Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-02
IN A CORNER.
Take Care of the Corners, and the Room
 wTn Take Care of Itself.

Take Care of the Corners, and tIie Room
 win Take Care of Itself.
 In the arrangement of n room corners are not sufficiently considered. Very few persons appreciate their capabilities. In a room of ordinary size and finish empty corners are especially ugly, while for handsomely furnished houses there are corner cabinets and other expensive de- vices to meet this very need. Corner cupboards are always interesting and seem to belong naturally to tho delight ful room that is not furnished fin any paticular "tone' or style but where ''bits of color" and odd and unexpected things look very much at home. A room that had wonderfully cheerful effect gave the impression on first entering that q swarm of mammoth butterflies had taken possession of the corners and expanded their wings contentcdly over the pictures. But n closer inspection re- Sealed the fact that brilliantly tinted folding Japanese fans were spread out butterfly fashion over the modest en- cravings and heliotypes that mostly constituted the works of art. while the corners of the room were ornamented with stacks of the handled variety, on which the most gorgeous tints in the most impossible of combinations ran riot
 The comparatively new fashion of q corner divan is both attractive and com fortable, and few besides the gifted home maker with n slender purse know how very little in addition to brains is needed for its accomplishment. One of this class, says Harpcr's Bazar, fell in love un general principles with piece of crCtonnc that was alluringly cheap and wonderfully pretty. It had masses of pink, rcd and cream tinted roses, with exquisite buds and leaves, on a ground of palo gray that was scarcely visible. She passed this prize twice and then bought it just for its beauty, with out the least idea of what she could do with it. The cretonne was n delight to the eye, and. viewed only as q picture. the SI. 50 invested in it did not seem to have been thrown away.
 Itwas not long before her inspiration came in the shape of n corner that proved brilliant success. The seat itself was fit ted by the carpenter like n bracket and then stuffed and tufted by tho lady her self, the rose Cretonne being fastened across the front with brass headed nails and carried up on either side to a round ed point in the center that was about a yard above the seat, slOping gracefully down on either side. The brass headed nails on each edge made quite an ele- gant finish. A puff and short valance of tho cretomme finished the edge of tho seat, and at some little distance above the top there was a novel canopy. This was made of another shelf, considerably smaller than the seat and edged with the same brass headed nails. Artificial smilax, that was wonderfully deceptive, formed a graceful fringe, and n rose bowl on the cretOnnc covered shelf held exquisite paper roses pCrfumcd with altar and renewed at the first dimming of their freshness.
 A chair only, especially If it be ono of tho pretty. half octagon. rattan chairs, will make corner attractive, and with the wickcrwurk enameled in cream and gold and the seat and up- right panels covered with silk in q light shade of old rcd il is appropriately fit ted for its mission. \ hassOck covered with the same silk. having n little gold decoration, adds greatly to the effect.