continually elbow each other
IS ike eolonizing the different sorts %
people under tie same roof and con
DellinE them 70 live there whether
chsv VII o. m The iacon-rulty.
after . tine, become paietul. and /
would seem as though. n thsir Own
way, the articles w0zld quarrel VITA
zach other as violently a. ETOul1 the
human specimens of the sane species.
Tva-e theT thus crowded II together
And what Is tire of brie-a-brae is
equally tine Of fur1iture- The fancy
Ter odd pieces Sometimes rans abso-
lufely not and 5riags about The CO..
lection Of q heterogeneous assortment
Of furnishings taat- however fine they
mar be inlividuzl-T, are an oEenss
and FVezriness when they must Be
endured collectively. Fewer articles,
chosen and arranged On G yTell-dsd1ed
pan and -vi-h the most sc-upui5zs re-
gard fo- one another. are much 1IOrs
satisfactory - AZ artistic taste than
the choicest miscellaneous Collection
that the gathering mania ever brOugh.
under one CIV. j. Ls5geE