Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18
MADAME, BEHOLD
THE IDEAL ROME!
WHERE COLOR SCHEMES APE PERFECT, FURN
IIURE IS APPROPRIATE
And the PsticoaIsd Lamp Has No Placs-Advies
from a Recognised AuihOriiy-GOOd Taste
Too Precious to Be Sacrifcsd-A Good Shape
Needs No 0rnamsntailon.

good shape needs no ornamentation ana
a bad shape is made worse by ornamen-
tation, which only gives emphasis to It's
defects. Floor and wall coverings
should form backgrounds for pictures
cabinets and furniture, but the vulgar
ian will not have IL so, and the conse-
quence is with flowers on the wall,
flowers on the floor and furniture,
everywhere, taste dies by violence and
the apartment Instead of being rest
ing. restful place, is st0reroom Tor
furniture.
THE uneducated are not the only
ones who live In houses congested
with furniture. Take, for In
stance, the colonial crazed, who
In their mad search for cor
rect pieces, lose sight of the fact
that their surroundings may not be
suitable for the proper display OF those
designs. in colonial days there were
no flats. People had large houses with
spacious parlors; there was ample room
for the long, pew-Iike sofa. In those
DAYS, too, people bought the essentials.
There was a purpose for their chairs
and tables; men sat in them or about
them, aud the supports were neither
glided nor fragile. Now we have can
delabrae with candles that are never
lighted, chairs for holding scarfs, and
treacherous tables smothered in dra-
perles aud reserved for lamps, with silk
or paper petticoats and OF uncertain
equilibrium.
"Good taste is too precious to be sac
rificed to quantity. IL is not necessary
-
pletely with a given sum. One GOOD
article year is Better than lot Of In
expensive, snowy things. One chair
that may cost $50 or 500 is worth more
in the end than an ugly parlOr set.
I There is too much reckless buying. IL
:, wis plan TO study the needs OF
room, to select q piece for its utility
first, then If the design is artistic, II
the lines are good ana y it is well made,
il must be beautiful. Sin. rlA things are
not cheap, but 1t pays to buy .1sio in
the long run. One never tires OF sim
plicity. II is the ornamented furniture
that people sell at a sacrifice when they
learn more.
"Good taste can be exhibited In e1-
pepslve materials. Wall papers are
and for those who like hangings and
cannot afford silk or tapestries there are
cottons and gunny cloth that admit OF
most artistic effects. 1t is the same
with carpets. Solid cOors are always
good, and, besides velyets and Wlltons,
there are felts aud monte cloths OF the
same variety OF color. AS means per-
NIT, few rugs may be bought, and. II
properly selected, each will be a pic
ture on the floor.
"White is not good on wall; 1t Is
too cold and cherries, although II has
the advantage Of increasing the aDpar-
ent size of a room. The same magnify
ing influence can be had with any
bright tint OF yellow, terra Gotta or
ivory. The size of the room must de-
termine the style aud arrangement OF
the furniture 1t is very essential that
there be more space than furniture; the
bigger the piece OF furniture the more
room il requires TO show itself. Whlle
there should be a scheme or arrange
ment, it must not be apparent. Don't
cross every corner, nor have sofa
saudwiched between chairs. Making
! table a pivotal point from which the
rest of the furniture radiates Is very
bad; so is aScentre chandelier. Appsr-
ent regularity is always to be avoided
"There is no shnse in buying hand
some table and then hiding it under
cloth. Let a pretty piece OF wood be
seen and studied. IL an ornament is
placed on it use a small mat 10 protect
the table. There are too many useless
silk and lace scarfs about; il table Is
uQlv, il IL has a stone or marble top
and a good base, by all means use
cloth, and the handsomer :he texture
the better; but don't Insult the artist
and cabinet-maker by putting sash
with ball fringe across the polished
wood.
"a great mistake Is made in trying
to make $500 do the work OF 81, 200.
| Sacrifice everything but taste, and DO
content TO get good pieces by degrees.
Prefer hard God and good workman
ship every time TO ridiculous decora-
| tim. While the corner craze Is. not
| all over vet, it is overdone. From the
start Il was senseless, absurd and stlh-
ino The idea was borrowed from the
! ,hostess's corner, which was not cor
ner at all, but a seat near the fireplace,
| with a screen behind II. This was re-
served for the hostess, who occupied II
while awaiting the arrival OF guests.
There was no cheap stuffs to harbor
germs or collect dust hanging about;
no smelly lamps or lanterns overhead
d .ipping oil or tallow, and no shoody-
covered chicken-feathered cushions
about. There isn't any place Tor those
things in our small parlors; we want
room-breathing room and room Tor
the individuality Of the furniture TO
assert itself.
"Speaking OF lounges, couches and
sofas. there is an economy In uphol-
stored seats, which can be built as the
old inplenooks were, between the fire.
Mace and the walls, or below the WIN
dow.
"In the selection Of colors, wall and
floor coverings, hangngs and drapery
mnst tie together and the whole be
adapted to set of the furniture and pic
tnres Blue should never be used In
anv ouaptjty: it is too absorbing; dead
white and grays are cold ana eheerless'
two things always to be AVOIDED IN
color effects One or two uphoistereu
pieces may be needed In parlor, out 10
a minimum Of space hard woods are not
unsatisfactory. Dining room furniture
should be dark, though not necessarily
gloomy. Natural oak is very ugly. II
1sed il should be stained trihe. Nat
nral mahogany, on the contrary, Is
very beautiful.
"The table is matter Of choice;
vbiIe the round table is admirable, it IS
not economical; the seating capacity IS
less. hence more room is needed than
for a souare one. Dining chairs were
ia -, for&.bla and thera IL no