The morning times., 1895-12-30
WHEN YOU FURNISH A HOUSE.

An authority upon the art of furnishing
says that the entrance han should always
be warm, cheerful, and inviting, hnt never
so warm a To be heating or SO cheerful as
20 be binding. This bars out the brilliant
shades of red in any large OF unrelicved
quantities. 1t bars out cold blues, greens.
and grays, but leaves one wealth o
yeiIows and subdued reds from which Ia
choose. Creamy yellow. buff, pale fawn,
pale salmon, the Hight tones OF Indian rcd,
some of the pale shades of olive green,
a turquoise blue, which is not altogether
lacking iu warmth, 'tare all good. The
woodwork should rfiarnfonize with the
color of The papeFis yellow or buff walls
should have woodwork in chocolate or
olive brown. Pale salmon walls arc
cha rmiugiy matched with dark bronze
green woodwork. The floor, if the walls
are OF Uniform shade. may be covered
with rugs of Persiai or Turkish design.
The eye should always have some plain
space upon which 10 rest.
The drawing -ro5m wall should be GOV.
cred either with plain paper or with
one the design of which is so small and
subdued and SO 'deftly worked into the
background that it is practically Invisible
except in strong lights. No wall where
pictures are to be hung should have pro-
uounced designs. which will be bisected
and trisected by picture frames. The
dra rawing-room being popularity supposed
To be devoted to the lighter and more
frivolous side of life, should be cheer
fully and daintiiy, rather than very cozily.
colDred- Pale lemon and apricot yellow
are both excellent shades, especially for
rooms which do not receive great amount
of sunshine. A yellow paper makes a
sunlight in itself In all walls care should
be taken not to have too deep or too heavy
a frieze. The lower part should always
present a heavy and more solid appear
ance than the upper, in order to avoid The
impression of tnp-heavincss.
Gray. one does not need TO be told, is a
gloomy color. Blue, which is sister 10
gray, is an "intellectuar' and slightly chilly
shade. Violets are somber. Yellows drink
liz the sunlight aad are cheerful and reds
are also chcerfu, with "a tendency, like
other cheerful things, to become hoisterously
loud and to provoke headache. Greens
generally impress the observer with the
same sense OF chiliness which blues impart.
Some OF them, however, of the so-called
aesthetic shades, are restful and when they
borrow little brown are not altogether
lacking in warmth. Grass green and
emerald green are admirable shades for
grass and gems, but in fabrics they affect
the eye too much as flash OF forked
lightning does; they are too vivid to be
restful and too pronounced to harmonize
with any othe: color.
Bedrooms must not be dark and must
not be hot-looking. Neither must their
Wallpapers boast distinct patterns which
strike the eye like so many blows and may
be positively accountable for relapses In
cases of brain fever. They should be in
half tints and in dim patterns. An excellent
effectis produced where paper half glazed
and half dull is used. The "cretone''
papers in vogue are not good, even when
they are pretty. for they give the eye no
rest from the prevailing cretonne effect of
most bedroom furnishings.
The dining room should, Of course, be
cheerful, cozy and warm. II the amount of
sunlight received through the windows will
permit the ever-uscfui yellow to be dis
pensed with soft olive green OF old blue
or deep old pink may be used instead.
These coiors convey a slightly richer i'm
preston and are admirable In a room more
or less devoted to the display OF glittering
glass, silver and china